What is my role as a Family Member?

As we each work together to decrease social isolation and its disproportionate impact on people who are marginalized, it is important that every single person in our community has a coach to walk alongside them and facilitate their journey of growth. As a Family Member volunteer you are a young person’s coach.  

In general, always remember to work the Thread Process:

More Specifically:

As a Family Member volunteer you will build relationships with your Thread Family. This means you will invest in building a bi-directional friendship with a young person(s) and your fellow Family Members. Together you will brainstorm with them how to navigate barriers, celebrate successes, and provide them with feedback along the way. You will receive personalized coaching and support from a volunteer leader (a Head of Family), general support from a full-time staff member (a Community Manager), and development opportunities to grow your ability to coach others and actively move along a personal journey toward racial-equity.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build a relationship with young person(s), their family & other volunteers
• Coach young person(s)
• Attend monthly threadTALK
• Attend threadHOURS
• Have weekly touchpoints with young person(s), log these in the Thread App
• Attend monthly Family Meetings
• Regularly use the Thread App
• Focus on annual goals

How often should I plan to connect?

As a Family Member volunteer you have made a commitment to build relationships within the Thread community. We ask that you connect at a minimum of: 

• Attend threadTALK and Family Meeting (1st Tuesday of the month, 2 hours)
• Check-in/Coaching with the Head of Family (monthly, 0.5-1 hours)
• At least 1 threadHOURS (weekly, 1.5 hours)

Click here if you would like to learn even more about being a Family Member