Call for Volunteers!
Attention Volunteers: Please look for our Volunteer Coordinator Dylan when you arrive at the march. He'll get you situated.
Dylan
| Event Date: | Friday, June 27, 2008 |
| Event Time: | 3 till 10 pm |
| Event Location: | Dolores Park |
| Volunteer Hours: | 8 am till 11 pm |
| Volunteer Contact: | volunteers@transmarch.org |
POSITIONS AVAILABLE
- SOUND SET-UP ASSISTANTS:
- Unload sound and lighting equipment from a truck
- Assemble the equipment
- NOTE: You'll need to be comfortable lifting a good amount of weight
- From 10 am until set-up complete
- Minim. Volunteers needed: 4
- SOUND BREAK DOWN ASSISTANTS:
- Break down the sound and lighting equipment
- Load equipment onto a truck
- NOTE: You'll need to be comfortable lifting a good amount of weight
- From 9:30 pm till complete
- Minim. Volunteers needed: 4
- OVERNIGHT SECURITY:
- Pop a tent with your best buds and have a full camping experience in your own back yard!
- We need people to camp out in the park with the stage as a requirement for renting the stage. You can camp on the stage or next to the stage.
- The stage is rented by the Dyke March but they allow us to use it. Overnight security will “hand off” the stage Saturday morning to the Dyke March.
- You’ll have the added security of on-site hired guards and have the police on speed dial should a problem arise.
- From 10 pm Friday night until 10 am Saturday morning.
- Minim. Volunteers needed: 2
- CLEAN UP CREW:
- We expect this year’s march to be huge, which means the impact on the park will be significant
- The shifts will be 7-8pm and 9:30pm-Closing
- Minim. Volunteers needed: LOTS!
- BUCKET DONATION CREW:
- Trans March donation collecting is fun, easy and chatty. We'll give you a small sand bucket to collect donations and a small tray of buttons to pass out for any donation over $1, then send you out to frolic whilst enjoying the entertainment!
- From 3 till 7 pm. You’ll make a few rounds during this time period.
- Minim. Volunteers needed: 12
- STAGE SECURITY DURING EVENT:
- Help keep the backstage area secure for performers and their equipment (The bonus of this job is you get to meet and greet with performers!)
- 2 hr shifts with 2 people each: 3-5 pm, 5-7 pm, 8-10 pm
- Minim. Volunteers needed: 6
- ACCESSIBILITY COORDINATOR:
- Aid persons with accessibility needs
- Directs persons to accessibility area and ASL area near the stage
- From 3-7 pm and 7-10 pm
- Minim. Volunteers needed: 2
- MEDIA INTERCEPTORS:
- To intercept media and direct them to one of our media spokespeople
- Staff the media information table
- From 3 till 7 pm
- Minim. Volunteers needed: 3
- PHOTOGRAPHER:
- Document this years stage performances and the march with lots of photos! Most years we collect photos from our friends and community members that remember to email us their pics, but this year, and in years to come, we'd like to secure a volunteer to better document our entire event!
- Minim. Volunteers needed: 3
- LAST MINUTE NEEDS - PERSON WITH VEHICLE:
- If you have a car and could volunteer to help us run errands or move supplies the day of the march, let us know!
- Time: flexible
- Minim. Volunteers needed: 2
- PARKING MONITORS: Dolores St. from 18th to 20th on the park side will be blocked off by SFPD.
- Reserve parking for loading and unloading for trans march and dyke march needs. Provide parking placards to these vehicles.
- From 10 am till 3 pm
- Minim. Volunteers needed: 3
- HEADCOUNTERS:
- Count the crowd! Give us an estimate of how many folks attend the event
- From 6 pm till 7 pm
We encourage you to volunteer as little or as much as you can. You are welcome to do more that one job, as many can overlap. Also, if you have a special skill or other interest not listed here, let us know.
Thanks in advance for your time and energy to help Trans March 2008 be an amazing event.
The San Francisco Trans March 2008 is now recruiting March Safety Monitors to ensure the safety of march participants as we take to the streets to march for a Gender Inclusive ENDA and the removal of Gender Identity Disorder as a mental illness! Assert Our Identities! Demand Our Rights!
The Fifth annual Trans March will take place on June 27th, 2008, in Dolores Park, with festivities starting at 3pm. Thirty different Trans and gender-variant live bands, artists, and performers will be featured on stage in a spectacular pre-march show. The march itself will begin at 7pm, circling through the Castro, down Market, and back to Dolores Park for additional music and performances.
Anyone able to help be a march safety monitor will be required to attend one of the trainings listed below. On the day of the march you'll have a designated arrival time, meeting place and point person as we gear up for the march.
The training is organized by Pride and will certify you to provide safety for all Pride events. You only need to attend one training to be certified. Multiple dates and locations are available to meet individual schedules.
Please contact volunteers@transmarch.org to sign up!
Once you contact the Trans March we will give you more details and have you fill out a quick contact registration form on the Pride Website.
Follow this link http://www.sfpride.org/volunteer/safety.html for all the details on the Pride Safety program, including training dates and to register.
Below is a quick reference list of training dates and locations:
Saturday, June 14, 2008, 3:00pm
St. Marks Square
Urban Life Center
1111 O'Farrell St, SF
Sunday, June 15, 2008, 1:00pm
Kaiser Permanente
Basement Conference Rooms
1150 Veterans Blvd, Redwood City
Sunday, June 15, 2008, 4:00pm
Palo Alto Friends
Old Meeting House
957 Colorado Ave
Palo Alto [no peanuts, member with allergy] (limited space)
Wednesday, June 18, 2008, 8:00pm
The SF Citadel
1277 Mission, SF
Thursday, June 19, 2008, 7:00pm
Ceremonial Room
The Center
1800 Market St, SF
Tuesday, June 24, 2008, 8:30pm
Head Over Heels
1250 45th Street, Emeryville
sponsored by Cheer SF
Friday, June 27, 2008, 6:15pm
Women's Building Auditorium
3543 18th St, SF