Volunteer Opportunities
From community organizing to restorative justice approaches to culture and spirituality, we are always looking for volunteers to help out.
Are you in interested in volunteering as an individual or a group? Contact Ms. Verna at nubian@crifcsouth.org, or fill out the contact form below.
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A Labor of Love: A Labor of Love Fellowships and Apprenticeships: We work with several regional and national partners such as National Bail Out (NBO) and Movement for Back Lives (MFBL). Our regional and national apprenticeships are for black mamas and black people s bailed out through regional efforts, legal fund campaigns, and probation parole campaigns. Our fellowships and apprenticeships are centered curriculum rooted in healing, art, political engagement and community engagement. We also assist with with online, in-person, and on-the-job training, as well as co-mentorship, job exploration, and potential placement. The participants are placed with black led organizations and groups in the south. These are seasonal programs, please keep in touch with us on Facebook and Instagram for updates.
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Social Services Stabilization Services: We provide social services infrastructure for collective change makers of local, regional and national abolitionist movements.
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Community Political Education: We facilitate environments conducive to group critical study, research, analysis, and reflection regarding the conditions of our societies, our positions in navigating these conditions, and moving deeper into a just world we want for ourselves and generations to come
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Kusoma Circles: We facilitate reading circles for children and youth impacted by incarceration in Orleans Parish from ages 4-18.
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Ronald Ivy Lewis Legal Fund Campaign: Dr. Nubian Sun’s late uncle and freedom fighter, Ronald Lewis Ivy. Ronald was born December 5, 1946 to his parents, the late Benjamin Franklin and Mary Lee Nixon Ivy. Ronald was a 1964 graduate of Booker T. Washington High School and graduated from Memphis State University in 1968 where he served as one of the founders of the Black Student Association. As a student and into his adulthood, Ronald harnessed his organizing power in many actions to forward the Civil Rights Movement agenda in Memphis, TN and throughout the South. Ronald taught for the Memphis City Schools System before starting his career as a paralegal for Memphis and Shelby County Legal Services. He was instrumental in policy implementation and advocacy around social security and disability rights and programming. With his sweet ancestral blessing and that of the family, this fund is in honor of his life’s work, his gift of fight and love of the people. This is a seasonal campaign that pays up to $1,000 for legal fees. Please keep in touch with us on Facebook and Instagram for updates.
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CRIFC Summer Micro-Grants: We administer Micro Grants to be awarded for youth impacted by incarceration in Orleans Parish ages 12-23 to start seed projects in their communities.
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Creating/re-envisioning community services networks: We facilitate initiatives and support regional efforts to create the community services networks we need to support our people.
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Social Services Referrals: We provide linkage to social services across the South to address basic and legal support needs.
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Family Preservation: We partner with El Pueblo Nola-Nola Village to support their ongoing work with families impacted by detention and familial separation. The support is provided in following areas: case management, food assistance, transportation, legal support, ,employment, spiritual support, and linkage to ongoing community support. This is a seasonal program, please keep in touch with us on Facebook and Instagram for updates.
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Probation Fines and Fees Campaign: Although the systems of probation/parole are deemed to be alternatives to incarceration, they are still methods of carceral control. Although the iron bars may not be present, folks are under carceral control inside of their own four street corners and four walls. Many folks return to cages due to charges surrounding probation/ parole violations. The conditions and fee structures around probation/parole too often pose many barriers to desired livelihoods. These barriers include access to housing, jobs, reunification with family, day to day needs, etc. This is a seasonal campaign that pays up to $1,000 for specific fees related to court fees, substance abuse/ DWI classes, anger management classes, court fees, counseling/therapy and gun safety. Please keep in touch with us on Facebook and Instagram for updates.
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To inquire about and/or participate in these programs: Please contact our office at 504-930-1890 or nubian@crifcsouth.org.
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