Volunteers Wanted

VOICES: Community Stories Past and Present, Inc. is looking for journalists, writers, photographers, documentary and media artists to work with Tucson youth in a dynamic, creative environment.

The 110º After-School Magazine Project provides low-income, high-school-aged youth the opportunity to publish self-driven, personal and community stories in the magazine 110º – Tucson’s Youth Tell Tucson’s Stories published in the Arizona Daily Star.

Volunteers are an invaluable asset to our magazine project, and we need your help finding these qualified individuals.

We are looking for energetic, passionate, self-motivated, and responsible adults to help us mentor the magazine’s youth staff.

Who can be a volunteer?

• Volunteers mentor youth in writing, researching, interviewing, photography, editing, professional development, and life skills.

• Volunteers must have a degree in photography, journalism, writing and/or related professional experience.

• We require volunteers to commit to a minimum of 2 hours every week from October 1, 2007 through May 16, 2008.

• Youth staff work from 4-6:15 Monday through Thursday and volunteer mentoring during these hours is key to the success of our program.

Volunteers must be comfortable using collaborative mentoring techniques with youth ages 14-21. “Collaborative mentoring” in the 110º Magazine office means that mentors focus on engaging the youth staff in dialogue and critical thinking, and present their skills and knowledge as accessible resources.

Interested writing volunteer mentors should email their resumes to Katie Johnson, Writing Director, at katie@voicesinc.org and photography volunteer mentors should email their resumes to Krista Niles, Photography Director, at krista@voicesinc.org, or call 622-7458 for more information.