Looking for some online, asynchronous volunteer opportunities? Here are some organizations we recommend!
Virtual Opportunities
Join the Free Minds Program in responding to poems written by authors in federal incarceration. Did you know that many people who are federally incarcerated are sent to prisons far away from home? This program provides a voice and an outlet for minors and young adults. The poems are posted to the website and your comments and feedback are recorded and then passed back to the authors. You are encouraged to scan the website to see more about this amazing organization.
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Link to Site: https:// freemindsbookclub.org/poems/
For young people dealing with mental health struggles, often there is nothing greater than a person-to-person connections. Your letter is a support for those who are fighting through difficult times. Once you sign up and read some sample letters, you will carefully craft you words before digitally submitting your letter. Once your letter is approved by a moderator, a stranger will anonymously receive your letter, and you’ll digitally receive one written by someone else too.
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Link to Site: https://letterstostrangers.herokuapp.com/
Crisis Text Line is the free, 24/7 text line for people in crisis in the United States. The service is powered by volunteer Crisis Counselors who work remotely—anywhere with a computer and secure internet connection works. Crisis Counselors answer texts from people in crisis, bringing them from a hot moment to a cool calm through active listening, collaborative problem solving, and safety planning.
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Link to Site: https://www.crisistextline.org/become-a-volunteer/
Translators without Borders is a global community of over 100,000 members helping people get vital information and be heard, whatever language they speak. Do you speak a language other than English? If so, this may be an opportunity for you to help translate for health, climate change or forced displacement initiatives.
Link to Site: https://translatorswithoutborders.org/