Board Member

Description:

On January 28, 2005, 135 young progressive American women in their 20s and 30s from diverse class, racial, religious, and cultural backgrounds came together in Washington D.C. to plan a movement. This meeting—or “meet-up”—lay the blueprint for what would become the national Younger Women’s Task Force (YWTF). Today, YWTF boasts a membership of 2,500+ talented and active younger American women from 42 different states, with Chapters in Washington D.C., New York City, Chicago, Miami, Southern and Central California, Philadelphia and Northeastern Pennsylvania, Arizona, and Massachusetts. A project of the National Council of Women’s Organizations, the YWTF is a nationwide, diverse and inclusive grassroots movement dedicated to organizing women in their 20s and 30s to take action on issues that matter most to them. By and for younger women, YWTF works both within and beyond the women’s movement, engaging all who are invested in advancing the rights and leadership of younger women.
Now in our third operating year, YWTF continues our commitment to identifying and nurturing the next generation of progressive younger women leaders in the U.S. by supplying each of our 2,500+ members with the resources, skills, and support structure to make real the changes they wish to see in their lives, communities and the nation. YWTF is more than just another women’s organization reaching out to young women. We are a mobilizing force of progressive younger American women, dedicated to carving the space for the next American women’s movement by ensuring that every young progressive woman’s desire to lead is met with the tools and—most importantly—the community to realize her leadership to its fullest potential. Our programming and activism are defined every day by the diverse and dynamic younger women who make up the Younger Women’s Task Force.
By applying to join the YWTF Board of Directors, you will make your mark on this movement, and, if accepted, you will join an accomplished network of younger women making a difference in this country. Our board plays an integral role in setting the policy for the Younger Women's Task Force, as well as serving as a voice for younger women to our national policymakers, movement builders, and members of the mainstream and alternative media.
This is one of the only opportunities for younger women to serve on a board and shape our future. We encourage all to apply whether or not you have previous experience with the Younger Women's Task Force. We only ask that you be committed to advancing the rights of women in their 20s and 30s.

1. Communications Director
• Set monthly board meeting schedule
• Keep board calendar and send board reminders
• Take Board Meeting Minutes and email them to the board one week after board meetings.
• Archive National Records including budget, monthly board, and chapter reports.
• Review the website for typos and errors once per month.
• Supervise Research Fellow who is responsible for producing quarterly newsletter.

3. Media Consultants (2)
• Create and Younger Women’s Movement, which is produced every two weeks.
• Work with YWTF chapters on press outreach.
• Draft monthly press releases for YWTF National.
• Track press hits.
• Attend monthly meetings with the project director, in addition to the monthly NCC meetings
• Put together and update YWTF press kit
• Contribute to Blog once per week.

4. Assistant Fundraising Director: Events
• Work with National Director to organize and implement three major fundraising events per fiscal year. There should be at least one event per quarter.
• Assist chapter directors with fundraising events when needed.
• Plan and implement Knox Fellowship Completion Ceremony

5. Assistant Fundraising Director: Individuals
• Update fundraising letter every three months.
• Individual Donor Prospecting- compile list of individuals to meet with or send letter to. Must create list four times a year and attend a minimum of two meetings a quarter with potential small individual donors.
• Draft, gain National Director approval, copy, and deliver annual appeal to general membership and board members by December 1, 2006.
• Track and annual appeal returns and present report to National Director and Board

6. Assistant Fundraising Director: Grants
• Work with National Director to continuously update and personalize YWTF common grant proposal.
• Foundation Prospecting: compile list of small and large foundations, corporations, businesses and potential organizational partners for YWTF to approach. Send list to YWTF Director and times a year.
• With the assistance of the National Director, set meetings and meet with a minimum of two potential small organizational donors a quarter.
• With the assistance of the National Director, set meeting with one large NGO to explore the possibility of subaward.
• Assist chapters in drafting local fundraising proposals.
• Complete 1 grant application per month.

7. Policy and Research Director (2)
• Draft policy and research fact sheets for chapters once a month and submit to webmaster.
• Create national policy fact-sheets, and draft education relating to YWTF mission, issue statement, public policy issues, and/or current affairs. This will be placed on the website and sent out to the membership.
• Implement Monthly “Letter to the Editor” campaign. Letter will be written and sent to YWTF members on a monthly basis to be submitted to local and national newspaper.
• Write two articles for the quarterly newsletter: one on current affairs, one on a public policy issue.
• Assist Media consultants and outreach and development director with any press release or outreach document research needs.
•Submit one blog per month.

9. Outreach and Development Director
• Work with National Director and Associate Director to create outreach and development documents for YWTF including but not limited to an annual report, a brochure, best practices and by-laws.
• Annually review, and update as needed: best practices, and bylaws.
• Quarterly review, update, and create YWTF outreach documents including: brochure, newsletter (working with newsletter editor), and other promotional materials.
• With the Assitant Fundraising Director, locate and apply for grant to produce educational materials including updated brochures, etc.
• Work with chapters on developing and implementing a member outreach plan as needed but must proactively contact a minimum of one chapter director a month to discuss outreach needs.
• Create and implement a national outreach plan for YWTF and attend at least three public non-YWTF events a year to promote YWTF. Events may be self-selected or assigned by YWTF project director.