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Volunteer now for the JCIRA Multicultural Center!
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JCIRA secures a lease for the new multicultural center.

​We’re pleased to announce the new JCIRA Multicultural Center in Port Townsend, with a grand opening soon to come. Now we can do so much more, and we can really use your help.

Opportunities include:
  • Working directly with immigrants and asylum seekers
  • Assisting young people
  • Helping with educational activities
  • Writing and distributing communications
  • Advocating on behalf of immigrants
  • Handling administrative tasks
  • Providing help with programs at the center

Questions? Give us a call. There’s no commitment. Let’s chat. If you find something of interest, we can find a place for you.

Contact Outreach Coordinator Natalia Duran at Natalia.jcira@gmail.com or 360-232-6070. Or contact Larry Jensen at lpjensen15@gmail.com or call 402-290-0963.


Need some specific ideas? See the volunteer opportunities below:

General Assistance
  • Help with programs at the multicultural center, including administrative or clerical tasks, setting up for meetings, or other needs.
  • Organize and lead a class or workshop for the community. (Because the center is new, we are still developing programs. Let us know if you have any ideas.)
  • Provide assistance for our outreach program under the direction of the outreach coordinator and JCIRA board.
 
Art Projects
  • Take photos of JCIRA activities.
  • Create posters for events.
  • Make items for sculptural display.
  • Design graphics for the JCIRA website.
 
Communications
  • Write for or assist with the publication of the monthly JCIRA newsletter or our website.
  • Help maintain our membership and community mailing lists. 
  • Monitor certain immigration-related websites and share news with members through the JCIRA communications.
  • Keep informed about legislative changes and advise JCIRA.
  • Speak another language? Your help with translation and outreach will be invaluable.
  • Help recruit and engage volunteers and members.
 
Outreach
  • Serve as an ambassador or link between JCIRA and any community organizations that you are involved with. (Examples: Dove House, police, sheriff, charities, congregations, political organizations, schools, health providers, professional associations, and other local groups.) Let's talk.
  • Work with our Outreach Committee to develop and assist with speaking engagements to community groups.

Action
  • Join with others to help plan demonstrations in support of immigrants.
  • Monitor web-based petitions  and provide them to members to sign.
  • Participate in and help coordinate visits to the NW Detention Center in Tacoma for our membership. (Volunteers can help provide snacks, water, and listening ears to visiting family members. You will learn about the effects of our immigration policies in a personal way.)
  • Become certified as an Accredited Representative to inform immigrants of their legal options. Help them complete immigration applications and other paperwork.​
You can also help a refugee family in our community through JCIRA.
Learn more here.

“If you have come here to help me, then you are wasting your time….But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together."
– Lila Watson
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Photo credit: Banner photo of writing on sidewalk"Passion Led Us Here" by Ian Schneider on Unsplash.
Jefferson County Immigrant Rights Advocates
P.O. Box 647
Port Townsend, WA 98368
​JCIRAwa@gmail.com
360-232-6070
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