Volunteer with CLASH

If you are intersted in volunteering, you can begin by signing up for the CLASH weekly Stay in Touch e-news or reach out to clevelandleadsafe@gmail.com

Volunteer opportunities

• • What do you really think? CLASHers are invited to submit blog postings on lead safety at our "what do you really think..." webpage. CLASH reserves the right to edit for appropriateness, clarity, and decency. blog posts must be lead related, no personal attacks or electioneering.

  • Canvassing -- CLASH and our member organization NEOCH will be doing lit drops in CMHA properties where lead risks assessments will be going on. Goals will be to provide information on the impending lead risk assessments, encourage residents to take an online survey about lead safety, and to identify residents who would like to take leadership around lead safety activities. CLASH and NEOCH will be holding a training to familiarize volunteers with the basics materials and procedures. 

  • Tabling -- Tabling at community events: Beginning in March, CLASH will be providing lead safe information at community events. Most of these will be one-off events sponsored by other community groups and we're planning sponsor a series of Lead Safe Resource Fairs through the summer.  Tablers need a little basic info about Lead Safety and some techniques for working with residents who stop to talk. 

  • Public Records Research. CLASH is looking for volunteers who can do online research. One example is to become fluent in the City of Cleveland Data on Rental Registration data page. Another involves learning more about the Cleveland Water Department's plans to replace lead pipes.

  • Legislative analysis: What are the recommendations and duties for school water testing under the new Lead and Copper rule? What are policies in CMSD? What are policies in other states. 

  • You may have other ideas about how to bring your individual skills to an existing CLASH projects. Serendipity is the mother of invention.

Primers on Public Records Research

Sharing skills outside the newsroom: How “🔎 Public Records Are Power 💪” opened journalists’ knowledge to audiences. A local news collaborative in Northeast Ohio met a need for audiences by offering a free text-message course on how to access public records.

July 1, 2018 OSBA Law & Media Committee How To Make a Public Records Request. "A model public records request letter has been developed for your use. Before you start drafting your letter, here are a few steps you should consider first."