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To make a pledge, just send a note to Aric.McBay@chco.ca saying how much you’d like to pledge per month.
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We think it’s important to have at least three youth organizers at time to support each other, and so that we can ensure at least a pair of organizers will be available at any given time.
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We also pay the organizers a living wage, both for overall fairness and to show that the community values this kind of work.
This will be paid as an honorarium, however, not as a wage. That means there will not be an employment relationship, and we won’t deduct taxes, etc.
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Community-Supported Youth Organizing is a new approach that we’ve cooked up in the Kingston/Katarokwi area to suit our local needs. If you decide to support it, you can be a member of an innovative new organizing approach!
Each month, a circle of supporters contribute a small amount of money to a pool. That money will be used to pay honoraria for a small group of young organizers. They’ll work on different capacity-building projects identified with help from a planning team.
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Each month, the young organizers will share a brief report with all of the supporters about what they accomplished, things that they learned, and their next steps.
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While we’ll adapt to priorities, we also want continuity, since part of our goal is to build skills among young organizers. So we won’t be completely changing the project every month.
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Our goal will be to keep youth organizers involved over time, building their networks and capacity so that they can be effective change-makers wherever they end up.