How you can benefit from being
part of the Sexual Assault Support Centre's collective?
- You get the training you need to do the work
- A chance to do political work that is meaningful within the feminist movement
- Get involved in the community
- You get useful information on the diversity within our community
- A place to connect with other women
- Gain valuable work experience
- An opportunity for student placements
- You can take initiative and make things happen
- It can be a safe place to be empowered
- You can take part in a decision making process that has impact on the work we do and the services we provide
What SASC hopes to gain from new
volunteer collective members:
- Coverage of our 24 hour support line
- Infusion of energy in our program areas such as YWAR (Young Women At Risk); Women and Torture Program; Groups; Drop-In; Pub-Ed; Legal Advocacy; Fundraising; and Individual Support
- Feminist support work
- Political / radical feminist energy
- Wisdom and information
- An exchange of knowledge
- Members who's personal politics and growth include anti-oppression work
- Women with visions and ideas and the energy to make them happen
- Members who feel empowered to act
- Members that will respect other members at all times
- Members with a clear vision of what is best for the service users and the collective/organization
- Momen who will participate in our decision making process
- Members who are willing and able to learn with an open mind
To be a member of the Sexual
Assault Support Centre each woman is expected to:
- Have successfully completed all SASC training
- Be able to work from a feminist perspective
- Become familiar with the legal aspects of being a board member as part of this collective
- Become familiar with and adhere to the centres policies and procedures
- Be empowered to act
- Be honest to themselves and the collective about the baggage they come into the work we do with and know when not to participate
- Participate in our decision making debates
- Be able to work alone
- Be able to work in a group
- Participate in a decision making process with other collective members and always have the best interest of the service users and the organization in mind
- Be willing to stay involved even when the organization and the collective is in crisis
- Be committed to the committee work that they choose to be involved in
