Working Groups

Have an idea for a project, group or initiative and need help getting it off the ground? Or maybe you need some extra support for your existing work?

Apply to become a working group of OPIRG Kingston!

Working groups are groups/projects that are supported by OPIRG, while remaining autonomous and separate. This gives groups freedom to work in the way that is best for them, but also the support that it takes to carry out their initiative. 

About Working Groups

OPIRG Kingston partners with specific community-based groups/projects whose work broadly aligns with our social and environmental justice mandate to offer various supports while maintaining autonomy and separation in operation, governance, and function.

Many important Queen’s University and Kingston community groups active today began as OPIRG Kingston working groups. However, many more have been based around a campaign or a response to pressing issues in our communities. Our working groups have ranged from short-term campaigns and projects, to multi-year, multi-partner efforts.

What OPIRG Kingston can do for working groups

• Help with event promotion, volunteer coordination, campaign organizing
• Facilitate workshops, and skill development opportunities for activists
• Provide off-campus space, pending availability, for events or meetings
• Provide a small amount of funding and/or basic bookkeeping

What OPIRG Kingston Expects from working groups

• To operate on a basis of reciprocity with OPIRG Kingston
• To engage with  OPIRG Kingston programming and campaigns 
• To operate within an anti-oppressive framework, non-hierarchical, and consensus-based decision making framework

Apply here