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Volunteer Opportunities TCRP has many different opportunities for volunteers, who have a passion for social justice and human rights. Every amount of time you can contribute, at any kind of work you feel comfortable with, helps us build a stronger and more vigorous civil rights program in Texas. Short- and long-term opportunities are available in the following areas:
Development Assistants: Help research and write new funding proposals and grants Membership Assistant: Help coordinate membership drives and record and organize membership data Event Planning: Help plan annual Bill of Rights Dinner fundraiser and other special events Community Outreach: Represent TCRP at agency and community fairs, speak to groups about special events Public Relations, Advertising and Marketing: Assist with media relations and advertising duties, including preparing for press conferences, researching information for the media, and creating ads
Graphic Designers: Design visually appealing publications such as t-shirts, booklets, reports, brochures, ads, and newsletters Video Producer: to make a half-hour video on TCRP, interviewing clients, volunteers and staff Website: Contribute to content and design and help update our website
Paralegals: Help work with clients, conduct new client intake interviews, develop cases and prepare for trials. Attorneys: Work on a pro-bono basis for our low-income clients Law Students: Work with clients, develop cases, do legal writing, and prepare for trials Researchers: Research and contribute to ongoing research projects, including the annual Human Rights Report Office Help Clerical: Help answer phones, organize and maintain legal files, and perform day to day office functions. Maintenance: Help maintain yard and outside grounds and help keep building clean.
Looking for volunteers to help out in different capacities to provide services to underserved immigrants living in Texas' rural areas who qualify for protection but who otherwise do not have access to services. We work with immigrant victims of domestic violence married to abusive US citizens or permanent residents. Instead of filing for their residency as would happen in a healthy relationship, abusers isolate and abuse them, while always threatening them with deportation. If you are interested in any of the volunteer opportunities listed below, please contact Isaac Harrington at the Texas Civil Rights Project at 512-474-5073, ext. 109 or isaacfharrington@hotmail.com: Translators: Primarily between English and Spanish. A knowledgeable computer type: With skills in creating databases (possibly with Access). Case Workers: Folks interested in working an entire case or different aspects of a case. This work includes working with clients and witnesses on drafting affidavits and documents, provide referrals and information to immigrant women, working with other agencies to access important documents. Client and witness interaction more likely than not requires fluency in Spanish. Other casework does not. Intake Specialists: Conducting long intakes with viable cases and providing them with initial information. Outreach: Working with and identifying other organizations in cities that have access to our clients, educating organizations about the immigrant provisions of VAWA, possibly conduct presentations with these organizations Web Guru: Putting materials on the web for training purposes. Administrative Assistant: Assist in administrative and paralegal capacity in helping immigrant victims of violence file documentation to adjust their legal status under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). |
