SLU Community Partners Database

The holistic betterment of our community; reversing the effects of racism one person and cause at a time.

- Education Advocate: Our in-school program is modeled after the Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) program which pairs Student Advocates with elementary students ranging from K-5th grade at the request of school administrators. Student Advocates provide one-on-one and small group behavioral, emotional, and educational support for students identified as by their school counselor. Currently, we are scheduled to support Ferguson-Florissant School District.

- Days/times are flexible and up to schedule of volunteer

- Application

- Background Check

- Orientation

ArchCity Defenders (ACD) is a 501(c) 3 non-profit civil rights law firm providing holistic legal advocacy to the poor and homeless ACD fights the criminalization of poverty and state violence against poor people and people of color.  ACD uses direct services, impact litigation, and policy and media advocacy as its primary tools to promote justice, protect civil and human rights, and bring about systemic change on behalf of the poor and communities of color directly impacted by the abuses of the legal system.

- The Director of First Impressions: Assist with providing the first contact/impression of the agency for people contacting us for service or information. He/she will answer the phone; process/distribute mail; assist with mailings; screen calls for Executives; support legal professionals, case managers and other staff; assist with company communications and projects as needed.

- Data Entry Specialist: From either letter/correspondence or Direct attorney team member notes, complete report on the identity and contact information of the direct client requester, legal situation/problem, jurisdiction or jurisdictions and other relevant information for the pursuit of the case by ACD. Handle

phone calls from potential direct clients to record same information listed above. Provide summary excel spreadsheet of pending /backlog cases.

All positions are up to schedule of volunteer - days and times are flexible.

- Application

- Orientation

Citizens for Modern Transit (CMT) is the region’s transit advocacy organization. It was established in 1985 to help bring light rail to St. Louis and works to develop, support and enhance programming and initiatives to ensure safe, convenient and affordable access to the region’s integrated public transportation system.

- CMT's Metro Monitor Program: Provides opportunities for volunteers to evaluate safety and security on the public transit system by completing monthly online surveys describing their experience using public transit in St. Louis. This information is shared directly with the transit agency.

- Community Engagement Event Volunteers - CMT partners with stakeholders throughout the region to initiate quarterly community engagement events. Each event provides a valuable opportunity for partnering organizations to interact with riders, strengthen and reinforce their collective commitment to a safe, world-class, customer-focused transit experience.

Remote opportunities include:

- CMT's Metro Monitor Program: Provides opportunities for volunteers to evaluate safety and security on the public transit system by completing monthly online surveys describing their experience using public transit in St. Louis. This information is shared directly with the transit agency.

- Days/times are flexible and up to schedule of volunteer

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Our mission is to bring people together to talk and resolve differences through mediation, education, and training.

- Meditation Assistant: The assistant works directly with the program coordinator in scheduling and assist with setting up and supporting virtual mediation meetings. Can be done in-person or remotely.

Mediations are usually weekday evenings.

- Application

Empower people impacted by crime to move from crisis to resiliency.

- Victim Advocate: Provide crisis intervention, case management, safety planning, and referrals to victims of crime.

- Volunteer Counselor: Providing individual trauma focused counseling for victims of crime.

- Community Engagement Volunteer: Provided flyers, brochures, and awareness of CVC to neighborhoods and communities highly effected by crime.

- Victim Advocate: Mondays - Fridays, anytime 9 a.m. - 5 p.m..

- Volunteer Counselor: Mondays - Saturdays, anytime 9 a.m. - 7 p.m..

- Community Engagement Volunteer: Days and times up to schedule of volunteer.

- Application

- Criminal background check (at no cost)

- Training Session

CJM’s mission is to improve our communities by supporting and empowering those impacted by incarceration. We envision a future for those impacted by incarceration where their relationships and communities are safe and supportive, incarceration is minimized, and recidivism is eliminated.

- Direct Service: Assist the FIRST Services department of CJM with organizing and distributing resources to returning citizens.

- Child Tutor: Tutor kids ages 5-16 who need homework help while their mothers are in a support group.

- Research Project: Contact CJM to learn more about new or ongoing research needs.

