The document outlines the role and responsibilities of volunteer channel editors/bloggers for urbanministry.org, aimed at promoting social change within the Christian community. Editors are tasked with curating and generating content on specific issues such as poverty, environmental justice, and more, while collaborating with other volunteers and utilizing various media forms. The ultimate goal is to engage Christians around these topics to inspire action and awareness within their communities.

1. TechMission UrbanMinistry.org Volunteer Channel Editor/Blogger Introduction

2. Role of Editor/Blogger Vision: you (and possibly others) are like an online newspaper editor on your specific topic Goal: to promote awareness of your issue within the Christian community in order to bring social change i.e. www.urbanministry.org/environmentaljustice

3. Potential Channel Areas By Issue: AIDS, Poverty, Homelessness, Slavery and Human Trafficking, Global Hunger, Christians for Peace, Environmental Justice, People with Disabilities, Darfur/Sudan, Gender Equality, Racial Reconciliation, Christian Hip Hop, Theology and Social Justice, Urban Youth Ministry, Recovery By Expertise: Fundraising, Volunteering, Short Term Missions, Nonprofit Management

4. Potential Channel Areas By Audience: Black Christians, Latino Christians, Asian/Asian American Christians, Christian Women, Christians in Technology/Medicine/Law, etc. By Regions/Languages Africa, Asia, Latin America, specific countries, Spanish, Chinese, French, etc.

5. Components of Each Channel Blog: main focus of the site Multimedia Content Books Image Gallery Links (organizations, blogs, events) Wiki Videos Newsfeeds Social Network Signup, E-mail Group Signup or Forums as Needed

6. Responsibilities of Channel Editors Blog on topics of interest and in particular find articles and links of interest and write an intro to them Find content on YouTube of interest & post videos on site Find books on Amazon.com and post on site Find organizations and events of interest and post them Find Google News Searches with relevant content and post as RSS Feed Find Volunteer Opportunities on ChristianVolunteering.org and get other organizations that have opportunities to post them on the site

7. Responsibilities of Channel Editors Find Creative Commons licensed content and post (from Google and Flickr) Create pages of content on topics and post as Wiki page Create outline for topics to be filled in later in your Channel wiki Find authors/speakers to donate their content to the site (papers, talks, etc.) Social Networking Create groups on Facebook and other social networks to gather Christians with a passion around this issue Channel Promotion Seek out blogs, users and other websites to link to your Channel Get other bloggers to comment on your topics

8. Benefits and Expectations You Provide List of Goals for your Channel for the year Time: at least 1-10 hours a month Teamwork to work productively with other volunteer editors and staff UrbanMinistry.org Provides Access to over 100,000 monthly visitors Training and staff technical support Tools to import content from Amazon, YouTube, Flickr, Audio and RSS Newsfeeds

9. Ideal Outcomes Example: Environmental Justice Channel In one year, with three editors, the environmental justice Channel will have: Posted 50 blog entries Wrote 10 Wiki pages and created an outline for 50 more pages that volunteers started to contribute to Identified 100 books and links related to environmental justice and posted them Identified 100 creative commons articles and photos on environmental justice and added them to the site Get 10 Christian speakers to donate their talks on environmental justice to be used on the site and added to a Podcast Added 50 videos from YouTube related to environmental justice Develop a Facebook group for Christians and the Environment that includes over 1,000 members Have 200 people from over 50 churches volunteer or take some type of concrete step toward social action