Join VEP’s network of talented volunteers!
VEP recruits volunteers from around the country with a wide array of skills and experience. Through this talented network, we are able to provide remote, targeted technical assistance to small, state, and local high-impact organizations involved with voter registration, voter education, and other turnout activities in historically disenfranchised communities. You can volunteer as much or as little time you want, whenever you may have time between now and November, and in any number of different ways – all from your own home doing what you already know how to do. There is complete flexibility to participate in ways that fit your schedule. Sign up here!
VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS
1. PROJECT-BASED SUPPORT
VEP Volunteers work on specific projects requested by our Frontline Partners based on your skills, interests, and availability (e.g. helping draft monthly newsletters, researching updates to voting rules in their state, analyzing data on changes in race/age demographics in target counties, updating language on their civic engagement web page, creating educational videos on how to access a mail in ballot in their state etc.)
This is a good fit for: students, working professionals, retirees, and others who like concrete projects and have different periods of availability throughout the year.
2. MATCHING PROGRAM
VEP will match one or more volunteers for a longer term working engagement with a Frontline Partner (e.g. ~3-4 months). The volunteer will be integrated into their team and focus on tasks based on your skills, with a time commitment to be worked out by the parties (e.g. 2 hrs/week or 10 hours per month etc).
This is a good fit for: students, early and mid career professionals, retirees, and others who want to experience a closer working relationship with a Frontline Partner and are able to dedicate a consistent number of hours over a period of several months.
3. CONSULTATION PROGRAM
Volunteers with very high-level of expertise in a field will be available for quick one-on-one consultations with a Frontline Partner that is interested in learning more about topics related to your area of expertise (e.g. social media strategy, fundraising, HR/accounting systems, field organizing, messaging etc).
This is a good fit for: advanced career professionals, senior executives, retirees, and others who have significant expertise in one or more professional areas but have limited time to volunteer.
4. VOTER OUTREACH
VEP will link interested volunteers to non-partisan door knocking, phone banking, text banking, and other direct voter outreach activities organized by Frontline Partners, with an emphasis on matching volunteers based on your lived experience/background/connections to the communities being contacted.
This is a good fit for: anyone interested in voter outreach volunteer opportunities, particularly those with backgrounds, lived experience or other ties to the communities being contacted.
5. GRASSROOTS ADVOCACY
Because civic participation is more than just voting, VEP will assist interested volunteers in finding ways they can join grassroots advocacy efforts in your community. When you sign up, Volunteers can indicate which issue(s) you are interested in and VEP will provide information on groups working in these areas that offer opportunities for community participation (e.g. attending rallies, testifying in local hearings, meeting with policy makers, organizing community education events etc)
This is a good fit for: anyone interested in getting involved in grassroots advocacy on an issue of importance to you, particularly in your local community.
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