Help support sex workers in the Bay
The BAWS Tops Team is a group of dedicated volunteers that keep BAWS running. We manage our Mutual Aid Fund and work to provide valuable info, resources, and support for local sex workers. We work hard, but also manage to have fun together. BAWS needs some more help, and we would love to have YOU be a part of creating our community care structures. There are one-time projects and ongoing positions open. These volunteer positions are available to current and former sex workers in the Bay Area. We are doing all of our organizing remotely during the pandemic.
BAWS is an anti-racist, anti-transphobic, anti-whorephobic organization, pledging to keep learning and doing better. We are in solidarity with BML and Defund the Police because sex worker justice is racial justice and abolitionism. We are looking for Tops members who share and work towards these same values. BIPOC, Trans, GNC strongly encouraged to join our team.
To apply please fill out the form below. Please reach out to bawsorg@gmail.com with any questions.
POSITIONS AVAILABLE
ONE TIME PROJECTS:
Host Virtual Workshop or Meeting (time frame up to you) - We're looking for folks who might want to host workshops or socials through the BAWS network. If you want to, let us know and we'll help you promote.
Host Fundraiser (time frame up to you) - We're looking for fundraisers to help sustain our mutual aid program. If you were interested in hosting a fundraiser (photo/art sales, online DJ parties, online strip clubs, % of sales from a restaurant, online bartending demos), let us know and we'll help you promote.
ONGOING ROLES:
Fundraising Top
Keeps the money flowing in for our mutual aid fund - 2-4 hrs per week
Responsibilities:
Initiate BAWS fundraising campaigns - work with our graphic designers, artists, and Social Media Top
Manage and expand our donor and membership base
Reach out to the community to help with fundraisers
Role Requirements (we will train folks - don’t worry about having exact experience)
Internet & email access
Understanding of online marketing and promotion
Creative promo ideas
Writing skills
Comfortable reaching out to donors and community members via email & social media
General hu$tler attitude
Grant Top Assistant
Responsible for verifying and approving mutual aid requests - 1hr a day for 5 days. The current days off are Sunday and Wednesday. This assistant role will be relieving the main Grant Top for 1 week/month
Responsibilities:
Add new applications to the requests spreadsheet
Reach out to applicants to verify
Check email and request spreadsheet daily
Answer within 24hrs of each email about a grant request (excluding days off)
Verify the correct payment information and copy it accurately into the payouts spreadsheet
Role Requirements (we will train & guide folks - don’t worry about having exact experience):
Must have internet access
Google doc & spreadsheet skills
This role requires a minimum of 5hrs a week
Email & phone communication skills
Access to IG, Twitter, Facebook
Finance Top
Manage the finance of BAWS - 2-5 hrs per week
Responsibilities:
Recording and tracking BAWS’s finances & balance on multiple channels
Update BAWS Grant requests & payouts
Weekly financial report
Support the Grants team with financial info
Manage all disbursement, reimbursement, and contractor payments from SEE (our fiscal Sponsor) in a timely manner
Communicate with SEE when we have problems or questions
Role Requirements (we will train folks - don’t worry about having exact experience)
Comfortable with accounting, budgets, & spreadsheets
Reliable & timely with funding disbursements ( this is important because the sex worker community will be counting on these funds to make ends meet)
Access to internet & email
Virgo Doms encouraged to apply! ;)
Operations Top
Keeping the general operations and records of BAWS - 2-5 hrs per week
Responsibilities:
Recording and storing BAWS documents (notes, voting, guides, photos, etc)
Helping define BAWS Tops roles & responsibilities
Provide tech & operations support for Google Drive access and Slack communications for BAWS Tops members
Research and seek out legal advice as needed to make sure our operations are above board & minimize liability
Assessing best privacy practices
Lead our unincorporated nonprofit association filing
Network with other organizations and mutual aid funds to brainstorm best practices
Role Requirements (we will train folks - don’t worry about having exact experience):
Access to internet & email
Tech-savvy
Organized AF
Experience with Google Drive and Slack communications
General knowledge or interest in non-profit organization structure, internet privacy, & legal/liability non-profit concerns
Virgo Doms encouraged to apply! ;)
Care Line
Manage a mutual aid network of Bay Area sex workers for SWers who can't leave their homes - 5-10 hrs per month
Responsibilities:
Manage a mutual aid network of Bay Area workers. Set up regular shifts (we're thinking 2x a month) where Bay Area workers with vehicles can sign up to run grocery, pharmacy, and other errands
Role Requirements (we will train folks - don’t worry about having exact experience):
Two-month minimum commitment
Volunteer management
Membership
Community Outreach - 1-3 hrs per week
Responsibilities:
Expand on our membership of sex workers
Bring information to workers who do not currently know about BAWS’ resources
Managing our membership email list
Role Requirements (we will train folks - don’t worry about having exact experience):
Relationships with BIPOC, transgender, GNC, low income & working-class, outdoor, or disabled sex workers
Able to share info and help folks access our resources
Email list management (adding emails to a listserve)