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Fight Poverty, Build Leadership Skills as a VISTA at OB

Fight Poverty, Build Leadership Skills as a VISTA at OB

Published November 4, 2019

Do you want to help end poverty in Buffalo? Develop valuable nonprofit skills and experiences? Give back to the community? If so, consider applying for Open Buffalo's 2019-20 NYIC VISTA position today!

NYIC VISTAs are AmeriCorps VISTAs who -- through the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC) -- engage in a year of full-time paraprofessional service at a host organization, where they work on capacity-building projects that support their host in being able to carry out immigrant-focused anti-poverty programs and services. 

The selected Open Buffalo NYIC VISTA will: 

  • be active from December 9, 2019, to December 7, 2020
  • be based in Open Buffalo's headquarters in the City of Buffalo, N.Y. 
  • work on community outreach/education and fundraising projects
  • provide additional support for Open Buffalo program areas including: leadership development programming; economic opportunity; and the integration of art and social justice.

Learn more about eligibility requirements and how to apply here.

(2019-20 NYIC VISTAs appear below.)