The Simon Fraser Public Interest Research Group (SFPIRG) | Fall 2020 Volunteer Form                                                                                                          
By filling out this form, you are expressing interest in volunteering with the Simon Fraser Public Interest Research Group (SFPIRG) during the Fall 2020 semester.

To volunteer with SFPIRG, you need to attend a digital SFPIRG Volunteer Training Session. Upon completion of this form, you will receive an email within 10 business days with upcoming date options for this training and the next steps for volunteering.

Please note that all information will be kept confidential and secure. Thank you for taking the time to complete ALL sections of this form!

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CONTACT INFORMATION
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SFPIRG is committed to making our space and events as accessible as possible for all bodies and minds. We encourage you to let us know of any access needs that you have or accommodations that would support you while volunteering. Please feel free to discuss your accessibility needs directly with us as well. *
How are you connected to Simon Fraser University (SFU)? *
How did you hear about SFPIRG? *
Would you like to be added to the SFPIRG Volunteer Team Mailing List? *
Would you like to be added to the SFPIRG Newsletter List? *
SFPIRG VALUES & TRAINING
SFPIRG brings together people who have diverse interests and life experiences. To facilitate respectful engagement around social and environmental justice, successive groups of student Board Members have worked on continually updating our Organizational Values: https://sfpirg.ca/values/. These serve as a guide for the work of SFPIRG. People who become involved with SFPIRG in any capacity are asked to review these Values. IMPORTANT – You do NOT have to agree with (or even know what you think about) everything in these Values, but to volunteer with us, we DO ask that you agree to respect these Values whenever you are representing SFPIRG as a volunteer or engaging with people in our spaces, on our social media, or at our events. Have you fully read the Values, and can you agree to respect these Values while in our space, on our social media, at our events and while representing SFPIRG as a volunteer? *
Are you able to attend an SFPIRG Volunteer Training Session within the current semester? *
If yes, which days (Monday-Friday, 10:30am-5:30pm) are preferable as options for a 1-hour Volunteer Training Session? *
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CURRENT VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
:: RELOCATION TEAM:
Supports SFPIRG's relocation from our current office and lounge space in the Rotunda to our new organizational suite in the SUB! This volunteer team is unique to Fall 2020. SFPIRG will be packing up our lounge, library, office, and more - and moving everything to our new organizational suite in the SUB! Volunteers will assist with: packing books, office supplies, and other items from SFPIRG's current space; cleaning SFPIRG's current space; and moving packed boxes to the new organizational suite in the SUB. Due to the nature of this volunteer team, volunteer work will take place in person with supervision from SFPIRG staff. Volunteers will be familiarized with SFPIRG's COVID-19 Safety Plan and protocols prior to their first volunteer shift, and will be required to sign a release form.

:: COMMUNICATIONS & SOCIAL MEDIA TEAM:
Supports SFPIRG’s community outreach and engagement strategy, initiatives, and activities to promote core programs, services, and campaigns to the SFU community. Volunteers will assist in curating and drafting regular and ongoing content for SFPIRG's social media platforms, as well as researching and curating educational materials and tools for the Info Hub on SFPIRG's website. Creativity and an interest in engaging with other students online is encouraged! Experience with drafting social media copy is an asset, but not required!

:: MUTUAL-AID & ALTERNATIVE COMMUNITY SAFETY ORGANIZING TEAM:
Supports the Mutual-Aid & Alternative Community Safety Organizer workstudy project. The purpose of the project is to raise awareness about the movement to defund/abolish the police, and to explore practical strategies for building individual and community capacity for responding to social harms without recourse to governance through violence. Volunteers will learn about movements to defund/abolish the police and efforts to build alternatives, for example: mutual aid organizing, community-based violence prevention and intervention, etc. Volunteers will also assist with developing educational materials and community engagement strategies, and engaging in online or other pandemic-safe strategies for education and organizing. Interest in organizing community safety alternatives is a must - but prior knowledge of the issues is not required!

Which Volunteer Team are you interested in joining? Please refer to the above-noted volunteer descriptions of each of the options below. For Fall 2020, volunteers are asked to volunteer with only one team, so that we can best coordinate the volunteer teams during the ongoing pandemic. *
Are you involved in any Student Clubs, Student Unions, or other Student Societies on campus? *
If yes, please list their names. *
Have you been involved with other Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs)? *
If yes, which one and in what capacity? *
Have you been involved with any other social and/or environmental justice issues or organizations in the past? *
If yes, which one and in what capacity? *
AVAILABILITY
During the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, SFPIRG is striving to make most of our volunteer projects remote, and structured to work with your schedule. With the exception of the Fall 2020 Relocation Team, most volunteer work can be done remotely from home! While some volunteer work can be done flexibly, we also want to make time for regular meetings, to support you and work with you in your volunteer work.
Please check which days & time slots you are available for weekly/bi-weekly volunteer meetings with SFPIRG.
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10:30-11:30am
11:30am-12:30pm
12:30pm-1:30pm
1:30-2:30pm
2:30-3:30pm
3:30-4:30pm
4:30-5:30pm
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How much time can you commit to volunteering? *
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