volunteers needed!
Each year Left Forum grows bigger, with 600 speakers on 200 panels, and 25-28 events happening concurrently any one time. This year will be quite engaging for interns and volunteers, providing them with unique experiences and valuable training in a politically and intellectually charged milieu both during the organizational phase and at the conference itself.
Left Forum provides intern and volunteer opportunities to:
- - Hone media and communications skills in projects to develop pre-conference coverage, and on site interviews and media presence
- - Reach out, talk to, and involve students, community organizations, social movement organizers and others in developing panels, events or conference turnout
- - Help manage an event by working with progressive publishers and organizations in one of the largest yearly Left book and organization fairs in the country
- - Develop online and promotional graphic design (one's work will be seen by thousands of people)* - Work with videographers in editing, producing and promoting conference clips, and recording the actual conference events
- - Work on Left Forum website and database systems; learn the infrastructure-building components of large organizing processes
- - Help with event planning for conference operations
- - Learn editorial skills: help produce and edit the program guide and other promotional literature
- - Join the fundraising/development team
We appreciate volunteers for all types of participation. We also have specific areas that volunteers can help out. They are listed below. Please pick a category and sign up if you are interested in volunteering or email us at: volunteer@leftforum.org or call us at 212-817-2003 if you want to help out generally.
