The following are opportunities for volunteer service with FWCC Section of the Americas. If you are interested in working on any of the following, please email Robin Mohr, Executive Secretary.
Project: Section Meeting
- Work with Ian Joyce of August Communications to promote the Section Meeting registration campaign on social media, including Facebook, Twitter and other platforms as agreed. Planning period: December 2018, Active phase: January and February 2019
- Be a Section Meeting journalist! Write daily reflections for social media during the Section Meeting, interview other participants, take photos, and post daily to Facebook, Twitter and other platforms as agreed. To be compiled into the e-newsletter by Heather Gosse. Active phase: March 20-24, 2019
Project: Traveling Ministry Corps
- Edit existing video footage from a 90-minute panel presentation in English into 30 second-2 minute snapshots to post to social media and our website to explain what the Traveling Ministry Corps is. Timeframe: one time project
- Interview TMC members in English or Spanish during their training and the Section Meeting and edit to create 1-3 minute profiles to be posted on our website or other media to encourage invitations. Active phase March 18-24, editing March 24-31.
- Interview people from an existing list of Friends from meetings that received a TMC visit in 2017 or 2018 and edit to create 1-3 minute videos or 100 word articles and promotional segments for our website and social media. Timeframe: Ongoing and multiple opportunities.
Project: Representative Engagement
- Recruit initial members for the Communications Resource Group, establish group communication protocols. Timeframe: Initial phase, December 2018-March 2019, then annual opportunities.
- Interview Representatives at the Section Meeting on topics like “Why FWCC matters to me”, “How I became a Rep”, and “What I wish I had known when I started” and use these interviews to write e-news articles up to 250 words, or record and edit video segments of 30 seconds – 3 minutes. Active phase March 20-24, editing March 24-31.
- Design a poster-sized calendar of yearly meetings in the Section of the Americas, similar to COAL YM posters. Deadlines: Design March 1, 2019, printed by March 15, 2019, for distribution at Section Meeting.
- Collect stories from each region in the Section regarding local FWCC activities for enewsletter, social media and website. Timeframe: Ongoing and multiple opportunities.
Project: World Quaker Day
- Design 2019 flyer for WQD in English and Spanish. Deadlines: Design by March 1, 2019, printed by March 15, 2019.
- Follow up on World Quaker Day posts from 2018 to expand on stories from worldquakerday.org. Contact people or groups who posted, ask more about the experience and what they learned from it or what difference it made, then edit to create newsletter stories, social media posts, and potentially a fundraising appeal. Timeframe: Multiple opportunities, April 2019-September 2019.