Volunteer Program

Be a part of the WRC Team

Students of all genders are welcome to volunteer at the WRC. Scheduled, for-credit office shifts and mentoring opportunities are available every term, and committees for special events and projects are assembled throughout the year. 

We seek to support our volunteers in identifying, honing, and developing their individual leadership skills by providing opportunities to work in a collaborative and supportive environment. 

Volunteers can sign up to:

  • Coordinate one of the WRC's large yearly events (Vagina Monologues, Take Back the Night, etc.)

  • Do a feminist leadership practicum (min. 4hr/week commitment for a whole term)

  • Write for the WRC's online newsmagazine, The She Sheet

  • Help out the day of an event

  • Work with a WRC staff member to coordinate a special project

 Volunteering at the WRC

Volunteer with the WRC Spring Term!

We are looking to fill a few volunteer positions in our newly renovated front office for the spring quarter.  Four hour shifts are available Monday through Friday, 9-1 or 1-5.  Volunteers must be able to commit to one shift per week for the entire term, and be able to attend a volunteer orientation Friday, April 4, 9:30 am to 3 pm.   

If selected you will have the opportunity to: 

  • Serve the women of PSU and empower yourself
  • Develop yourself as a student leader on campus
  • Learn more about feminist organizing and activism
  • Become involved with the WRC community
  • Develop professional office and customer service skills
  • Enrich your resume
  • Set personal leadership learning goals and receive mentoring towards the attainment of those goals through service to the Women’s Resource Center
  • Stay informed about events and opportunities to become more involved
  • Receive academic credit for your work, and apply hours toward practicum requirements with department approval. This course is approved to fulfill elective requirements for the Civic Leadership Minor in the Mark O. Hatfield School of Government, College of Urban and Public Affairs 

Interested students should email Bridge Gorrow, Interim Coordinator of the Women’s Resource Center at gorrow@pdx.edu to receive an invitation to orientation. 

 

More About Volunteering

The WRC takes on new volunteers every quarter, with all volunteers attending a group orientation the first Friday of the quarter.

Students participating in the Feminist Leadership Practicum making a commitment of at least four hours a week for the whole term (a sample syllabus for the leadership practicum is available here). Students who cannot commit to a whole quarter should watch our listserv for short-term opportunities to volunteer with the WRC.

Prospective volunteers should email Bridge Gorrow, our Interim Coordinator and Volunteer Director, at gorrow@pdx.edu for more information.

 

Leadership Development

The Women's Resource Center is committed to supporting our volunteers as they develop skills enhancing their ability to become leaders for social change. To that end, all of our volunteers set learning goals using the Social Change Model of Leadership Development by the Higher Education Institute, UCLA. For more information about the Social Change Model, we have provided the following documents:

  • A PowerPoint presentation explaining the Social Change Model of Leadership Development (free viewer available here),
  • An excerpt (requires Adobe Acrobat) from "A Social Change Model of Leadership Development Guidebook" by the Higher Education Research Institute (1996)