Ways to Get Involved
Submit an Article
The Asmlash-Grant Foundation will accept external writing contributions to better amplify the situation in Tigray during the war.
The Asmlash-Grant Foundation accepts the following types of articles from external contributors:
- News articles (Tigray related)
- Essays (investigative writing on different issues related to Tigray)
- Opinion or commentary pieces
- Stories of war victims and refugees (experiences of those in Tigray and/or individuals that recently left the region)
The Asmlash-Grant Foundation will accept and review external writing contributions that address the following:
- The different facets of the crisis during the war on Tigray;
- Humanitarian crisis during the war on Tigray; and
- Tigrayan experiences during the war on Tigray.
When submitting articles to Asmlash-Grant Foundation, the writer should consider the following:
- The writing should be apolitical, fair, and balanced. It should not intend to offend any group of people or non-public figure individuals.
- The writing should intend to educate the public about the atrocities being committed in Tigray, Tigray’s history, and/or Tigray’s future.
- The writing should be 500 words or less.
- The writer must agree to reasonable edits. The writer may be allowed to review the final version before it is posted on the Asmlash-Grant Foundation website.
- The writer can choose to stay anonymous.
Email your article submission to info@asmlash-grant.org and include “Article Submission” in the subject line.
Work with Us!
At the Asmlash-Grant Foundation, we are committed to building a team of professionals aligned with our values of integrity, respect, passion, and accountability who are also dedicated to changing the lives of Tigrayans affected by the current genocidal war.
CURRENT OPENINGS:
Location: Remote
Position Type: Volunteer
What You’ll Do
- Day-to-day community management across the Asmlash-Grant Foundation’s core social channels (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn).
- Scheduling content while coordinating social media content calendar to maintain a regular presence on the Asmlash-Grant Foundation’s social media channels that balances generated content with real-time commentary and external resources.
- Collaborating with the Director and Content Creators on the Asmlash-Grant Foundation’s social media strategy and development of new campaigns.
- Tracking organic social media analytics to report on progress towards goals and make data-backed campaign or audience engagement decisions.
Qualifications
- Proven track record of executing engaging social media campaigns on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram.
- Comfortable with administrative tasks, primarily: using social media scheduling platforms and documenting analytics in Excel.
- Excellent communications and customer service skills.
Location: Remote
Position Type: Volunteer
What You’ll Do
- Transform concepts into strong visual assets for our social, web & digital channels. Including investor, donor and stakeholder presentations & materials.
- Use your unique voice and style to develop captivating social content and outstanding visuals that bring the Asmlash-Grant Foundation to life and deeply engages thousands of users as we continue to scale.
- Bring strategic, innovative ideas to life from concept through execution, adjusting with feedback along the way.
Qualifications
- Intermediate to advanced skills in Adobe InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator. Knowledge of After Effects and Premiere a plus.
- High-quality branding, storytelling, and producing engaging content and campaigns excite you!
- Growth mindset, a deep sense of ‘extreme ownership’ for projects, not afraid of failure or taking risks and boldly ambitious.
Location: Remote
Position Type: Volunteer
What You’ll Do
- Well-written and compelling marketing or communication materials; examples include a brochure, blog post, one-pager/fact sheet, fundraising/promotional materials.
- Serve as an exemplary writer, consistent with our organization’s tone and mission, writing clean, concise, and well-polished.
- Edit content produced by your teammates, including conceptualizing the projects upfront and copy-editing prior to publishing.
Qualifications
- Excellent writing and editing skills.
- Experience in copywriting, marketing, public relations, communications or journalism preferred.
- Extremely detail oriented.
- Extremely organized and able to stay on top of a fast-paced environment.
