Spanish Build Outreach

Objectives

The objective of outreach is to inform the Spanish-speaking community of the opportunities that Free Geek offers specifically the Spanish Build program. The most successful outreach will bring people in for the Spanish tour (the first step to volunteering) and will have people call Renee (the Spanish Build coordinator) or Ricardo (the Spanish Build outreach coordinator).

The outreach that has been conducted for Spanish Build

Events in the Spanish-speaking community

• La gueleguetza
• El grito de la independencia
• Meetings of PCASC (Portland Central American Solidarity Committee)
• Jobs With Justice Meetings

Schools

• Mount Hood Community College
• Portland State University
• VOZ workers rights day labor center

Media

• Speaking on KBOO Spanish language radio programs
• Speaking on El Rey Spanish language radio programs
• Articles in El Hispanic News

Internal Free Geek Promotion

• Talking about Spanish Build with interested volunteers
• Writing articles on Spanish Build in the Free Geek newsletter

Success

The best results from outreach have been from radio spots, and getting numbers from interested people and following up with them.

The best results for getting bilingual instructors have been from approaching current bilingual volunteers and seeing if they are interested and willing to be instructors int he Spanish Build program. Also, the advertisement in the Free geek website under available internships has been successful.