Join the Team

  • COME S.H.I.N.E. WITH US!

    Self-Help Information Network and Exchange (S.H.I.N.E.) is a registered non-profit 501(c)3 organization that aims to empower, uplift, and unite communities by providing educational programs and events that foster lifelong learning, personal growth, meaningful relationships, and community engagement. S.H.I.N.E. is also the proud sponsor and host of the biennial NC Muslim Festival (NCMF). We are actively seeking serious individuals who are reliable, resourceful, positive, passionate, self-driven, and committed to helping continue the success of the NC Muslim Festival. If this is you, JOIN US!

  • Below is a general description of the committees. Please select only ONE committee. Thank you.

    • Entertainment: Responsible with finding halal entertainment for the festival. This includes researching artists, obtaining quotes, negotiating contracts, and working with the artists from the time of confirmation to the end of the event.
    • Grant: Responsible with finding monetary support that coincide with the mission of SHINE and/or the festival. This includes researching grants, applying to them, tracking their progress and ensuring the organization fulfills their requirements.
    • Logistics:  Responsible with ensuring the details for the festival are secure and make sure they run smoothly from start to finish. This includes determining the location & layout of the festival, confirming security for the day of the event, developing an emergency plan, making sure vendors, decor, stage area, parking, and festival stations have what they need and are set up properly. Work closely with the Event Director and the Logistics Manager.
    • Communications & Marketing: Responsible with spreading the word about the festival through social media, passing out event cards, hanging up event posters within the community, creating an event newsletter to keep members of the community informed, writing press releases and submitting to local newspapers and news stations. Must be able to meet deadlines.
    • Outreach:  Responsible with obtaining the monetary & marketing support from various masjid's and interfaith organizations. 
    • Scholarship: Create fundraisers that will help raise funds and meet financial goals for student scholarships.
    • Sponsorship:  Responsible with soliciting donations from businesses, organizations, and individuals for the festival via phone and email. Must have good communication, be resourceful, and be professional. All team members are required to seek sponsors.
    • Volunteer:  Responsible for assisting with recruiting help from schools, masjid's, businesses, etc. to sign up for day of the event tasks as well as recruiting reliable help to market the event and serve on the planning team. This also include securing snack donations for the volunteers and determining their identity gear for the day of the event. Responsible for conducting the mandatory volunteer meeting prior to the festival and managing the volunteers and the volunteer station at the event.
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