Clean and Safe Neighborhoods VISTA
Clean and Safe Neighborhoods VISTA
Please consider this exciting opportunity to contribute to our mission, gain valuable work experience and receive a small living allowance all at the same time. All United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley AmeriCorps VISTA assignments will expand capacity towards population level goals across the region. UWGLV strives to create population level change in areas of education, food access, healthy aging and emergency services to ensure individuals who experience crisis have the supports they need to rebound. The UWGLV VISTA project focuses on strengthening the networks of providers that deliver services to address concerns and through working with UWGLV staff to support their efforts across all four-issue areas. VISTAs address issues at the programmatic and system levels seeking to identify and deal with the root causes by utilizing the collective impact framework. An AmeriCorps VISTA assignment is a federal volunteer opportunity for which you commit to a year of service and receive a living allowance. Participants must be 18 years of age and have a combination of community service and/or equivalent college experience. They receive an end-of-service stipend or education award, health coverage, training, a relocation allowance, a living allowance and childcare assistance if eligible. The work is full-time; VISTAs are permitted to do paid part-time work during their assignment to supplement their income. Our AmeriCorps VISTAs work closely with our community impact team, assignments are based in our UW office, school districts, partner agencies and community schools.
Service Opportunity Description
The VISTA will support the implementation of a Civilian Climate Corps in Allentown through the effective identification of appropriate marginalized neighborhoods located close to water bodies that impact the Delaware River, and identification of leaders within those neighborhoods, as well as management of those leaders and organizations and management of external organizations that can form coalitions and workgroups to drive neighborhood-based programs to address litter, illegal dumping and blight. This includes developing communication processes, tools, materials and resources to be shared among neighborhood members and outside groups to effectively engage the marginalized neighborhood in taking ownership of, and pride in, a clean and safe neighborhood and raise awareness of environmental and health impacts of litter and illegal dumping.
This assignment is full-time and requires a 1 year commitment. The position is based at Promise Neighborhoods of the LV.
For more information, please contact Jennifer Nicolosi, Asst. Director, AmeriCorps Programs at jennifern@unitedwayglv.org.