Click Join to create a new member account and you will be sent a notification email. (Check your spam folder if you do not see it quickly.)

After you have confirmed your email address by clicking on the link in the notification and after the Ujima Time Bank coordinators have approved your membership, you will have member access to this time bank.

Next:

• Complete your member profile. Introduce yourself to other time bankers by adding a profile picture and a short bio, and listing your neighborhood (under Contact Info > Address), your availability, and your talents.

• Read the Ujima Time Bank Community Guidelines. By participating in the time bank, you indicate that you agree to these guidelines.

• You can also change the default language of the time bank website under Communication > Interface Language (requests and offers will remain in the language in which they were written).

Log in to the Ujima Time Bank and

• post offers, skills, talents or services that you have to offer other members.

• post requests for services or skills that you are looking for.

• browse others' offers and requests and view Timebankers' Talents in order to see what the time bank has to offer.

• record any exchanges that you have made with other time bank members.

Contact the time bank coordinators with questions and feedback by clicking on the envelope icon (at the top right of the page) in order send a message, or emailing timebank@ujimaboston.com. Contact the timebank by phone at 617-221-6105.

Interested in learning more about the Ujima Time Bank or becoming a coordinator? Attend an Ujima Time Bank Member Team monthly meeting, held online every second Wednesday of the month at 7:15pm, immediately following the Ujima Open Meeting at 6pm. Find more details on the Ujima Time Bank Events page.

Interested in learning more about the Boston Ujima Project, the parent organization of the Ujima Time Bank? Everyone is welcome to attend Boston Ujima Project Open Meetings, held every Wednesday from 6-7:15pm on Zoom. In addition to being a member of the time bank, you may also choose to become a member of the Boston Ujima Project. 

 

Ongoing Use of the Ujima Time Bank

• Don't hesitate to respond to an offer or request. This is exactly how new sharing and relationships are built to strengthen our community.

• Respond in a timely manner to calls or emails you receive from your neighbors about the requests or offers you've posted.

• After you've communicated with a neighbor and determined that a service exchange is appropriate, make specific arrangements (date and time) for the exchange.

• Fulfill the exchange and save a record of it in your hours account.

• Come back and review offers and requests from other members.

Do this again and again to help keep our community alive and flourishing.

Happy exchanging!