Oregon Humanities

From stuffing envelopes to helping at events, we love our volunteers and appreciate their support.

Give Your Time to Oregon Humanities

Thank you for your interest in volunteering for Oregon Humanities. If you would like to take part in one of the opportunities listed on this page, indicate which one on your application. If we don’t have any volunteer opportunities listed, we’ll keep your application on file. If your qualifications and availability meet requirements to fill a position, we’ll be in touch.

We look forward to working with you soon!

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Volunteer Spotlight: Kit Mauldin

“A love for the humanities has always been a part of my life,” says Oregon Humanities volunteer Kit Mauldin. A true believer in the power of the humanities, Kit has generously volunteered to table at events, stuff envelopes, and even provide support at Oregon Humanities events. A musician who keeps himself busy producing, playing, and practicing when he’s not at work, Kit first connected with Oregon Humanities at Wordstock two years ago. So far, his favorite experience has been August’s Know Your Place event with Linda K. Johnson at Scouter Mountain. “It was modestly attended but made me aware of the potential impact the organization could have on the local community,” says Kit.

Kit volunteers with Oregon Humanities because, he says, “If I can, in some small way, contribute to a deeper appreciation of our collective experience through dialogue, then that’s a great start.”

We asked Kit to answer a few questions from the Wheel of Cogitation:

What was your first community outside of your family?
A few days ago a friend living in Oberlin, Ohio, sent me an email, and I feel compelled to honor her by dedicating this answer to her and the rest of the staff at Full Circle Bookstore in Oklahoma City. So, I want to give a shout-out to Connie, Susan, Kay, Karen, Jean Ann, Mary, Roxanne, and Marie, a group of beautiful women/mothers/readers/friends who filled each day with stories, humor, compassion, and intellect.

Describe a place you love.
I love riding my bike down a street and smelling someone’s dryer, or, more accurately, someone’s dryer-sheet-scented-air-vapor. You never know when it’s going to happen and it lasts only a second but it’s my favorite “place.” It’s ephemeral and evocative in the most mundane of ways but nearly always engages my memory or my imagination in a way that’s uniquely my own.

Who are your people?
Nonconformists. Outcasts. People unafraid to be themselves and speak their minds.

Volunteer Opportunities

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