Most opportunities are flexible and up the schedule of the volunteer; tutoring takes place on Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. at St. Vincent de Paul Church, 1408 S. 10th St.

- Application

Family Court of St. Louis serves youth and their families that have come to the attention of the Court for delinquency offenses.

- Citizen Deputy Juvenile Officer: Volunteers needed to assist with aspects of case management, community development, programming, residential care work, etc.

- Mentor: Volunteers needed to mentor young children going through the court process

- Clerical work w/ database and files

Any day of the week, 8 a.m. - 8 p.m..

- Application

- Criminal background check (at no cost)

- Training session

The mission of Family and Workforce Centers of America is to implement comprehensive programs that will stimulate and set youth and families on a pathway to economic self-sufficiency and success through accredited early childhood development, secondary education, employment/skill-specific training, financial education and asset development, and health and wellness programs.

- Legal Clinic Assistant--provide legal clinic with administrative support including receiving customers, creating files, make appointments, use Excel and other programs for data entry, and other various duties--1-5 days per week any hours between 8am and 4pm.

- Young Adult Program Assistant--provide outreach assistance via social media, phone, text, email and work events promoting the Young Adult Program, such as community and job fairs--1-5 days per week any hours between 8am and 4pm--some weekends depending on events schedule,

- Career Institute Assistant: Create files, make phone calls, and other administrative tasks for participants of the Career Institute.

All opportunities offered Mondays-Fridays, anytime 8am-4pm.

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The mission of FOCUS St. Louis is to create a thriving, cooperative region by engaging citizens to participate in active leadership roles and to influence positive community change.

- Community Policy Voluneeter: assisting with a citizen task force project or developing a defined product with a citizen committee, working on community engagement projects, tracking and monitoring initiatives through the legislature and news media, preparing background information on topics, performing supervised field work as required, reviewing source documents, and conducting surveys and internet research. Policy areas of focus are affordable workforce housing, educational outcomes for immigrants, and disaster

preparedness.

- development/Events Volunteer: researching funding sources, helping with donor history files, assisting with membership campaigns and individual giving initiatives, assisting with all aspects of major events, including vendors, volunteers, program, sponsors, and logistics.

- Communications/Marketing Volunteer: providing support for the marketing of programs by writing and designing communications pieces, assisting with media relations, compiling and updating FOCUS database information, and coordinating policy updates.

Days and times vary - will work around volunteer's schedule.

- Application

The Freedom Community Center’s mission is to build a movement of survivors that will meaningfully address violence in St. Louis City and collectively design alternatives to state systems of punishment. Our community will fight to end mass incarceration and advocate for transformative justice approaches to reducing harm.

- CourtWatch Data Entry and Analysis: Provide support to Freedom Community Center's Courtwatch program through remote data entry. Our CourtWatch program witnesses the injustices in the 22nd Judicial Circuit (St. Louis City). We are seeking volunteers who would like to assist with data entry and analysis as part of our monthly data analysis and publication efforts.

- CourtWatch Volunteer: We aim to interrupt the violence of the pre-trial justice system by attending and collecting data at bail hearings in St. Louis, analyzing and publishing that data, and organizing to hold system actors accountable to the injustices we witness. We are looking for volunteers to watch court at the 22nd Judicial Circuit Court in downtown St. Louis.

- CourtWatch Data Entry and Analysis: Anytime - up to schedule of volunteer.

- CourtWatch Volunteer: Any day M-F between the hours of 12-3pm.

Orientation/Training Session

Our mission is to provide free and reduced-fee legal services to individuals, citizens’ groups and organizations that seek to protect the environment and public health.

- Air Quality Research Intern: Engineering students needed to conduct tests on the quality of air and water in certain areas of St. Louis.

- Pollutant Health Effect Research Intern: Public Health students needed to research effects of pollutants on the health of St. Louis residents.

- Economics of Pollution Control Intern: Business students needed to research economic factors involved in pollution control policies.

- Community Organizing and Outreach Intern: Assist in the building of grassroots support for pollution reduction among the community.

Mondays - Fridays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

- Resume

It is the mission of the St. Louis City Juvenile Detention Center to provide a safe, non-punitive, controlled and secure custodial environment for juveniles coming within the jurisdiction of the Court when their temporary detention is necessary pending legal action, to protect the community and in accordance with Missouri law.

