Help break the cycle of community harm and violence.
Volare relies on pro bono attorneys, volunteers, and fellow neighbors to break down barriers to justice and healing, and ultimately build a community that supports survivors.
WHAT’S ON THE HORIZON
NVRDC is now Volare.
Welcome to our new website! NVRDC (Network of Victim of Recovery in DC) rebranded in January, 2024 as Volare. We will continue to support all survivors of crime and advocate for a more restorative ecosystem in DC and across the country.
PRO BONO PROGRAMS
Amplify survivor voices and rights.
Pro bono professionals can further Volare’s mission by sharing their unique skillset and expertise. Here are just a few ways you can support survivors in DC and across the country:
FOR ATTORNEYS
✓ Serve as co-counsel
✓ Litigate an appeal
✓ Provide research support
✓ File Amicus briefs
✓ Represent survivors in Title IX, crime victims’ rights, and CPO proceedings
FOR PublicistS
✓ Offer media training
✓ Conduct reporter outreach
✓ Amplify survivor stories
✓ Lobby for survivor rights
✓ Organize speaking engagements
FOR CREATIVES
✓ Design marketing assets
✓ Provide social media support
✓ Write op-eds or articles
✓ Host a branding workshop
✓ Copyedit blogs or marketing materials
✓ Host trainings
✓ Discuss HR issues
✓ Provide a budgeting class
✓ Share your unique skillset
✓ Support forensics accounting
FOR EVERYONE ELSE
volunteer opportunities
Trauma can be a heavy burden—one survivors should never carry alone.
Research support
Research volunteers support Volare in a number of ways, including looking up addresses, identifying stalkers on social media, discovering various pilot programs for HIV prevention, and digging up statistics on crime rates.
Operations support
As a mid-sized nonprofit, we’re always searching for volunteers to host fundraisers, distribute resources as they become available, organize supplies, and yes—even recruit and organize other volunteers.
TRIAL SUPPORT
We rely on volunteers to create template motions, investigate case law, and lobby for survivor rights. Through our Survivor Rights’ Watch program, volunteers identify and report back on survivor rights issues that arise during proceedings.
Virtual support
Now, you can support survivors without leaving your home. Volunteers can assist with social media posts, collecting client feedback, launching a virtual fundraising campaign, or providing translation services.
a look forward
Learn, celebrate, grow, and thrive at the next Volare event.
JOIN OUR TEAM
Are you a proponent of listening over dictating, excellence over complacency, and system-wide solutions over bandaid fixes?
Then we would love to chat.
Volare is a growing team of attorneys, advocates, counselors, and other community members dedicated to creating restorative experiences for survivors. Please view openings for internships, board positions, and full-time staff:
Internships
Board Positions
If NVRDC has any Board member openings, they will be listed here.
Take part in building a better foundation for our community—one that is equitable, just, and resourced.
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