Build an Equitable Volunteer Management Program
with HandsOn NWNC
HandsOn NWNC is uniquely qualified to advise, consult, and train nonprofits to build and maintain an equity lens, including through your volunteer management program.
Since our beginning, HandsOn NWNC has worked closely with smaller, grassroots nonprofits in our region that are led by BIPOC leaders and/or engage and mobilize marginalized or under-resourced communities. In addition, more than 70% of the nonprofits in our network have specific anti-poverty lenses.
Our 11 years of experience, relationships built with nonprofit leaders in our region, and expertise in nonprofit management qualifies us to help you develop your nonprofit's commitment to equity.
Creating Equitable Environments for Volunteers
In addition to working towards equity in the communities we serve, nonprofits must also cultivate equity within our own organizations. Volunteer administrators have the responsibility to create equitable environments for their volunteers that allow them to perform at their best. The following suggestions are designed to allow organizations to consider different identities and how to make every person feel welcome and safe in your organization and while volunteering. An organization can cultivate inclusivity and equity by following these guidelines, performing their own research, and creating its own equity statement or equal opportunity statement in any volunteer description or application. HandsOn NWNC has created a guide, Creating Equitable Environments for Volunteers, that goes through various identities and ways to be inclusive in organizations.
For more information, view this list of Racial Equity and Inclusion Resources for Volunteer Engagement Leaders.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Twin City Harm Reduction Collective is looking for individuals who have lived experiences and are directly impacted by drug use and/or the war on drugs to volunteer with us. Whether you can volunteer on a regular basis or here and there, we could use your help! We’re specifically looking for folks who are active and recovering users, People of Color, sex workers, people who identify as transgender, and those formerly incarcerated. Please reach out via our "lets chat" button on our website or email us at twincityhrc@gmail.com for more details!
Organizations working on local equity and racial justice:
Action4Equity: is a black-led, intentionally multi-racial coalition of educators, parents, students, faith leaders, and community members building a movement to advance equity for students in Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools in the areas of academic achievement, access to high-quality instruction, and safe and healthy school environments. Using tools ranging from policy and advocacy to direct action, Action4Equity educates, applies pressure, and supports legal action to make real and lasting change within the Board of Education, WS/FCS administration, and in our local schools. Through organizing and training leaders from the most impacted communities, Action4Equity is targeted at mobilizing community support to impact rapid change in how WS/FCS defines, measures, and responds to racial inequity present in our schools today.
Equity Forsyth: which has already done a great job in curating local anti-racist resources geared to a broad audience. This includes book and media recommendations, local data on racial disparities, and ways to engage with and support predominantly black-led, yet historically underfunded, organizations. We encourage you to check out this resource and to reach out to us if we can provide additional appropriate assistance or referrals as your organization continues on its own equity journal.
Hoops4LYFE is a nonprofit organization. The acronym “L.Y.F.E.” stands for helping “Low-Income Youth and their Families Everywhere.
Lead Girls of North Carolinas is dedicated to providing the tools and resources that low-income/at-risk preteen girls must have to become productive citizens and active leaders in their communities. Using an evidence-based curriculum, LEAD encourages, and mentors girls to aspire and achieve greatness academically, emotionally, and creatively.
Maya Angelou Center for Health (MACHE) supports the learning health care system in advancing health equity and population health research by aligning scientific discoveries with best practices.
Neighbors for Better Neighborhoods' vision is to create “Safe, Just and Self-Determined Neighborhoods for all residents.”
Senior Services’ mission is to help older adults remain at home for as long as possible and to help them live with dignity. With concern for those who care for senior adults, we also help caregivers through services and education that will benefit them.
Solutions for Independence works to ensure that anyone, regardless of disability, is able to live the life they want. Their aim is to eliminate barriers that keep people with disabilities from being fully included within their community.
Twin City Harm Reduction Collective seeks to improve the health and lives and advocate for the rights of people who use drugs in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and surrounding areas.
Winston-Salem Urban League empowers and advocates for African Americans and other disenfranchised communities, and promotes socioeconomic progress and parity through education, training, and civic engagement.
