What you can do to help us all win!
We get very few ‘volunteers’ as most people think of them. It’s not as though we don’t have needs. We certainly do! It’s just that, gotta be real here, they’re not ‘volunteery’.
You know what we mean. The ones where you can show up. Or not show up. Re-schedule. Pick up a few flyers. Or some garbage. Or maybe plant a tree. Do something very nice for an hour… and then leave.
Yeah, that’s not what we need. 😀
We’re not being dismissive here. To win at any truly high stakes activism, you need people who take their tasks as seriously as their day job. Organizations that can find people with that passion always succeed. That is the secret sauce. 99.99% of people frown and that and say, “Gee, I’d love to but…My dog is… My mom is… My job is…” We’re not trying to guilt you, but that is why movements fail and we simply are not structured for like a volunteer organization.
So, if that’s not you, not to worry. There are still three very useful things you can do to help:
How to help without volunteering
- Donate money. We don’t need gobs. But we do need it. And if you really want to help, that’s a great way. In fact, money can buy many of the most useful skills we need at the moment. So even if you don’t have the time to help, your dollars can purchase the commitment we need. We need donations to:
- Help defray our IT costs. 200TB, 200,000 scans. It adds up.
- Purchase subscriptions to various journals.
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- Subscribe to our newsletter and share our blog posts. The biggest problem airport communities have is that they are being constantly gaslighted. If you really believe in what we’re doing, be willing to spread the truth. Because there is a single truth to all this.
- Do not volunteer for or donate to groups or politicians we do not endorse. As we just wrote, we would love to be able to say “We’re all in this together!” but we’re not. There are a bajillion people and politicians all working at cross-purposes. Some are extremely sincere. Some are not. But because they are all rowing in different directions the cumulative effect is like being in a boat that is rowing against a strong current. You’re working very hard, and it looks as though you’re making great progress. But actually you’re moving backwards. We know people want to do something. But by not giving energy to people and politicians that claim that whatever they are doing is useful,, you can help get everyone (finally) rowing in the same direction. And that will make accomplishing the useful goals job a lot easier.
If you really want to volunteer? Here are our Current Needs
Please review these tasks and their requirements. If any these sound like you have the skills, resources and time to do well, please contact us.
Video and Animation Editing
We are in need of people with video editing, illustration and animation skills for several documentary projects we are working on, including our explainers.
Port Packages
We were instrumental in creating what eventually became the 2020 law HB2315. This is a State law allowing the Port to provide updates/repairs to Port Packages. We need people to:
- Help run our mailing list (2 hours a month.)
- Nag lawmakers (2 hours a month.)
Roundtables
We try to keep in touch with various community groups around the US. We need people to
- Attend their meetings.
- Check in with them,
- …and generally keep each other up to date.
(2 hrs a month)
Local Government Meetings
We attend a very large number of public meetings, including those of the Port of Seattle Commission, King County Council, various City Councils, StART and Highline Forum and SCATBD, etc. We need people to:
- Attend these meetings.
- Deliver public comment.
- Attempt to speak with key people (depending on the event.)
(2 hrs a month)
Mailing Lists
We try to send out several other mailing lists. We need people to:
- Take that over.
- Make sure that something goes out on a regular basis
- Make sure it being shared.
(2 hrs a month)
Social Media
Speaking of which, we need people to:
- Evangelize our blog posts on Facebook, Twitter, etc.
- Monitor key sites for new and relevant information.
(2 hrs a week)
Lobbying
We need people to:
- Perform candidate surveys.
(2 hrs a month)