Volunteer: Secretary needed for Board of Directors seeks positive change-makers & do-gooders!
📋 Role Overview & Responsibilities
"What are your plans after graduating?"
"After carefully reviewing your application, we've chosen a candidate with more hands-on experience"
"If only I'd known about X when I was your age" We've all heard the aforementioned at some point of our lives; yet we spend most of our waking hours liking and sharing IG posts, in banter with an opposing Twitter user or actively avoiding our futures with some sort of distraction. Operation Adulting(tm) is here to assist high school seniors with responsibly navigating their independence while assisting college seniors with their transition into adulthood. There are millions of young people around the planet with a passion for careers in Science, Space, Technology, Arts & Media yet have no access to technology available in developed countries. The people left paying for the wreck that is the covid pandemic will be future generations of young people. We're here to give them a fighting chance.
In order to mitigate damages caused by undeniable inequality, Operation ADULTing curates projects for young adults which create global social impact.
We're back and better than ever! We've partnered with CONINVR This will be our second year in a row hosting Computer Science 4 All! Our organization's mission curates virtual & IRL activities to ensure the next generation is prepped for most of the things the "Real World" will throw at them.
What makes us different is that we're are a diverse, millennial & gen-z 501(c)(3) -with members who have been featured in Forbes 30 under 30, NPR, Lesbians Who Tech, Tedtalks and more- assisting minority high school & college seniors with navigating adulthood upon leaving the orbits of high school & college while introducing them to diverse leaders of their fields.
We're seeking three (3) (Secretaries) all of whom are willing to be hands on & share their knowledge. In joining our Board, you must
be familiar with STEM/STEAM (Science/Space, Technology, Engineering, Artificial Intelligence + Art, Media - we know that isn't what the 'M' stands for; they don't call us DISRUPTIVE without reason)love answering questionsenjoy figuring out puzzlescrypto-financebe comfortable meeting & speaking with many people of various backgroundsForm strategic plans in order to accomplish O A’s missionwilling to partake in meetings confidently
In addition to must haves
it would be nice if you have some familiarity with contract/commercial law (such as the Uniform Commercial Code) + Political Sciencesplease have a go-getter attitude and a willingness to work as a teambe comfortable across Apple/Android/Windows platforms as you will be dialing in for our board meetings for the time beingbe just as excited as we are to help future generations of diverse innovators
Our mission is to eliminate prejudice within the minority and LGBTQ+ communities while combating community deterioration across the five (5) boroughs by
building confidence in high school & college -almost- grads through mentoring, volunteering, fundraising opportunities, and networking workshopspromoting positive mental health through mindfulnessinstilling goal setting, financial literacy and the importance of digital safety and identity
all while building a community built to empower those who choose to follow in their footsteps!
If you're sincere about your commitment and interested in contributing your expertise in running nonprofit programs, managing community relations and fundraising, than this is the org for you!
PLEASE BE ADVISED You will receive an in-kind donation receipt for your service(s). An in-kind donation offers certain benefits, particularly due to the ability to aggregate the donation figure. To determine the appropriate deduction, we recommend conducting a straightforward search on IRS or Glassdoor websites to find the industry standard rates. These rates can then be reported to the IRS as deductions on your tax returns for the subsequent years. If you have any questions or require assistance, please don't hesitate to reach out. We greatly appreciate your service and commitment to our mission.
This is a volunteer opportunity provided by VolunteerMatch, in partnership with LinkedIn for Good.
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