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Your health, our health, and our community's health is of the utmost importance to us! Thanks for your patience as we make changes to our public offerings.
Here's what's new:
Job Posting: PT Retail Associates (year-round) & PT/FT Retail Associates (seasonal)
Come join our team!
Thank you for your interest in working at Kindred Post! We’re a creative, quirky workplace rooted in art, community, and social justice. And we care very much about the people who work with us! If you love people and mail and neighborhood vibes; if you’ve got a keen attention to detail and enjoy the satisfaction of efficiency; if you laugh at puns and like tiny post office concerts and adding your creative mark on this big bad beautiful world, then we can’t wait to meet you.
We are hiring for:
- year-round: part-time Retail Associates
- seasonal: part-time and full time Retail Associates
Please see below for more details about either position.
TO APPLY:
Please send ONE HAIKU, a RESUME, and a LETTER that tells us about yourself and why you'd be a good fit for Kindred Post.
Send questions and applications to [email protected].
We will begin interviews in March, so applicants who submit by February 29th will be given priority consideration. Positions will stay open until we find the right fit!
OPEN POSITIONS:
Retail Associates (year-round)
The Retail Associate (year-round) is a part-time, permanent position that assists in the general operations of Kindred Post. This position carries out basic duties in retail transactions, product management, sales, and event staffing. Candidate must possess ability to provide excellent customer service, pay attention to detail, work effectively and efficiently in a busy atmosphere, and have fun! Wages start at $12-13/hr. Full position description here. If you have relevant experience, we welcome you to apply for a retail specialist position instead (starting at $13-14/hr)!
Retail Associates (seasonal)
The Retail Associate (seasonal) is a part-time or full-time, temporary position that assists in the general operations of Kindred Post during the visitor season. Applicants should indicate their availability between April 15-October 15. This position carries out basic duties in retail transactions, product management, sales, and event staffing. Candidate must possess ability to provide excellent customer service, pay attention to detail, work effectively and efficiently in a busy atmosphere, and have fun! Wages start at $12-13/hr. Full position description here. If you have relevant experience, we welcome you to apply for a seasonal retail specialist position instead (starting at $13-14/hr)!
Your 2019 Social Justice Hustle Purchases Donated to Alaska Institute for Justice
Pictured: Ivette Lugo of AIJ and Kristie Russette of Kindred Post
We're committed to annually donating 10% of profits from our Social Justice Hustle collection to a social justice cause we believe in. We were honored today to write a $590 check to Alaska Institute for Justice, a direct result of your support in 2019. Gunalchéesh, thank you!
We invite you to read our donation letter:
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Dear Ms. Robinson,
It is my pleasure today to donate $590 to Alaska Institute for Justice (AIJ), representing 10% of sale profits from our store's Social Justice Hustle collection over the last year. We designed this collection to inspire and recognize the hard work it takes to make social change. We're committed to continuously donating 10% of profits to excellent examples of social justice in action, and your organization's work is just that.
At Kindred Post, we subscribe to the notion of interdependence; we belong to each other, and our oppressions and our liberations are bound to one another. We know that although our individual experiences may be varied; it is our collective experience that shines a light on our communal well being. Social justice will require careful attention and action to the communities most often marginalized, silenced, or ignored.
We admire AIJ's fight for the human rights of all Alaskans. From environmental justice to legal services, your team cherishes and protects the homes of indigenous, immigrant, and all those in between. Your collaborative research on displacement affects climate change policy. You help those fleeing violence find legal protection. You bring and keep families together. Your work reminds us that we each have a right to be safe, healthy, and home. All of our communities are better for it.
As a small business that promotes arts, community, and social justice, we are inspired by and deeply impacted by your everyday acts of social justice. We would be honored if you would receive this small gift, intended to shine a light on your efforts and lift them up.
Gunalchéesh to the Tlingit, especially the Áak'w Khwáan, for the privilege of allowing us to be conscientious guests on their land, and to the patrons of our store who make this possible.
Sincerely,
Christy NaMee Eriksen, owner
Kindred Post
Your 2018 Social Justice Hustle Purchases Donated to Sealaska Heritage Institute
We're committed to annually donating 10% of profits from our Social Justice Hustle collection to a social justice cause we believe in. Your support in 2018 enabled us to make a $550 donation to Sealaska Heritage Institute! Thank you!
Here is the letter that accompanied our donation:
Here is the letter that accompanied our donation:
A Self-Acceptance Speech for Activists
This speech was given in April 2018 by Christy NaMee Eriksen (Owner of Kindred Post) after receiving a Carla Timpone Award for Activism from the Alaska Women's Lobby. Christy calls it "a long love poem for fighters."