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Volunteer Application
First Name
Last Name
Email
Phone
Mailing Street
City
State
(2-digit abbreviation)
Zip
Country
Birthday
Gender
Male
Female
Other
Prefer not to answer
Please provide your preferred
gender identification
Race / Ethnicity
Native American / Alaska Native / First Nations / Métis / Inuit
Black or African American
Latinx (Hispanic and/or Latino/a diaspora)
Asian American (Asian diaspora)
Biracial or Multiracial
White or European
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Background/Experience
Current Company / Employer / School
Current Occupation / Field of Study
Skills/Abilities
(Please list areas where you have moderate to excellent skills.)
Please describe any racial reconciliation/racial justice/bridge building experience
(volunteer/mission/academic/professional)
How did you learn about Be the Bridge?
How
do you define bridge building
?
What do you hope to gain from your volunteer experience? What challenges do you think you may face?
Have you volunteered with Be the Bridge before?
Yes
No
Please describe your previous volunteer experience with us.
What other volunteer experiences have you had?
Are you a member of the BTB Facebook group? If so, have you completed the required learning guides?
No
Yes, and I have completed the guides
Yes, but I have not yet completed the guides
Which area(s) are you interested in volunteering in?
(
use ctrl key for multiple selections
)
Please select...
BTB Training
BTB University
BTB Youth
Data Entry
Development and Fundraising
Events
Facebook Administrator or Moderator
Marketing and Communications
Operations
Podcast Support
Other…
What other area are you interested in volunteering in?
When are you most available to work as a volunteer? (select all that apply)
Please select...
Weekdays
Weekends
Morning
Afternoon
Weekly
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Character References may know the applicant in a variety of ways including additional volunteer interaction, school, work, religious affiliation, etc. However, we ask that references not be a family member of the applicant.
Your First Reference
Reference 1 - First Name
Reference 1 - Last Name
Reference 1 - Email
Reference 1 - Phone
Reference 1 - Relationship to applicant
Your 2nd Reference
Reference 2 - First Name
Reference 2 - Last Name
Reference 2 - Email
Reference 2 - Phone
Reference 2 - Relationship to applicant
Your Emergency Contact
Emergency Contact - Full Name
Emergency Contact - Phone
Emergency Contact - Relationship to applicant
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In order to engage with us as a volunteer, it is important that you understand the Be the Bridge Mission, Vision, and Values. Check each box to affirm that as a volunteer you will conduct yourself in alignment with each principle.
Be the Bridge Mission
: We exist to empower people and culture toward racial healing, equity and reconciliation.
Be the Bridge
Vision
: For people and organizations to be aware and responding to the racial brokenness and systemic injustice in our world
.
Be the Bridge Values
Truth-Telling
- We begin by looking at truth straight in the face. No sugar-coating. We believe that the truth will set us free. (
You are truly my disciples if you remain faithful to my teachings. And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.
John 8:31b-32)
Humility
- We trade defensiveness and pride for a posture of humility. We listen and acknowledge mistakes. (
Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.
Ephesians 4:2)
Respect
- We treat each other like fellow image-bearers and children of God. Without exception. (
We ask you, brothers, to respect those who labor among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you, and to esteem them very highly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.
1 Thessalonians 5:12-13)
Confession
- We acknowledge and sorrow in our brokenness and mistakes, deciding to move forward toward healing. (
For the kind of sorrow God wants us to experience leads us away from sin and results in salvation. There’s no regret for that kind of sorrow. But worldly sorrow, which lacks repentance, results in spiritual death
. 2 Corinthians 7:10)
Grace
- We receive God’s grace. We give grace. We grow in grace. (
For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.
John 1:16)
Justice
- We center the voice of the marginalized and urge advocacy for racial justice across the legal, economic, political and social dimensions. (
He has told you, O man, what is good; And what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, to love kindness, And to walk humbly with your God?
Micah 6:8)
Reconciliation
- Acknowledging our interconnectedness, we help repair bonds that have been broken. We make right the injustice and brokenness in ourselves, communities and society. (
…and he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation. So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us.
2 Corinthians 5: 19b-20)
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