Postgrad Service Category: Legal, Policy and Advocacy
Westmoreland Volunteer Corps
Westmoreland Volunteer Corps ACTIVITIES: Each year the Volunteer Corps identifies positions with approximately nine agencies in Washington, DC, and suburban Maryland and Virginia. These agencies provide services such as employment counseling and search, case workers for at-risk youth, maternal/child health care and other health programs, social and legal services and shelters for the homeless, refugee support, […]
Vincentian Mission Corps
Vincentian Mission Corps ACTIVITIES: The Vincentian Mission Corps (VMC) is designed to serve those living in poverty. Over the years, volunteers have done so at numerous sites throughout the St. Louis area ranging from education to healthcare to immigrant services. As a volunteer, you will work full-time (40 hr/week) at one of VMC’s worksites. Each site […]
St. Joseph Worker Program
St. Joseph Worker Program ACTIVITIES: Wide range of placements, dependent on location, including services related to domestic violence victim support, housing, food justice, sustainable agriculture, at-risk youth, gang intervention, community outreach, refugee resettlement, healthcare and public health, legal services, advocacy, education, economic justice. CONTACT:Minneapolis/St. Paul: Emma Buechs; LA: Sr. Judy Molosky; Orange County/Napa: Sr. Joanna Rosciszewska; […]
Precious Blood Volunteers
Precious Blood Volunteers ACTIVITIES: Precious Blood Volunteers serve people who are marginalized in Kansas City, Missouri and Chicago, IL. Placements in health care, education, social services, legal aid, and restorative justice (PBMR in Chicago). Live in community with other volunteers. Volunteers receive a stipend, bus pass, room, board and health insurance (if needed). REQUIREMENTS: Desire to […]
Mercy Volunteer Corps
Mercy Volunteer Corps ACTIVITIES: Mercy Volunteer Corps promotes social change by placing and supporting volunteers for one year of service with people who are experiencing injustices, in any form, in the United States and Guyana, South America. Mercy Volunteers work in education, healthcare, and social services while growing spiritually and living simply in community. CONTACT:contactus@Mercyvolunteers.org […]
Mennonite Central Committee: Serving and Learning Together (SALT)
Mennonite Central Committee: Serving and Learning Together (SALT) ACTIVITIES: Multiple programs for young adults, including United Nations (UN) Internships and Serving and Learning Together (SALT). UN interns will learn about a diverse range of foreign policy issues and will likely be tasked with administrating the web and social media presence of the office and any working […]
Lutheran Volunteer Corps
Lutheran Volunteer Corps ACTIVITIES: Members of Lutheran Volunteer Corps unite their time and talents with the time and talents of society’s marginalized people. LVC Volunteers work in such areas as AIDS/HIV, addiction and recovery, anti-racism, children and youth, community development, education, employment, the environment, food and hunger, GLBT rights, health care, housing and homelessness, immigration and […]
Loretto Justice Fellowship
Loretto Justice Fellowship ACTIVITIES: Based in El Paso, TX, we Center the Needs of Local Placement Site Partner Organizations + Local Communities – supporting sustained, longer term relationships and skills-alignment between participants, placement site work and local communities | investing in and partnering with the next generation of social justice leaders within communities. CONTACT: COMMITMENT: 1 year OVERVIEW: The […]
Jesuit Volunteer Corps Northwest
Jesuit Volunteer Corps Northwest ACTIVITIES: The service opportunities available through JVC Northwest also differentiate us from other service programs in a few ways: – Cross-cultural opportunities: Our program offers a number of cross-cultural opportunities, so JVs may be serving in Alaskan Native, Native American, or Spanish speaking communities, as well as in urban and rural settings. […]
Humility of Mary Just One Year (JOY) Program
Humility of Mary Just One Year (JOY) Program ACTIVITIES: Working with issues related to immigrant and migrant farmworkers, education, outreach, legal services, ministry, some healthcare, etc. in Western PA (Villa Maria). CONTACT:Sr. Cheryl Rosecrose@hmministry.org COMMITMENT: 12 months OVERVIEW: The Sisters of the Humility of Mary offer women a one year immersion in spiritual growth and formation. […]