- Tutoring program: Tutors are asked needed to assist residents with school work, etc., as well as to engage with them in conversation, participate in skill-building activities, education, etc.

Tues-Fri anytime from 3:30-8:30 p.m., or Saturdays anytime 9 a.m.-5 p.m. (Group Tutoring Session). Tutors are asked to commit to one hour per week.

- Application, including background check and Child Abuse check (cost covered)

- Orientation Session

- Must be 21 years of age, unless working in Group Session on Saturdays.

To advocate for and assist women in the criminal justice system to support their successful transition to family and community.

Life Skills Class Facilitator: We are seeking passionate and knowledgeable volunteers to lead life skills classes or series of classes. Topics can vary and should align with the volunteer's skills, expertise, or passions. Whether you have experience in financial literacy, job readiness, wellness, parenting, or any other valuable life skill, your contribution can make a significant impact on the lives of our participants.

Boutique Volunteer: We are seeking compassionate and organized boutique volunteers to help with the daily operations of our no-cost participant boutique. Sort through donations, manage inventory, and interact respectfully and compassionately with program participants who shop in the boutique, and coordinate other boutique volunteers.

Remote opportunities include:

- Research Assistant: We are seeking a detail-oriented and motivated Research Assistant to assist with researching best practices for programming and operations. The ideal candidate will provide summaries and reports based on their findings, which will help us enhance our services and improve outcomes for our participants.

- Data Management: We are seeking a detail-oriented and tech-savvy Data Management Assistant to help with entering data, researching data, and creating data reports. The ideal candidate will ensure our data is accurate, organized, and accessible, supporting our efforts to improve program outcomes and service delivery.

Generally anytime 9a.m. - 5p.m., Mondays-Fridays. For Life Skills, up to schedule of volunteer and clients.

- Application

- Criminal Background Check (if working with clients)

- Orientation (1-2 hours)

To educate and empower voters.

Handwrite post cards, create graphics, etc. to remind people to vote.

Days and times vary - can be done remotely.

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The Mission of Legal Services of Eastern Missouri is to provide high-quality legal assistance and equal access to justice to low-income people.

- Students for the Volunteer Law Program: helping with cases, serving as consultants, participate in outreach programs, and make community education presentations.

- Clerical Assistance: Help with filing, data entry, scheduling appointments for intake

Mondays - Fridays, anytime 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.

- Application

- Background Check (no cost)

- Orientation session

- Students must to commit 40 hours per semester

EHOC seeks to ensure equal access to housing for all people through education, counseling, investigation, and enforcement.

Remote opportunities include:

- Tenant Advocate (Virtual): Tenant Advocates are trained in Missouri Landlord/Tenant law and have resources to advise, counsel and refer callers who are experiencing a housing crisis. Tenant Advocates help tenants understand their rights and obligations under state and federal laws. They help draft letters for tenants, assist people in searching for housing, and identify resources which may help a person out of a housing crisis. Tenant advocates are volunteers who are able to devote at least 2 hours a week to counseling tenants.

Other opportunities include:

- Tester for Housing Discrimination: Housing discrimination testing is a method used to uncover discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, familial status or disability. Testing is a controlled procedure to determine differential treatment in the quality, content and quantity of information and services given to home seekers by landlords, real estate agents, leasing agents and lenders. Testers are volunteers who are reimbursed for expenses. Testers must be 21 years or older, must be able to pass a criminal background check, must have reliable transportation, and must have excellent writing skills. Reasonable accommodations are made for testers with disabilities. Testers of all backgrounds are needed.

- Speaker's Bureau - EHOC has opportunities for volunteers to conduct trainings for the general public on fair housing and landlord-tenant rights, as well as staffing an EHOC table at resource fairs.

Mondays-Fridays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m..

- Background Check

- Application

- Orientation

The Migrant and Immigrant Community Action Project (MICA Project) is a community organization committed to working with low-income immigrants to overcome barriers to justice. The MICA Project utilizes legal services, organizing, advocacy, and education to promote the voice and human dignity of immigrant communities.

