Looking for Liaisons!

As the summer winds down and we approach a new program year at Project Peace, we are looking for men and women who are passionate about seeing social justice in our communities to serve as Project Peace Liaisons. Click here for more information and to sign up!

What, you may ask, is a Project Peace Liaison?

It's a new position that should make Project Peace function much more clearly and efficiently out in the East Bay community!

Here's the deal: under the old system, every small group serving with Project Peace had to select their own internal Project Peace Coordinator. This Coordinator was responsible for helping the group identify a social service provider or cause, coordinating all dates of service, and following up with evaluations, etc. This proved to be too much on the shoulders of one person, who may not have been very committed to the role to begin with.

The NEW system: We're looking for Project Peace Liaisons who are already passionate about getting volunteers connected to a particular East Bay service provider/ministry/cause. The Liaisons will work directly with the social service provider to calendar 6 days of service throughout the 2010-11 program year. Then, they'll communicate these dates to the small group(s -- there will likely be more than one group per service provider) who have signed up to serve. While there will still be a Project Peace Coordinator in each small group, their role will primarily be to remind their group of the next service date. The Liaison is really the link between server and served, and will be primarily responsible for communication and evaluation.

This new system is the product of a lot of learning over the short life of Project Peace. We hope that you'll be seeing some exciting new changes in our structure this year, which will enable us to streamline our operations and better serve the East Bay communities that we are so passionate about!