VOLUNTEER
Thanks for your interest in volunteering with us! Please read this application thoroughly. Feel free to reach out to celeste (she/they) with any questions at celeste@masakhanecenter.org or 973-969-2472 (texts will get seen first).
Masakhane (masa-con-eh) is a Xhosa word that means "let's build ourselves, for ourselves, together". Masakhane is a youth-driven organization providing community-based sexuality education in and around Newark, NJ. Masakhane’s anti-racist, pro-queer & pro-trans approach to sex-positive programming seeks to promote sexual liberation, including the right to pleasure, for marginalized communities.
We are seeking folks ages 16-24 to dedicate <10 hours a month throughout 2025 to help build our capacities in Newark and support our online and in-person programs. As a completely volunteer-run organization, Masakhane gets its life force from people like you. This is not a paid / stipend position.
Volunteers will work in teams of 4 to assist with:
Creating educational materials that support in-person and online learning, and
Planning in-person events, such as fundraisers. This will look like creating handouts in Canva, boosting our social media presence on Instagram (and TikTok if it's not banned) @masakhane, and doing behind-the-scenes research to bolster our existing Resources Manual. Folks dedicated to event coordination with work with our board members to set up and staff in-person fundraising programs in and around Newark, NJ, and as such, must be local so they can help with tabling and flyering in our community.
Schedule
The 2025 volunteer program will meet to collaborate monthly on Sundays from April to November, primarily over Zoom, eight sessions total. Volunteers are expected to attend at least 6 sessions to get the full experience.
Summer programming (June through August) will be in-person in order to connect with the rest of the Masakhane community, including interns, board members, and community members. Tech permitting, there will be a virtual option for these summer sessions.
Collaboration Sessions will be led by celeste (she/they) and will consist of coworking and training on a variety of sexuality topics. For a full topic list of potential training topics, click here. You will be expected to continue working your project(s) on your own time and report out at the following Collaboration Session.
We will be meeting from 12:00 pm – 2:30 pm EST.
Apply
Application Link: https://forms.gle/2svGy37Fk1RnZZBE6
Application Deadline: Friday, April 11, 2025
After you apply, you will be invited to an interview between April 14 – 18. Our first meeting / Orientation is on April 27 at 12pm EST. We can’t wait to meet you!