- Legal and Administrative Assistance: Help office staff with immigration and citizenship cases, including assembling evidence, drafting documents, legal research, and preparing for cases. Also assist with various clerical tasks at the office.

- Interpreters and Translators: Working remotely with our attorneys to interpret for meetings or workshops and translate for documents. Spanish fluency preferred.

Any day Mondays-Fridays, anytime 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Translator work can be done remotely, so up to schedule of volunteer!

- Application

- Interview

- Volunteers are typically asked to commit to 5 hours per week during the school year if at all possible.

The Missouri Coalition for the Environment works to protect and restore the environment through education, public engagement, and legal action. We focus on clean water, clean air, open space, and sustainable food and farm policies.

- Legal/policy Research

- Known & Grown Field Volunteer Days (work to look into chemical-free farming)

- ReFresh Fashion Forward Resale Boutique Volunteer Days

- Outreach – tabling at MCE events

All opportunities vary by day and time and can be up to the schedule of the volunteer.

- Orientation

Missouri Jobs with Justice is a solidarity network of labor, community, faith, and students that work for worker's rights and economic justice.

- Missourians for Healthy Families and Fair Wages Campaign: Help with this statewide campiagn to raise the minimum wage up to $15 by 2026 and to allow workers to earn paid sick leave to take care of themselves or family.

- Canvasser: Jobs with Justice runs campaigns that focus on public policy that supports working families. Examples include increasing the minimum wage, protecting collective bargaining rights, and limiting the influence of money in politics. Volunteers would help talk to voters about how to support these issues.

- Mobilizer: Jobs with Justice often mobilizes volunteers for direct actions in support of workers seeking justice at the job. This includes mobilization for rallies, strikes or pickets. We often need volunteers to help call our supporters and turn them out in support of workers.

Days and times vary.

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"Missourians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (MADP) is a statewide organization working to repeal the death penalty in Missouri by educating citizens and legislators regarding the costs and consequences of capital punishment. We seek to empower murder victim family members, exonerees, communities, racial justice advocates, various faith and conscience traditions, as well as individuals, to collaborate in creating new opportunities for abolition. With coalition partners, we address root causes of capital punishment by soliciting direct advocacy to oppose individual executions and the systemic conditions which permit them. Through alerts to our members, media placements, and educational events, we work to stop executions and to make lasting change to the criminal legal system."

- MADP Pen Pal Program: Connects with someone living with a death sentence in Missouri. Email and written mail opportunities available.

- Monthly Meetups: Participate in virtual monthly meet ups - join MADP on the 4th Wednesday of each month, at 7 p.m. to learn about the death penalty system in MO and actions you can take to stop executions.

Days and times vary.

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Moms Demand Action supports the 2nd Amendment, but we believe common-sense solutions can help decrease the escalating epidemic of gun violence that kills too many of our children and loved ones every day. Whether the gun violence happens in urban Chicago, suburban Virginia, or rural Texas, we must act now on new and stronger gun laws and policies to protect our children.

- Educational Outreach Assistant: Learn about the work of Moms Demand Action and be an ambassador to students and student groups about our work so we can increase our number of supporters and be a greater instrument of legislative change on gun violence prevention.

- Advocacy Assistant: Go with Moms Demand Action to meetings with elected officials and to our state capitol to make your voice heard on bills related to gun violence in Missouri.

- Phone Call Assistant: Learn more about Moms Demand Action and become part of our welcome call team to welcome new members and encourage them to become more involved in the gun violence prevention issue.

Flexible - we will train you and will work around your schedule.

Training session

The mission of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) is to end drunk driving, help fight drugged driving, support the victims of these violent crimes, and prevent underage drinking.

- Court Representative: Attending court cases with victims and MADD staff to support them through the journey of the criminal justice system.

Remote opportunities include:

- Data Minining on MO court system for impaired driving cases

- Entering impaired driving criminal cases into MADDs database

- Participating in a phone-a-thon to encourage people to register for MADD events

Days and times vary.

