Volunteers are the heart and power of Mask Oakland. Please read this overview, and if interested, continue to our sign-up form below.
Volunteering Overview
Mask Oakland builds grassroots power to help our communities breathe. Volunteers organize and distribute masks to communities in need and organizations that serve them, while educating the public on smoke pollution and related issues.
We are best known for getting respirator masks to unhoused people during wildfire smoke since 2017. COVID 19 multiplies the importance of this work.
There are increasing air, health, and climate crises. We come together to help our neighbors immediately as well as fight for a more just and sustainable world.
Mask Oakland is led by and empowers activists from oppressed communities.
Who we serve
We serve unhoused communities, many of whom are BIPOC, disabled, elders, and LGBTQI, as well as members of these groups in Oakland and beyond. We welcome volunteers from all backgrounds and strongly encourage supporters from marginalized communities to join.
Values
We come from and strive to be in alignment with many movements, including climate justice, Black Lives Matter, housing justice, environmental justice, disability justice, queer and trans liberation, indigenous movements, workers’ movements and economic justice, and Black and trans-led feminism.
Key current needs:
(not an exhaustive list, please get involved)
😷 volunteer coordination specialty (can be remote)
😷 street distribution
😷 drivers (pick-up and delivery)
😷 request coordinators (remote)
😷 other area specialists (all can be remote) : social media, fundraising, mapping
Feedback
If you have feedback on this page or the form you are welcome to message us through our contact page.
Ready to sign-up?
Great, thanks for reading the above. Please fill out the following one-page form that takes 10 minutes or less, and we’ll respond as soon as we sustainably can.