Contribute your perspective to the free InReach App (the world’s first tech platform matching LGBTQ+ people facing persecution or discrimination with safe, independently verified resources)!
With our organization’s history in LGBTQ+ asylum, we understand that our users’ experiences accessing even the same service can significantly differ based on factors such as their sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, race/ethnicity, immigration status, languages spoken, country of origin, ability status, socioeconomic status, age, and history with religion.
The goal of the InReach Local Community Reviewer (LCR) Volunteer Program is to build a more inclusive and representative platform for the diverse LGBTQ+ community where everyone’s voice is heard. Our LCR volunteers help our users contextualize and navigate their options by: (1) rating and reviewing services listed on InReach, and (2) suggesting new resources to the InReach Resource Team to help expand the free InReach App in their area.
To get started and confirm your eligibility to volunteer, please register for a free InReach Local Community Reviewer user account.
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If you are using a web browser on your phone or our iOS or Android mobile app:
Learn more about the Local Community Reviewer (LCR) program by reading the sample stories below.
Adam signs up for a Local Community Reviewer account to share his experience accessing HIV-related care in New York City. He uses an hour of free time to publish reviews of several different HIV/AIDs organizations listed on InReach that he has personally used. After leaving his initial reviews, Adam plans to return to InReach to continue to volunteer as a LCR whenever he uses new services in his community. For now, after one afternoon, Adam takes pride in sharing his perspective with other LGBTQ+ people in need of safe, verified resources.
Mary is an ally of the LGBTQ+ community who lives near Washington DC. She is excited to contribute her knowledge of local affirming resources to the free InReach App. During her first day volunteering, Mary focuses on searching the app for local organizations in the DC area that she has personally heard feedback on from LGBTQ+ family members, friends and colleagues. Over the next several months, Mary returns to the free InReach App periodically to leave new reviews and suggest new organizations as she learns more about her LGBTQ+ friends’ experiences accessing local services.
Ryan is an immigration attorney living in Texas. Ryan identifies as part of the LGBTQ+ community and works with LGBTQ+ clients on a regular basis. During his first day of volunteering for InReach, Ryan leaves reviews for local organizations that he has referred his clients to. He focuses on highlighting feedback from his clients on how friendly and accessible each organization is for LGBTQ+ immigrants and noting any differences in clients’ experiences based on languages spoken, home country, sexual orientation, gender identity, race/ethnicity or specific immigration status. The next month, Ryan has a spare hour at the office and uses it to suggest new LGBTQ+ affirming organizations in his area to InReach’s Resource Team for consideration. As Ryan works with more clients and hears more feedback on the local resources available, he logs in to his LCR account at InReach to easily share his local expertise with thousands of LGBTQ+ people and other providers looking for safe resources.
Jake is a trans man living in Boston. After registering for a LCR account on InReach, Jake begins by searching the app for medical, mental health and legal providers he used when he began his transition in New York. He finds several organizations already listed on InReach, and leaves reviews/ratings based on his experience. He then suggests a few other organizations that are not already listed on InReach to the Resource Team to help expand the free InReach App in New York. Months later, Jake moves to Boston and begins the gender affirmation surgery process. During this process, Jake gets a referral from his surgeon to a local organization providing free mental health assessments for gender affirming surgery. Jake notices this local organization is not yet listed on InReach. He signs-in to his LCR account to suggest this local organization to InReach’s Resource Team. After his appointment, Jake leaves a rating and review detailing his experience with the organization. Jake hopes sharing his lived experience accessing services will help other trans men and trans masculine people in their journeys navigating resources.
As a great way to showcase your company’s commitment to community service, you are encouraged to share InReach’s Local Community Reviewer Program with your employees. The program offers a unique, hands-on opportunity for your employees to directly serve the communities where they live and where you conduct business.
We are especially interested in adding volunteers from marginalized communities to promote diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).
There are many ways for companies to partner with InReach. For more information, see InReach’s website here, or contact us here, to schedule a time to discuss options.
Download and share our free marketing materials here to help spread the word about the InReach Local Community Reviewer (LCR) Volunteer Program!
If you are using a computer:
If you are using a web browser on your phone or our iOS or Android mobile app:
No! If you live anywhere in the United States (all 50 U.S. states, D.C. and U.S. territories), you are eligible to become a Local Community Reviewer at InReach.
*You can also sign-up if you live in Mexico or Canada!
Once you have registered, an InReach staff member will be in touch to share recorded instructional materials for you to review on your own schedule and the link to join InReach’s Discord server.
Right now, the LCR Program is fully remote. However, as a LCR, you will be invited to join InReach’s Discord server to connect with other LCR volunteers in your area and across North America.
Yes! For more information, please see InReach’s website here or contact us here to schedule a time to discuss options.