Volunteer Application!

Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network (GLSEN) is a volunteer driven, social justice organization, that believes every member of each school community is valued and respected regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity.

GLSEN volunteers develop programs and networks to support students, educators and communities around safety and anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender bullying and harassment in schools.

Volunteers are the backbone to any non-profit organization, so we need volunteers for every event we do. By volunteering with GLSEN Washington State, you will get a vast knowledge on LGBT Bias in schools, and a broad understanding of harassment in general.

We are looking for volunteers to help carry out our great work in our committees:

1. Student Organizing . GLSEN Washington State's Student Organizing Committee (SOC) has tons of opportunities available for volunteers interested in supporting our mission of assuring that each member of every school community is valued and respected regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression. If you have ever been involved with a Middle or High School GSA (Gay Straight Alliance) then you know how important these school communities and organizations are to creating safe schools for all students. Joining the SOC team will give you an opportunity to make these GSA's stronger.

Members of the SOC team will be involved in activities such as:

--Day of Silence Trainings for GSA's

--Organizing Regional Youth Leadership Summits

--Helping organize GLSEN Washingtons first Youth Council

2. FunDevelopment. The FunDevelopment (FunD) Committee develops fund raising projects that support GLSEN Washington State's programs such as: several Youth Leadership Summits, Safe Space Trainings, Day of Silence Trainings, etc. All of these programs support GLSEN's mission to assure that each member of every school community is valued and respected regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression.

There are three ways to get involved with this committee:

Grant Writing: Grants will be used mostly to support summits and trainings throughout each year.

Corporate Fund Raising: We are looking for volunteers with experience in corporate fund raising and development to help us expand on this department of the FunD committee.

Fund Raising Events: We do several fund raising events each year. We are looking for volunteers interested in developing and implementing successful fund raising events.

3. Professional Development. GLSEN Washington State's Professional Development Committee supports GLSEN's mission of assuring that each member of every school community is valued and respected regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression through training, resource distribution, and consultations with high school and middle school staff.

The main training this committee is curently offering is GLSEN's Safe Space Kit training. Members of the Professional Development Committee will: train high school and middle school staff, train trainers for the Safe Space Kit training, help create and distribute promotional/informational material for the Safe Space training, and more!!

4. Interns GLSEN Washington State offers opportunities for short-term and long-term internships in our Seattle office. Interns may join GLSEN on an academic schedule: for the entire year, for a semester, or for the summer. Internships generally vary based on your education institution and are unpaid.

To volunteer or apply for an Internship:

Click Here to download the application. (PDF)

Send the application to: 1605 12th Ave, Ste 35, Seattle WA 98122.

If you prefer to fill out an online application, use this link here: Online Application