3 Easy Steps to Volunteer
Fill out the Connecticut Democracy Center Volunteer Inquiry Form below.
This form allows our team to learn a little more about you, your interests, and your aptitudes as they relate to volunteering with the CTDC.
Below is the list of available volunteer opportunities. Once you have filled out the Volunteer Inquiry Form, you can click “I am interested” on a specific volunteer opportunity.
A CTDC staff member will be in touch with you promptly with next steps!
Questions? Email development@ctdemocracycenter.org.
Current Volunteer Opportunities
- Volunteers will watch our recorded programs on YouTube with an auto generated transcript and make sure the subtitles are correct, making corrections to the text where needed. Special attention is required with proper names and special terms related to the program topic.
- Volunteers will then send back corrected transcript so it can be uploaded to the video.
- Volunteers can choose what programs they want to review from a curated list.
- Strong written communication and listening skills
- Fast typing is a plus
Volunteers will watch our recorded programs on YouTube with an auto generated transcript and make sure the subtitles are correct, making corrections to the text where needed. Special attention is req...
- The Connecticut Democracy Center’s Kid Governor® program is expanding nationally with affiliate programs in other states. In order to bring Kid Governor® to a new state, we must partner with a civics-focused organization in that state to license and manage the program year-round.
- Volunteer needed to research the mission, programs, structure, and background organizations in other states that might be strong affiliate partners.
- Ideal for someone looking for a flexible volunteer opportunity that they can do remotely and as their schedule permits.
- Ideal for someone who enjoys online research and preparing reports/summaries.
- Requires experience navigating websites and entering information into a Word document.
- At times, we may ask for research on an organization quickly (over the course of a few days) if we have a growing interest in a state or from a specific organization. At other times, we may ask a volunteer to research several potential organizations in a state over the course of a few weeks so we can evaluate options and conduct our own outreach.
The Connecticut Democracy Center’s Kid Governor® program is expanding nationally with affiliate programs in other states. In order to bring Kid Governor® to a new state, we must partner with [&hel...
Digitizing and organizing documents for Kid Governor®
- Scanning, saving, and organizing hard-copy paperwork.
- Ideal for someone looking for a flexible volunteer opportunity that they can do as their schedule permits.
- Requires an understanding of scanning/digitizing documents and organizing files.
Scanning, saving, and organizing hard-copy paperwork. Ideal for someone looking for a flexible volunteer opportunity that they can do as their schedule permits. Requires an understanding of scan...
- Ensuring accessibility of Connecticut’s Kid Governor® materials and resources is a top priority. We are looking for someone to review auto-generated transcriptions of our YouTube content and edit them for accuracy.
- Transcriptions are used to create video subtitles and help students with special needs and English Language Learners access our video content.
- Ideal for someone looking for a flexible volunteer opportunity that they can do remotely and as their schedule permits.
- Requires attention to detail, editing skills, and familiarity with navigating YouTube.
Ensuring accessibility of Connecticut’s Kid Governor® materials and resources is a top priority. We are looking for someone to review auto-generated transcriptions of our YouTube content and edit t...