CR Phone Line Volunteer Sign Up Form
Application Deadline - Friday, August 26th 2022:

⭐️ ABOUT CR's PRISONER SOLIDARITY PHONE LINE:
As a political organization working to abolish the prison industrial complex (PIC), CR strives to foster strong, principled and mutually-beneficial relationships with imprisoned people across the PIC’s cages as a way to break cycles of isolation, stay informed on conditions inside, connect people inside with CR's work and campaigns, and offer abolitionist resources and advocacy tools.

⭐️ VOLUNTEER EXPECTATIONS:
  • CR asks that volunteers attend the full 2-Part Training Series to become fully trained up in the logistics, how-to's, values and principles that ground our work in the Phone Line Program.
  • CR asks that volunteers commit to volunteering for a minimum of 6 months.
  • CR asks that volunteers upon attending the training series sign up for a weekly 2 hour shift during our hours of operation, Mondays through Fridays from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM Pacific Time. 
  • Accessibility/Tech: Volunteers will need access to a cell phone, wifi, internet (for logging calls in CR's contact management system, as well as google drive for accessing CR's Prisoner Resource Library.
Additionally, the Phone Line program offers volunteers a weekly office hour for drop-in questions and support, as well as a monthly Volunteer Call on the 4th Sunday of the month from 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific Time as a space for community building, political education, skill sharing, and to share resources and support (not required but highly encouraged).

 *Formerly imprisoned people, people with imprisoned loved ones, people who are systems impacted, and people with experience in prisoner solidarity and correspondence work are highly encouraged to apply!

Check out CR's Phone Line Volunteer Guide where you will find more info about the history and purpose of the program, volunteer expectations and how-to's!
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First Name *
Last Name *
Pronouns
Pronouns are how you choose to be referred to as, such as "she/her", "they/them", "he/him", some combination of those or other. We are in the practice of respecting peoples gender identities, if for whatever reason you don't want to share this information with us in this form, that's okay too. We do ask that you enter the physical space with the effort of respecting other peoples gender identities. You can find more information about pronouns here: https://pronouns.org/what-and-why
Preferred Email *
We use this info to add volunteers to CR's Phone Line Listserv to receive important program updates, resources and reminders.
Preferred Phone *
We use this info to connect volunteers to their shift using CR's remote call-forwarding system (folks call CR's phone number and calls will be forwarded to your phone while only while on shift) and to provide volunteers with on-call texting support in the Signal messaging app). 

*All Phone Line calls will go through CR's phone number, volunteer phone numbers will NOT be visible or shared with callers.
Please indicate if you are currently involved with CR and how (if you are a chapter/national work group member, please indicate in the "other" field). *
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Are you formerly incarcerated, systems impacted, or have currently or formerly imprisoned loved ones?
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If applicable, please share a little bit about yourself and any relevant experience with prisoner correspondence, prisoner solidarity and advocacy work.
What skills, qualities, and attributes do you hope to bring to the Phone Line Program in your volunteer role? *
Are there any particular skills, kinds of experience or leadership development opportunities you are hoping to get out of your participation in the Phone Line program? *
Do you have any access needs or requests for Phone Line Staff to better support you in your volunteer role?
2-PART PHONE LINE VOLUNTEER TRAINING SERIES (REQUIRED):
PART ONE |  Sunday, August 28th  | 10:00 - 1:00 PM (PACIFIC TIME)
Via Zoom
Participants will explore CR's roots in the radical prisoner movement, learn about CR's current work & campaigns, and get trained up in how to volunteer!

PART TWO |  Sunday, September 4th  | 10:00 - 1:00 PM (PACIFIC TIME)
Via Zoom
Participants will explore boundaries & communication skills, and will develop a shared understanding around the values & principles of prisoner solidarity, mutual interest & joint struggle for PIC abolition that ground the Phone Line program.

ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION  |  Both trainings will have Closed Captioning, Live Transcript and Nonverbal Feedback options available in Zoom. 
Are you able to commit to volunteering with the Phone Line program for a minimum of 6 months? *
Are you available to attend BOTH of the volunteer onboarding trainings? *
Are you able to sign up for a weekly, 2 hour shift during CR's hours of operation (Mondays through Fridays, 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM Pacific Time)? *
Do you have any questions, comments or concerns you would like to share?
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Would you like to sign up to receive the following email communications from us? (Optional, Select all that apply).

*If you select "LOCAL CR CHAPTER VOLUNTEER LISTSERV" - - please indicate your city and state in the "other" field so we can add you to your nearest chapter listserv
💜 Thank you! 
Thank you so much for your time and interest in applying to volunteer with CR's Prisoner Solidarity Phone Line! We have a limit of 20 open volunteer spots to accommodate our schedule for weekly shift sign-ups. 

A CR Phone Line staff member will reach out to you with next steps and in the meantime, please don't hesitate to reach out with any questions or inquiries to liz@criticalresistance.org.
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