Volunteer Site: North Carolina Victim Assistance Network
Contact Person: Lisa Correll - Program Services Coordinator
Phone Number: (919) 831-2857
Web Site or E-mail Address: http://www.nc-van.org or lisa.cornell@nc-van.org.
Volunteer Position Title: Research Assistant
Description of duties and/or responsibilities: This office provides support and information to crime victims across NC and to advocate for their fair treatment. There are two major times that we need volunteers: at the State Fair, in late October to man a booth and in August for the NC Victim Assistance's annual conference. .
What are the time requirements and or special skills needed for this position: Compassion.
Volunteer Site: Student Action with Farmworkers
Contact Person: Libby Manly
Phone Number: 919-660-3674
Web Site or E-mail Address: www.saf-unite.org levante@duke.edu
Volunteer Position Title: Intern
Description of duties and/or responsibilities: SAF will select 30 students from across the country and place them in farmworker organizations throughout the Carolinas. Placements include rural health clinics, migrant education programs, legal & labor organizing groups. Interns work directly with farmworkers to improve living and working conditions, and access to community resources.
Volunteer Site: The Witness for Justice Program
Contact Person: Omar Lainez, Community Education Coordinator
Phone Number: (919) 856-2180 or FAX 919-856-2187
Web Site or E-mail Address:omarl@legaliaidnc.org. or www.legalaidnc.org/programs/fwu/wfjdeacription.htm.
Volunteer Position Title: Outreach Witness
Description of duties and/or responsibilities: Volunteers
are needed to accompany outreach teams from the Farmworker Unit of Legal Services of North
Carolina to visit migrant farmworkers in their homes (labor camps).
Migrant farmworkers suffer many injustices such as poor living conditions, pesticide
violations and unfair labor practices. Volunteers will bear witness to the plight of
migrant farmworkers and spread awareness about farmworker issues in their community.
What are the time requirements and or special skills needed for this position: Spanish not required but helpful. Hours: one to two evenings a month, 6 - 10 p.m., Monday-Thursday, April-November.