This Week in Service
The Week of September 7
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In this email:

  1. Waltham Group Recruitment Night this Friday!
  2. Memory Cafe on September 11th
  3. Join the Kindness Day Committee!
  4. Volunteer with JBA!
  5. Relay for Life is looking for committee members!
  6. Applications for the Rich/Collins Community Leadership and Impact Fellowship are now open!
  7. Your Career Corner with Hiatt Career Center
  8. Apply to Be a New Voters Mentor
  9. The Waltham Public Library wants YOUR stories!
  10. We Are Better Together is looking for volunteers and interns
  11. Become A Poll Worker
On Campus & Virtual Opportunities
Waltham Group Recruitment Night this Friday!
9/11/20
3pm - 5pm


Please join Waltham Group for a night of meeting all of our coordinators and our 19 different programs! We are so excited to connect with new students and continue to volunteer this semester. Please see the Google Doc to access our program descriptions and our Zoom links.

Email wg.presidents@gmail.com with questions and follow us on Instagram @walthamgroup for updates!
Memory Cafe on September 11th
9/11/20
10am - 12pm

Join Cornell Coley, M.Ed. for an exploration of African-roots rhythms, songs and culture from Brazil, the Caribbean and Latin America. Cornell is an award-winning percussionist, dancer, teacher and public performance artist. He uses various instruments from his collection and encourages you to participate from your home. You may be interested to watch Cornell’s TEDx talk here. 

If you are interested in joining, please fill out this form by September 3rd. 
Join the Kindness Day Committee! 
Do you like spreading kindness? We want your help to make Kindness Day 2020 special. Kindness day is a yearly celebration of something that happens every day at Brandeis. This year, it will look a little different, but we will continue the tradition of coming together to spread and celebrate kindness. We are looking for peers who are excited to help us plan and implement the 11th annual kindness day. We welcome students who are both on and off-campus this semester.

Kindness day is a yearly celebration of something that happens every day at Brandeis. This year, Kindness Day will look a little different, but we will continue the tradition of coming together to spread and celebrate kindness. We are looking for peers who are excited to help us plan and implement the 11th annual kindness day. We welcome students who are both on and off campus this semester. Find out more and fill out an interest form here. Applications are due Friday, September 11th!

Find out more and fill out an interest form here by September 11th. Please email kindnessday@brandeis.edu with any questions!
Volunteer with JBA!
JBA Training on 9/21/20. Program starts on the week of 12th of October and continues until the 16 of November. There is a final reflection on the 21st of November

JBA provides free after school programming at Stanley Elementary School and Plympton Elementary School one day each week for five weeks in the fall and spring. Every semester, Brandeis volunteers lead a variety of clubs that engage Stanley and Plympton students in activities such as cooking, art and science.
Relay for Life is looking for committee members!
Relay for Life of Brandeis University is looking for individuals dedicated to helping in the fight against cancer to join our event planning committee for the 2020-2021 Relay for Life season! Relay for Life is a national fundraiser through the American Cancer Society (ACS) that helps fundraise money for cancer research and supporting cancer patients.

Applications for the Rich/Collins Community Leadership and Impact Fellowship are now open!

Take your service to the next level by applying to be a Rich/Collins Community Leadership and Impact Fellow! The Rich/Collins Community Leadership and Impact Fellowship is a one-of-a-kind, prestigious leadership opportunity where undergraduate students can apply for grant funding between $500-$4,000 to implement a community impact project during the Spring semester. All successful applicants will be awarded a $600 stipend! Applications close October 26th at 11:59pm.

Rich/Collins Community Leadership and Impact Fellowship: https://www.brandeis.edu/community-service/programs/rcclif/index.html

For more information and questions regarding this Fellowship, please email RCCliff@brandeis.edu
Your Career Corner with Hiatt Career Center
Recruiters and alumni from all industries and career fields want to speak with Waltham Group and Service Club leaders and volunteers. The Hiatt Career Center works with employers and alumni every day who want to speak with YOU about positions within their organizations, career fields, and industries and to share their career journey from Brandeis.

Where to start?
  • Search thousands of jobs & internships and participate in recruiting events in Handshake here.
  • Meet with a career counselor and get started here.
  • Connect with Brandeis alumni here.
  • Work with Hiatt to host a career or alumni panel here. 
Community Partner Opportunities
Supporting Superheroes
We are a non-profit organization founded by two Brandeis students. Our initiative is to support healthcare workers during the pandemic by donating care packages to local hospitals, and hospitals around the country. We have already donated to multiple ER and ICU departments at hospitals in the Boston area. We are currently seeking donations so that we can donate to hospitals around the country.

Anyone interested may donate through the links provided on our website.
Apply to Be a New Voters Mentor
If you are interested in civic engagement and want to help amplify youth voices in today’s political climate, consider applying to be a New Voters College Mentor!! Mentors guide 1-3 mentees through running a voter registration drive in their high schools. The role requires a low time commitment (details on the application) but makes a huge difference in the mission of New Voters, a youth-led nonprofit working towards 100% voter registration of high school students across the country. Now more than ever, getting young people out to vote is so important!!

More info about New Voters: https://www.new-voters.org/  
The Waltham Public Library wants YOUR stories!
How is the COVID pandemic affecting you? How has it changed your daily life? During COVID, have you wondered how peoples' lives changed during the 1918 influenza? Future Waltham citizens will be wondering what life amid a pandemic was like for us, and we want to add your stories to the record. The Waltham Public Library is collecting stories, photos, artwork and other entries that show how the people of Waltham are living life during a pandemic and how daily lives have changed during these times.

Your stories matter! Contribute and submit them here or email them to: dhamlin@minlib.net. 
We Are Better Together is looking for volunteers and interns
We Are Better Together Warren Daniel Hairston Project (WAB2G) connects and heals
women and girls affected by homicide and incarceration to prevent the cycles of
violence and victimization.

We are looking for enthusiastic volunteers that are passionate about violence prevention and community organizing. We have many areas and opportunities for volunteers to assist with; from programming to graphic design. We are looking for interns that start October 1st- December 4th with a minimum of 10 hours a week. We also welcome all volunteers that can at least do a minimum of 5 hours a week.

Areas of Interest
● Graphic design/Creative/Artist
● Programming assistance/Facilitating Group Forums
● Community outreach
● Data Analysis
● Policy and Advocacy
● Communications/Storytelling
Become A Poll Worker
Did you know that the United States is facing a nationwide poll worker shortage? Usually, 56% of poll workers (the people who staff polling places on election day) are over the age of 60, but this year they aren’t signing up due to COVID-19. Unless younger Americans step up, the resulting shortage of poll workers could mean closed polling places.

 How can you help? Register to serve as a poll worker. Visit www.PowerthePolls.org/campus to learn more and apply to serve as a poll worker on election day.

For those on campus: To become a poll worker in Waltham you must be 16 years or older, registered to vote in Massachusetts, attend training and be available to serve the entire day.

Otherwise, you can check your eligibility at https://www.workelections.com/ by entering the address of your current residence (at home or on-campus). Then sign up today at www.PowerthePolls.org/campus  and https://www.workelections.com/. If you have any questions or feedback feel free to reach out!
*Please note that the Department of Community Service provides marketing and may not be in direct partnership with this organization, student group or department. It is the responsibility of all members of this listserv to research all internal and external community engagement initiatives and programs prior to involvement.
Connect with us!
Department of Community Service
Shapiro Campus Center, Room 203
P: 781-736-3237

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