The nation's largest LGBTQ conference, Creating Change, is coming to Chicago next monthand local organizers are looking to recruit you.
The 2016 Creating Change conference host committee needs 500 volunteers to make sure we support a successful conference. The conference, which the National LGBTQ Task Force is producing, is set to take place at the Downtown Chicago Hilton on Jan. 20-24, 2016.
"Volunteers are the backbone of Creating Change. The conference is impossible without the help of hundreds of volunteers. I urge everyone who is able to sign on to became a volunteer," said Kenny Martin-Ocasio, 2016 Creating Change conference host committee co-chair.
Conference volunteers perform essential functions to ensure the smooth operation of Creating Change, including serving as room monitors in the workshop sessions and staffing our hospitality suites. It's fun, fierce and fabulous! You'll meet great people from around the movement and have the opportunity to learn new skills offered in our robust conference program. Best of all: You're helping to build the grassroots power of our LGBTQ movement.
"Volunteering is a great way to meet people and build a resume," said Desmond King, a senior at Northern Illinois University who plans on volunteering at Creating Change. "If it was not for volunteering I would not be able to attend Creating Change. I do not want to miss this life changing conference." �
In exchange for a four-hour work shift on any day of the conference, volunteers can attend the rest of that day's sessions free of charge. That's right: volunteer four hours at the Creating Change conference and then attend any other sessions that interest you, absolutely free.
To learn more about the conference and sign up to volunteer, visit www.creatingchange.org/wanna-help/volunteer/ .