- Background Check

- Application

- Orientation

The Peace Economy Project researches military spending, educates about the hazards of an unchecked military-industrial complex and advocates for conversion from a military- to a more stable, peace-based economy. We focus our attention on local weapons manufacturing, arms proliferation and worldwide militarization. We collaborate with other organizations to raise consciousness about where our tax dollars are invested and to encourage others to reinvest in their communities.

- Research Fellow: Perform in-depth research on topics related to peace economics, military spending, social justice, and related areas. Utilize a variety of sources, including academic journals, government reports, and non-governmental organization publications. Evaluate current policies and their impact on peace and economic justice. Propose evidence-based recommendations for policy change.

- Social Media: Develop engaging, informative, and visually appealing content for various social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn) that aligns with the Peace Economy Project's mission and current campaigns.

- Events Coordination: Conceptualize, plan, and execute various events such as panel discussions, workshops, marches, and fundraising activities that align with the organization's mission.

- Database: Oversee the maintenance, updating, and accuracy of all data within the organization's CRM and other databases. This includes donor records, volunteer information, and engagement activities.

Up to schedule of volunteer

- Orientation

Trailnet is a St. Louis based non-profit organization with a 20-year history of Promoting Active Living * - a way of life that encourages people to integrate physical activity into their daily routines. Trailnet’s mission is to lead in fostering healthy and active communities through innovative programs, planning, and policy that promote walking and bicycling throughout the St. Louis bi-state region.

- Trailnet hosts bike rides, walking events and walk to school events throughout the bi-state region. Volunteers are needed to help with registration, bike repairs, mark routes, research trails, photography,grant writing and office rescue.

- Advocacy Support: phone calls, letter writing, and educating the general public about the benefits of non-motorized transportation alternatives.

Remote opportunity: Phone Calls. You will be giving a list of donors to call and say thank you; while also asking them what would they like to see in our non profit and what they like about Trailnet.

Days and times vary; trail and riverfront clean-ups occur most Saturday mornings.

COVID-19 Vaccine

The Transformative Justice Initiative (TJI) serves the community to improve system health and safety, and support prevention of incarceration and successful transitions from criminal justice settings.

- Conduct pre-trial assessments of individuals to help determine their post-release needs such as healthcare, housing, transportation, etc.

Any day Monday-Friday, any 2 hour block between 7:30 a.m. - 6 p.m.

- Application

STL CASA advocates for abused and neglected children and youth in St. Louis by representing their best interests in court and in the community.

- CASA Volunteer Advocate: CASA advocates are sworn officers of the court charged with advocating for the best interests of child victims of abuse and neglect. They ensure that the child – the person with the most to gain or lose and typically the least power in a care and protection court proceeding – has a powerful voice. A voice in critical decisions that will impact his or her life immediately and long into the future.

- Office/Support Volunteers: Office/Support volunteers are needed on an ongoing basis to help with

various administrative tasks including filing, database entry, training material assembly, and information distribution.

- CASA Volunteer Advocate: Times vary, but must make a 1 year Commitment.

- Office/Support Volunteers: Any day Monday-Friday, anytime 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m..

- Background Check

- Application

- Intensive training for CASA Volunteers

Vision for Children at Risk (VCR) promotes the well-being of children, youth, and their families, with a primary focus on those impacted by socioeconomic risk and racial inequity.

- Data and research coordination and analysis

- Administrative assistance

Flexible and up to schedule of volunteer - can also be done remotely.

- Orientation

To educate and empower older adults and their families for quality living across the continuum of long-term care.

- Volunteer Ombudsman: Under the direction of the Regional Coordinator the Volunteer Ombudsman educates residents on their rights and provide advocacy to individuals who live in long term care facilities. Ombudsmen act as mediators for residents, families and facility staff in order to help resolve resident complaints. The goal of the Ombudsman is to improve quality of life for residents. Ombudsmen serve as an important communication link between resident and staff, becoming a relied-upon source of information and assistance, benefiting everyone involved.

- Office Volunteer: Help research answers to callers' questions on tong-term care options and direct support. Respond directly to calls on long-term care questions.

- Volunteer Ombudsman: Days and times very flexible; 2-3 hours per week.

- Office Volunteer: All opportunities are any day Monday-Friday, anytime 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m..

- Application

- Orientation and Training