SQSH Volunteer Base: Application Form
We welcome Black queer St. Louisans passionate about liberation & movement work to join our supportive, empowering community. Our membership base centers the most marginalized members of our community and taps on your unique skills, perspectives, and lived experiences to strengthen SQSH’s mission and programs.

Our non-hierarchical culture creates opportunities to build trusting relationships between members, directly address conflict and harm, and take a transformative justice approach to repair and accountability.

We invite Black queer St. Louisans who align with our values of abolition, social justice, and Black + queer liberation to join our volunteer base. Due to our focus on deepening relationships with Black queer communities, our applications are currently only open to Black queer St. Louisans.

– SQSH Recruitment Team (recruitment@thesqsh.org)

SQSH is a community-based, grassroots organization that provides spaces and support for queer St. Louisans to thrive, centering Black and brown trans St. Louisans. SQSH's mission is to empower the St. Louis LGBTQIA+ community through peer support, resource connections, education, advocacy, and storytelling. 
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Section 1: Introducing Yourself
This section will ask you for some introductory information about yourself to start your application!
What is your full preferred name? *
What pronouns do you use? *
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What email address can we use to reach you? *
What phone number can we use to reach you? *
Do you currently identify as a member of the Black Queer/LGBTQIA+ community in St. Louis? *
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Section 2: Envisioning Your SQSH Experience
This section will ask you to describe why you want to volunteer and what roles & time commitment you want to take on. 
Why do you want to join SQSH as a Volunteer? *
Which of the following role(s) in SQSH are you most interested in?
Please rank the roles that you're most interested in, starting with your top choice:
First Choice
Second Choice (if any)
Third Choice (if any)
Community Advisory Board
Book Club / Political Education Volunteer
Fundraising Volunteer
Outreach Volunteer
SQSHBook Data Cleanup Volunteer
Social Media Volunteer
Newsletter Volunteer
Graphic Design Volunteer
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What makes you interested and/or equipped to support the role(s) you selected above?
We'd love to hear about your lived experience, skills, or relationships that set you up for success in the role(s) you selected.
When would you like to be involved with SQSH? *
Required
On what days and times of the week are you available during the time period you indicated? *
How many hours a week are you realistically willing and able to dedicate to SQSH? *
How long do you foresee yourself volunteering with SQSH? *
How did you hear / know about SQSH Volunteer applications? *
If you heard about us from a different organization, please share the name of that organization.
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Section 3: Sharing A Little More About Yourself
Halfway done! This section will ask you about:
  • Neighborhood & Transportation – to understand what supports we can provide to you
  • Language – to increase our language access & multi-lingual communications
  • COVID Vaccination & Access Needs – to prioritize the safety of our disabled & chronically ill siblings
  • Lived Experience & Identities – to better understand you & start building relationship!
If you have a stable residence: What neighborhood do you live in? *
We ask to potentially connect you with other SQSH members living nearby for additional support, such as for potential carpools.
Do you have a vehicle you can use to travel to and from the SQSH office at the CIC (4220 Duncan Ave) for in-person gatherings? *
Required
 What language(s) do you speak fluently? (Check all that apply.) *
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What language(s) do you read/write fluently? (Check all that apply.) *
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Have you been vaccinated against COVID-19? *

What access supports would allow you to participate in SQSH fully?

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Supports may include:
  • Communication / Receiving information (e.g. visuals, audio, text, face-to-face, phone calls, texting)
  • Written materials (e.g. fonts, contrast, color, text reader)
  • Image or audio descriptions
  • ASL interpretation and/or CART (live caption)
  • Audio volume (e.g. microphones)
  • Bathrooms (e.g. bigger stall, grab bar, gender-neutral)
  • Scents & chemicals (e.g. scent-free areas, hepa filters, fans)
  • Mobility-related access (e.g. wheelchair, elevator, steps, slopes, carpet, railing)
  • Seating (e.g. chairs with / without arms, spaces for scooters / wheelchairs)
  • Food (e.g. vegetarian, vegan, high protein, gluten-free, sugar-free, allergies)
  • Transportation (e.g. public, paratransit, parking, signage)
  • Lighting (e.g. fluorescent, lamps, strobe lights, flashing)
  • Quiet Space (e.g. low-stimulation space, fidget toys)
  • Video conferencing (e.g. camera off, captioning, length of virtual meetings)
  • Schedules (e.g. hard cutoff time, leaving early, arriving late)
  • Language (e.g. Spanish, Chinese, ASL)
  • Name, Pronouns (e.g. name tags, model use of pronouns)
  • Temperature (e.g. too hot or cold, fluctuating temperature)

What identities, lived experiences, or values do you bring to your role that energize or are important to you?

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Being a community organizer involves a great deal of humility, growth, and openness to critical feedback. We value transformative justice – an approach that responds to violence by transforming the root conditions that allowed harm to occur in the first place. Can you tell us about a time when you made a mistake in your community and caused harm? How did you respond or follow-up after that experience? 

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Honest vulnerability is appreciated and will be received with care.
What previous experience, if any, do you have in working towards liberation for Black queer/LGBTQIA+ communities? *
What would help you to build trust with SQSH's team of brown trans Staff? 
Section 4: Technology
A lot of our work happens digitally and asynchronously, especially amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and working remotely. This section will ask you about technology access & your level of familiarity with our tech platforms.
What Gmail account can we use to add you to the SQSH Google Drive, if you have one? *
How familiar are you with Slack as a digital communications platform? *
Required
How familiar are you with Google Drive as a document storage platform? *
Required
How familiar are you with Airtable as a task management platform? *
Required
How do you feel about your ability to participate in Zoom meetings remotely? *
Required
How would you rank your preferred method(s) of communication?
Please note that we will still use Slack and Email for mass communications due to limitations in our capacity, but we'll try to tailor individualized communications to your preferences where possible.
Email
Slack
Text
Voicemail
Phone Call
First Choice
Second Choice
Third Choice
Fourth Choice
Fifth Choice
Do Not Use to Contact Me
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Section 5: Next Steps
Last section! Please share your availability & thoughts for a follow-up interview.
Which dates and times are you available for a 1 hour interview in the coming four weeks?  *
Please provide as many free dates and times as possible.
What questions or comments do you have for the SQSH leadership team? *
We will try to respond to your questions via email as we set up an interview, or discuss them during your interview!
Thank you for your willingness to invest in and support the growth of Black queer liberation work at SQSH. We wish you moments of joy and ease in the rest of your day!
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