Asian Immigrant Women Advocates (AIWA) is a non-profit, community-based organization that has been providing resources to low-income Asian immigrant women workers for over 30 years.
AIWA works with women workers employed in the home care, beauty, garment, hotel, assembly, restaurant and other low-wage industries. Centered in Oakland, AIWA seeks to empower women through education, leadership development and collective action, so that they can fight for dignity and justice in their working and living conditions.
AIWA provides rewarding volunteer and internship opportunities for those committed to social and economic justice for low-income Asian immigrant women workers, their families and their communities. Presently, we have one volunteer opportunity as follows:
Workplace Literacy Teacher
Description:
AIWA is seeking dedicated and responsible volunteers for our Workplace Literacy (WPL) classes. WPL classes teach low-income Asian immigrant women workplace English skills and political education about their rights as workers, immigrants, and women. These classes are co-taught by volunteers on zoom on Tuesday nights from 7pm-8pm. AIWA provides all the materials, curriculum, and support you need to volunteer as a teacher in the WPL program.
Volunteer teachers will be asked to join a 1-hour orientation and 2-hour training before the semester begins. Volunteers will be supported by AIWA staff and have scheduled check-ins. English classes happen on Tuesday nights from 7pm-8pm every week. If you’re available to teach at that time, please consider volunteer with AIWA!
Qualifications:
Must be committed to social and economic justice for Asian immigrant women.
Must be able to make a commitment to volunteer one evening a week for the class term (usually 15 weeks).
Previous experience in teaching or volunteering preferred but not required.
Bilingual (Cantonese, Mandarin or Nepali) preferred, but not required.
School credit is negotiable. If you are interested in this opportunity, please CLICK HERE to download the volunteer application form, and then e-mail the completed form to us at info [at] aiwa.org. We are currently looking for volunteers for our fall semester, September -November.