Want to work at Import Car Shows? Want to help out your community and fight Big Tobacco? Project RIDE is looking for volunteers to help outreach at events from cultural events to import car shows.

Project RIDE brings together young people from diverse backgrounds of the Bay Area and beyond with a love of cars and racing to protect both their communities and the automobile scene from social injustice. RIDE promotes young adults as advocates and leaders by transforming their participation in the car scene as a powerful way to make meaningful and proactive changes in their communities. RIDE is a project to protect our streets and the car import scene from tobacco industry infiltration.

For those who want to be involved, Project RIDE is looking for volunteers to become members of the RIDE Crew, a network of other brothers and sisters who work the car shows and spread the word at schools and other events.

Joining the RIDE Crew allows you to (according to your interests and availability):
• Work the car show, races and swap meets as part of the RIDE Crew.
• Showcase your ride at schools and youth events.
• Spotlight your car in RIDE printed materials and on the web.
• Join an advisory committee to make the RIDE project the best it can be.
• Researching future gigs for the RIDE crew.
• Distributing RIDE materials at car shops.
• Become a RIDE spokesperson.
• Participate in RIDE trainings
• Plan upcoming RIDE car show.

Benefits:
• FREE training on American issues, public speaking, car culture in the public media.
• FREE gear.
• Help plan a RIDE car show.
• Join a group of young people who want to use car culture to change community culture in a positive way.
• Have your opinion heard in developing a public media campaign.
• Last but not least, get respect from colleagues and younger brothers and sisters.

If you are interested in becoming a volunteer with the RIDE Crew, please contact tchin@bacr.or

Positions

Youth Program Providers/Assistants

Job Description: Teach or assist in a program aimed toward Middle or High School-aged youth for a full school semester.

 

Extended Youth Outreach Team

Job Description: Act as an advocate for The MYC outreach team by setting up with teachers and administrators times for the outreach team to come table and/or present at the school, as well as maintaining flyers and bulletin boards at the school for The MYC.

 

Adult Community Advocates

Job Description: Meet once a month to hear what events and programs are going on at The MYC and take that information out into the community. Represent The MYC Youth Center to their social circle.

 

Youth and Adult Board Members

Job Description: Meet once to twice per month to be a part of the decision-making process for The MYC. Great opportunity for youth looking to increase their leadership skills as well as adults who want to make a wide-spread difference in their community.

 

Cooking Program Assistant (possibly 2-3 positions)

Job Description: Looking for a very organized, administratively-savvy volunteer to help create the structure for The MYC’s cooking program through data/contact entry, creating database of funders, helping plan and execute special events, helping to organize 3 or 4 volunteers, and/or creating flyers to promote cooking classes and events.

 

High School Volunteers for Middle School Program

Job Description: Great opportunity for youth interested in becoming teachers, coaches or working with young people in the future! High School volunteers will help out one to five days per week with the Middle School after-school program at The MYC.

Contact

Jessica Pechan
Program Coordinator
The MYC Youth Center
1115 Third St.
San Rafael, CA 94901
415-459-6884 ext. 104
jpechan@themyc.org

Position:

Tutoring Assistant

Description: Assisting the youth leader in classrooms. Helping elementary aged students complete homework.

Contact:

Mercedes Elizalde
6328 E 17th St
Oakland, CA
(510) 303-6122 cell
melizalde@bacr.org