Office: Veterans History Project - Scribe- Long Beach
Office: Veterans History Project - Scribe- Long Beach
Preserves and makes accessible the personal accounts of American war veterans so that future generations may hear directly from veterans and better understand the realities of war.
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Red Cross Office T4: Long Beach
Key Responsibilities
- Support the Red Cross mission
- Conduct and/or record interviews with veterans and others who supported the military during times of conflict
- Effectively organize interviews and supporting documents
- Prepare materials for submission to the Library of Congress
- Maintain professionalism and confidentialityn
Qualifications
- Interact comfortably with those being interviewed
- Ability to conduct interviews with ease and respect for other experiences
- Utilize good oral and interpersonal communications
- Good organization skills
- Willingness to learn skills involved with transferring recordings to electronic format which will be submitted to the Library of Congress
Time Commitment
4 hours per week/Negotiable
Development Opportunities
- Volunteer Leadership
- Ability to assist Veterans and their families to find closure
Length of Appointment
Negotiable
Relationships
Red Cross management team and volunteer leaders;Library of Congress Staff; Veterans and their family members
Training
- Orientation to the American Red Cross
- On the job training with volunteer supervisor
- Library of Congress required training