Get Involved, Make a Difference
Advocacy Resources:
Contacting your elected officials about land use issues is an important part of being a citizen advocate. 1000 Friends has put together this Citizen Advocacy Toolkit to help you make your voice heard. Click below to read, or click here for a full copy (pdf).
Writing a Letter to an Elected Official
Meeting With an Elected Official
Testifying at a Legislative Hearing
Writing a Letter to the Editor
Volunteer and Internship Opportunities
There are many ways to volunteer your time for 1000 Friends. Whether it is hosting a house party, volunteering at an event, contacting your own networks to take action, or coming into the office – our volunteers are essential to our work. Please fill out our Volunteer Interest Form for our staff to get in touch with you about Volunteer Opportunities in your area. Click here for the form: http://www.friends.org/webformst/volunteerinterestform.
Our Portland office will hold a monthly Volunteer Happy Hour on the last Tuesday of the month to talk about what we're working on and opportunities to get involved. Contact Tara if you'd like to join!
Attorneys seeking pro-bono work: If you have legal background and are looking for volunteer or pro-bono opportunities, please contact our Cooperating Attorney Program Manager, Steve McCoy at (503) 497-1000 x126 or email him at steve@friends.org.
Volunteer opportunities and internships are unpaid unless otherwise noted. The Paul Gerhardt Jr. Internship is a paid summer internship for undergraduates and recent college graduates. More information about this internship will be posted in early 2012.
