Western
States Center has several opportunities
before and during CSTI for participants
to trade four hours of work for one workshop.
These opportunities are limited to one workshop
per person and may require participants
to miss some early morning or evening programs
at CSTI. Possible work trade jobs include:
Pre-CSTI Mailing & Packet Assembly
at Western States Center's Portland office
(Great for local groups!)
On-site registration
Banquet Set-up
Late-Night Check-in
Merchandise Sales
On-site signage
Clean-up and pack out on Sunday afternoon
Priorities:
Work Trade applications will be prioritized
from individuals working in one or more
of the following communities:
People of color
People with disabilities
Rural
Low-income
Youth
Queer, gay, lesbian, bi and trans
Immigrant and Refugee
Women
How to apply:
Send an email with your name, address, daytime phone number and organization you are affiliated with to kaylag@wscpdx.org with "Work Trade, your last name" in the subject header. In the body of the email, please include the following:
1. Explain how your work meets the above priorities.
2. When do you prefer to do your Work Trade? Please list specific days and times.
Options include,
but aren't limited to:
Packet and mailing assembly at Western States Center's
Portland office (July 9th and 10th)
Pre-CSTI load-in & set-up at Reed
College on Wednesday July 30th and Thursday, July 31st.
CSTI mornings, 7:45 to 9:45 am (Aug
1-3). Two mornings = one workshop. Please
note you will miss the morning Plenary
on these days.
CSTI evenings (Thursday, Friday, and Saturday), 5:30 to 7:30 pm or 7:30 to 9:30 Two
evenings = one workshop. Please note you
may miss some evening programs on these
days.
During workshop hours, for participants
not planning to attend all three days
of workshops.
4 hours = one workshop
3. Are you already being
considered for a CSTI scholarship from Western
States Center through your organization?
4. If we are unable to
use you as a Work Trade Volunteer, will
you still be able to attend CSTI?
Scholarships to CSTI 2008
Western States Center offers limited scholarship
funds to help organizational representatives
attend the Community Strategic Training
Initiative (CSTI). These awards are partial
and we regret that we are unable to fund
all requests.
The Center sent application packets to
those organizations that are eligible for
scholarship consideration on May 13th. The deadline for returning ALL scholarship materials was June 13th. All groups who applied by the deadline were notified by email June 20th. If you met the deadline and did not receive an email notifying you of your award please contact Kayla at 503-228-8866 ext.108 ASAP.
For those that are current grantees of the
following organizations, we suggest seeking
additional funding through them:
