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Not-For-Profit & Public Service Career Fair, Philadelphia  

Friday, March 28, 2008, 1:00pm – 4:00pm

Haverford College, Founders Great Hall, Haverford, PA, Easy to get to on SEPTA, www.septa.org  

Arts–Education-Environment-Health-Law & Justice-Politics & Government-Religious and Ethnic-Causes-Science-Social Service-Women’s Issues

http://www.haverford.edu/cdo/services/recruiting/nfp.html

 

Global Health Career Day Saturday, March 29, 8:30am-3:30pm, University of Pennsylvania

The office of Global Health Programs at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine is hosting our 2^nd Annual Global Health Career Day on Saturday, March 29 and you are invited to attend.  Please forward this invitation, along with the attached flier, to all students and colleagues who might be interested.   Online registration for this free event is required: http://www.med.upenn.edu/globalhealth/ghcd2008.shtml.
 
For information on other global health events, visit the Global Health Programs Calendar accessible on the news page of our website:  http://www.med.upenn.edu/globalhealth/news.shtml. Thank you.

Idealist Nonprofit Career Fair April 10, 10:00am-2:00pm, Saint Joseph's University in the Alumni Fieldhouse / Sports Complex. (The Fieldhouse is located on the corner of City Avenue and 54th Street.)

 The nonprofit career fair will consist of both the opportunity to distribute resumes to nonprofit recruiters for current and future employment, internship and volunteer opportunities, as well as free information sessions offering nonprofit career advice to job seekers. Details can be found here: http://www.idealist.org/if/idealist/en/CareerFair/Viewer/default?career-fair-id=177

 

 

Internships with Upcoming Deadlines

Greenpeace

The Greenpeace Organizing Term is an action-packed semester of travel and training.  It’s a hands-on training program that gives you the skills to be an environmental leader.  You’ll learn about current environmental issuand solutions and you’ll get trained by the experts in grassroots organizing, leadership, media, and campaign strategy. You’ll travel abroad with Greenpeace to work with international activists.  Many students are also able to receive class credit for the semester. 

Upcoming Deadline: The program is held 3 times a year: Spring (February-April), Summer (June-August) and Fall (September-December).

• Oxidative stress
• Genes and Environment Interactions
• Endocrine and Reproductive Disruption
• Lung and Airway Disease
• Toxicology
• Heavy Metal Exposures
• Childhood Developmental Disorders & the Environment
• Cancer
• Chemicals in the Environment
• GIS and Environmental Justice

Regular Deadline: April 1, 2008

Access Sports, Community Relations & Sports Management Intern

Access Sports is a non-profit organization that provides sports tickets and clinics to social service agencies/schools serving children and adults with disabilities and economic disadvantages. Access Sports is seeking unpaid interns to assist the Director of Access Sports with community relations and sports management. Candidates should have a strong desire to gain experience and be part of a small non-profit agency that works with human service agencies and the local sports industry. UNPAID internship opportunities available throughout the year. Position requires strong organizational, communications, and interpersonal skills. Public relations, sales or customer service experience a plus. The applicant will report directly to the Executive Director of Access Sports.

Areas of Responsibility: (include but are not limited to) - Processing and coordination of ticket requests, Creating databases and updating contacts - Participating in outreach events.

Qualifications: Candidate will be a highly motivated, reliable, enthusiastic team player with strong communication skills. Candidate must be comfortable making phone calls and meeting people. Candidate should have excellent organizational, verbal, written, and computer skills (MS Word and Excel). Candidate will also have a valid driver's license and be willing to drive around the Philadelphia area. Must be available for events at night or on the weekends. Flexible schedule totaling a minimum of 10 hours a week.

Duration: February-August 2008

For more information please click the link above or contact Director of Access Sports, Alyson Harris. Email to: accesssports@rhd.org.
http://www.access-sports.org

To apply send cover letter and resume to accesssports@rhd.org.

Position open until filled.

Access Sports, Graphic Design Internship

ACCESS SPORTS is seeking unpaid graphic design interns to Marketing team of ACCESS SPORTS with newsletters, t-shirt designs and multiple templates. Candidates should have a strong desire to gain experience, be part of a small non-profit agency that works with human service agencies and the local sports industry as well as have a strong interest in sports. UNPAID internship opportunities available throughout the year. Position requires strong organizational, amazing time management skills, communications,interpersonal skills, and of course, skill in graphic design. Photographgy experience is a plus. The applicant will report to the Executive Director of Access Sports.

Areas of Responsibility: (include but are not limited to) - Brand Photos taken by photographer - Create templates, posters and assist Marketing with any visual needs ACCESS SPORTS may have.

Qualifications: Candidates will be a highly motivated, reliable, enthusiastic team player with strong communication skills. Candidates must be willing meeting people. Candidates should have excellent organizational, verbal, written, and extensive computer skills . Candidates will also have a valid driver's license and must be able to meet with the Executive Director and Marketing when needed. - Must be able to attend some events. Flexible schedule totaling a minimum of 5 hours a week in the office. Most work can be completed at home.

Duration: February-August 2008

To apply email cover letter and resume to Director of Access Sports, Alyson Harris. Email to: accesssports@rhd.org. Please be prepared to bring work samples to the interview.

Position open until filled.

White Dog Community Enterprises Internship

White Dog Community Enterprises is an entrepreneurial nonprofit whose mission is to cultivate a Philadelphia regional economy that is inclusive, just, environmentally healthy, and based on local business ownership.

White Dog Community Enterprises is seeking a part-time unpaid intern or work-study student to work a minimum of 10 hours per week at least two days per week (should be same two days per week; intern may choose days) during the course of at least 8 weeks but ideally longer. The intern will play a highly- valued, key role in the organization by providing administrative support to program staff.

The intern will perform a wide range of critical support tasks for program work, fundraising, and special events, including some or all of the following: data entry/management, copying, filing, faxing, mailings, online event postings, website updates, mail merges, email distribution, event tabling, flyer/publication distribution and web research. Together we will also select a special project that the intern will be able to work on during slow times and take away as an accomplishment.

Start Date: ASAP

Other dates not specified.

For more information, please click the link above or go to www.whitedogenterprises.org.

Philadelphia Mayor's Office Summer Intern Position

The City of Philadelphia is seeking undergraduate students to serve as summer interns in selected City departments. The Mayor's Internship Program (MIP) is a summer internship that runs for 8 weeks, beginning on June 16, 2008. Mayor's Interns are assigned projects providing research, administrative, and staff assistance to high-level City managers. Past interns have assisted City staff in such functions as:

·         Community Relations

·         Press and Public Relations

·         Financial Analysis

·         Best Practices and Primary Research

·         Program Planning

·         Organizational and Administrative Support

Rising sophomores, juniors and seniors are eligible to apply.  Application deadline: March 28.  For more information, please see visit http://www.phila.gov/mdo/internship.html.

Susan G. Komen for the Cure Philadelphia Summer Internship

Komen Philadelphia is seeking college interns to join its office staff. The internships offer a chance to join the leader in the fight against breast cancer.  We offer flexible scheduling in our office, Monday through Thursday, 9 to 5 and Fridays 9 to 4. Some positions may require attendance at additional meetings and special events, and occasional evening and weekend hours. All internships are unpaid. All candidates should be enrolled in a college or university, exhibit strong organizational skills, be computer savvy, possess good customer service skills, and show enthusiasm.

The help from interns is invaluable to Komen Philadelphia as we strive to expand our outreach to serve more women and men in our fight to end breast cancer forever.

To apply for our internship program, please go to our website: www.komenphiladelphia.org and click on the Volunteer page.  Please download the intern application form to submit with a cover letter and resume. If you have any questions, please contact Michele Blask at  mblask@komenphiladelphia.org  or call 215 238-8900.

Mountain Meadow, Summer Program Internship

“Mountain Meadow is a progressive and diverse community dedicated to providing a supportive and safe space for all children of LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer) and other non-traditional families and their allies.”

This internship serves as an opportunity for oa hardworking individual to join the dedicated staff of a growing LGBTQ family organization. This person is responsible for working directly with the Program Director to plan and implement Mountain Meadow’s residential summer program.

Specific Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following: coordinating and participating in program outreach efforts, coordinating camper registration, and aiding in planning and implementing the summer camp program.

Required Qualifications: possess excellent multitasking skills, possess strong personal & organizational skills, work well independently and as part of a team, be willing to work hard and learn from experience, be dedicated to the mission of the organization.

This internship is unpaid.

Duration: May 15-August 25, 2008

To apply send a cover letter and resume to:

hiring@mountainmeadow.org with subject, “Summer Program Internship”
or
Mountain Meadow
1315 Spruce Street, Suite 411
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Attn: Randi Sherman

Deadline: April 15, 2008

Penn School of Social Policy and Practice, Undergraduate Research Opportunity

Entering its second century of leadership in social work theory and practice, the School of Social Policy & Practice (SP2) seeks to further its contributions as one of the nation’s leading centers of knowledge development, knowledge transfer and knowledge application in the human services. This vision is integral to and reflected in all aspects of the School’s educational and research programs as well as in its work on the Penn campus, in the Philadelphia community, and in its social change efforts nationally and internationally.

SP2 currently is offering unique research intern opportunities for undergraduate students who are interested in exploring, obtaining knowledge, or developing skills in social policy.

Research internships opportunities are available in the areas of:

• philanthropy
• youth and social policy
• child welfare
• domestic violence
• social impact of the arts
• geographic information systems/mapping
• religion and society

Under the guidance of accomplished and trained faculty and/or directors, you will gain hands-on experience in Penn’s interdisciplinary environment. This will prepare you for careers in a specific arena and/or create value-added expertise for you in your chosen area of study. At the end of your tenure, you will be required to produce a final paper that will be reviewed by a faculty member, and may result in independent study credit.

Stipends will range from $1,000 - $2,000 per summer project, with the work/research schedule determined by the faculty sponsor/s and student intern/s.

Criteria for Consideration

• You must currently be enrolled as a matriculating student in any of the University’s undergraduate degree-granting programs.
• You must be committed to participating in a research initiative of a relevant social welfare topic, issue or problem.

Selection Process:

Decisions regarding the awarding of internships will be made by the Dean of the School and the Associate Dean for Research.

Application Process:

In one page or less, describe the reasons that you are interested in pursuing a research internship at the School of Social Policy & Practice. Include any pertinent social or community service work or interests, as well as any research experience and when (which weeks in the summer) you expect to be available to participate in a project. Include a preferred phone number, address and e-mail where you can be reached. Submit all applications clearly marked “UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH APPLICATION” to:

Nadina Deigh, Director of Development and Alumni Relations, School of Social Policy & Practice,3701 Locust Walk, Caster Building, Philadelphia, PA.

Application deadline: April 4, 2008.

National Hispana Leadership Institute

Call For Applications-Latinas Learning to Lead
Applications Due: April 4, 2008

Do you meet the following requirements?

          •           An undergraduate, graduating no sooner than December 2008
          •           Earned a minimum of 30 semester hours before May 2008
          •           Have a minimum GPA of 2.5
          •           Between ages 17-22
          •           Involved in your community
          •         Have a strong commitment to Latina/o issues?

THEN CONSIDER APPLYING!!
Visit NHLI's Website Here

The Latinas Learning to Lead Summer Youth Institute’s main purpose is to train the next generation of Latina leaders. The Institute combines leadership training with technical and practical experience in a one-week comprehensive program in Washington, D.C from July 20-26, 2008.

The Institute focuses on personal and career planning, health and well-being, entrepreneurship and leadership skills. There will be sessions on cross-cultural communications, conflict resolutions, race, class, and gender issues. You will have an opportunity to interact with high-level Latina/o leaders during lectures, group exercises, and site visits. Up to 22 Latina undergraduate college students from diverse geographical areas and ethnic subgroups within the Hispanic community will be selected each year.

Please contact our office at (703) 527-6007 with questions regarding the program.

 

The Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship

The Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship, a program that provides college graduates the opportunity to work in Washington, DC, with a public-interest organization focusing on arms control and international security issues. The fellowship is offered twice yearly, in the spring and fall.  It lasts from six to nine months and provides a stipend, health insurance, and travel costs to Washington.  For more information please visit: http://www.scoville.org. The deadline for the Spring 2007 Fellowship is October 10, 2006. The deadline for the Fall 2008 Fellowship is February 15, 2008. The deadline for the Spring 2008 Fellowship is October 15, 2008.

Humanity in Action

Students will participate in an ALL-EXPENSE-PAID 5-week international program. Topics include human rights, genocide, and minority concerns. Programs are in Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Berlin, Paris, Warsaw, and New York City. Fellows will work alongside other motivated and talented students from the U.S. and Europe. They will meet experts in human rights and politics, journalism, history and government. Applications can be found at: www.humanityinaction.org and are due betweem December and March depending on the country of interest.

Greenpeace

The Greenpeace Organizing Term is an action-packed semester of travel and training.  It’s a hands-on training program that gives you the skills to be an environmental leader.  You’ll learn about current environmental issuand solutions and you’ll get trained by the experts in grassroots organizing, leadership, media, and campaign strategy. You’ll travel abroad with Greenpeace to work with international activists.  Many students are also able to receive class credit for the semester. 

ACTION *  TRAVEL  *  TRAINING
Spend a Semester with Greenpeace        
http://www.greenpeace.org/got
 
The semester is based in both the Washington D.C. and San Francisco Greenpeace offices. Contact program staff with questions at got@wdc.greenpeace.org.

Penn Semester in Washington

Students from a host of different majors are able to spend a semester in Washington DC and benefit from great internships, state of the arts facilities, rigorous academic, as well as network and career opportunities (not to mention fabulous sight-seeing!). For more information please go to the Political Science Homepage and click on "Washington".

Pennsylvania Advocates for Nutrition and Activity (PANA)

Pennsylvania Advocates for Nutrition and Activity (PANA) is seeking a communications intern to work on its Keystone Healthy Zone Schools campaign.  PANA is looking for an intern who is interested in obesity prevention, education, and the promotion of physical activity and good nutrition.  We are looking for an intern who has excellent verbal and written communication skills, and the ability to communicate well over the phone. An ideal candidate would already possess good interviewing skills, but would have the opportunity to hone these with the support of PANA's communications director.

An intern's primary duties would be:

-Calling contacts at our Keystone Healthy Zone Schools to find out the specifics of the events they're planning as part of PANA's statewide celebrations (e.g. "The Great PA Apple Crunch" - an event held each fall in schools with activities such as school-wide 'crunches', apple trivia contests, apple tastings, cider-making, etc.) and then using that information to write press releases to go to the local media.
-Calling news reporters in individual markets to follow up on press releases about these events; Coordinating media coverage of these events
-Evaluating the Enter the Zone Events: Compiling information for the PANA website (which schools participated, what activities were
performed, etc.), and interfacing with the schools to collect information and photos from them to post on the PANA website.


PANA is the leading organization working to address childhood obesity in Pennsylvania, and there's a real opportunity for an intern to perform interesting, valuable work that will help them learn what it's like to work on the communications staff of a statewide non-profit organization.  PANA's staff is a small, highly-motivated group of women who are passionate about good nutrition, physical activity and the health of our state. Please visit the "About PANA" section of our website (www.panaonline.org) and click on "Meet the Staff" for more information.

Logistics:
       Graduate or Undergraduate applicants
       Must be en-rolled into a communication, marketing, etc. program
       GPA: 3.0 or above
       Approximately 5-10 hours /week, dependent on the student's class schedule
       The internship can count towards credits for an independent study, or class project. The professor would be the supervisor of the project. 
All rules of the university or institution would follow.
       Location: PANA's main offices are in Harrisburg, and its communications director works from a home office in Green Lane, PA
(northern Montgomery County.)  Ideally an intern would be located close to either of these offices, however PANA would also consider offering an internship to a self-motivated student who could perform the work from home or school and check in over the phone with PANA staff members. In this instance, PANA staff would also want to interface with the student's college internship coordinator.
 Time Frame: Available during the spring or fall semester.


For information, please contact PANA's Communications Director, Beth
Trapani, at:
Beth.trapani@verizon.net
215-234-4647

Penn PIRG

The Pennsylvania Public Interest Research Group (PennPIRG) offers internships to motivated students seeking a challenge outside of the traditional classroom setting. Interns must be concerned about public interest issues and public policy, be highly motivated and energetic, must enjoy working with other people, have excellent verbal and written communication skills, and must have a desire to make a difference. Interns will work on projects to win more affordable prescription drug prices for the uninsured, eliminate wasteful government spending and unfair corporate tax loopholes, and protect consumers' financial privacy. For more information click here.

To apply: Submit a resume and cover letter to PennPIRG Director Beth McConnell at info@pennpirg.org, or mail to 1334 Walnut St., 6th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107 or fax to 215.732.4599.

Kensington Welfare Rights Union

The Kensington Welfare Rights Union is always looking for volunteers and interns. We can create projects and activities to meet your interests and our needs. Whether you have a month, a semester, or a year we can use your help. Internships vary between 6 and 40 hours a week. In the past our interns have assisted in various projects and tasks.

• Administrative assistance in our Kensington Office
• Youth activities for our younger organizers
• Desiging fliers and posters for events
• Setting up fundraisers and benefits
• Grant writing
• Research projects around affordable housing and healthcare
• Organizing on local campuses
• Food Distributions in the neighborhood
• Fliering and documentation at welfare offices
• Web and multimedia design

All internships are unpaid but we can help you find funding through your university. We are approved for off-campus work study If you are not from the Philadelphia area we can assist with subsidized housing. Please do not let lack of funding turn you away from joining us.

To download an application, visit the KWRU website.

 

Philadelphia District Attorney's Office: The Undergraduate Internship Program

The Undergraduate Internship Program is designed to give undergraduate students exposure to the prosecutor's role in the Philadelphia Criminal Justice System.

Students are assigned to one unit for the duration of the internship as determined by the current needs of the District Attorney's Office. Occasionally these needs may require a student to split time between units. Each student will have unique experiences and duties based upon unit assignment. Some students will closely assist Paralegals and/or Assistant District Attorney's, while others will work more independently, fulfilling unit tasks. Regardless of unit placement, all students will be given the opportunity to observe the various aspects of criminal case prosecution. Also, to further enhance the student's experience, various District Attorney's Office personnel will make presentations highlighting units and office programs during each semester. 

Students are required to give the office a minimum of 10 hours per week during the spring and fall semesters and a minimum of 20 hours per week in the summer. If a student is doing the internship for academic credit, it is the student's responsibility to communicate the institutional requirements to the office. All Undergraduate Internship positions are unpaid.

To apply for the Undergraduate Internship Program, students must submit a cover letter and resume by the deadlines listed below; extensions will not be granted. All applicants will not be interviewed for the program.

Mail a hard copy of your resume to:

Undergraduate Internships

Philadelphia District Attorney's Office

1421 Arch Street

Philadelphia, PA 19102

***Deadlines***

Spring - December 1st

Summer - April 1st

Fall - August 1st

 

American Red Cross Volunteer and Internship Positions
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The Red Cross of Philadelphi and Southern Pennsylvania always has a variety of volunteer and internship positions available in a broad range of fields. For current listings, and more details visit

http://www.redcross-philly.org/JoinUs/VolunteerServices/

 

 

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Long Term Internships

PHILADELPHIA AREA OPPORTUNITIES

Pennsylvania Prison Society Internship

The Pennsylvania Prison Society provides advocacy for prisoners and direct services to prisoners, ex-offenders, and their families which include parenting skills, support to children with incarcerated parents, services to elderly prisoners, prisoner visitation, re-entry services, and
restorative justice.

From time to time there are intern positions available. Visit Pennsylvania Prison Society for more information.

 

Prisoner Education Internship - Books Through Bars

Philadelphia , Pennsylvania

www.booksthroughbars.org

Description: Books Through Bars can tailor an internship to an individual's interest and skill. Generally, half of an intern's time is spent assisting the Core Collective with administrative and operational tasks. The other half of the time is spent on projects created by the intern with at at least one Core Collective Members. Such projects can be focused on our Prisoner Art Program, Prison Library Program, Women's Program, or working in collaboration with other groups on joint projects (such as coordinating workshops at correctional facilities, organizing special events, coordinating internal discussion and group trainings, creating resources, etc).

To Apply: Contact the organization by phone or email for more information.

Contact Information:

Nicole Meyenberg

Books Through Bars

4722 Baltimore Ave.

Philadelphia , PA  19143

Phone: (215) 727-0882

Fax: (215) 204-5015

Email: volunteer@BooksThroughBars.org

Apply by: Open

 

Bread and Roses Community Fund

Grants Program Assistant

Philadelphia , Pennsylvania

www.breadrosesfund.org

Description: Bread and Roses Community Fund is happy to announce a work study opportunity for students for the Spring, Summer and Fall semesters. Bread and Roses is a public foundation that offers grants and technical assistance to organizations in the Delaware Valley working for economic and social justice. Working with Bread and Roses is an excellent opportunity for students interested in learning more about community organizing and building and supporting a movement through social change philanthropy. 

Each year Bread and Roses administers thousands of dollars to community groups through its General Fund (bi-annual), the Discretionary Fund (monthly) and the Phoebus Criminal Justice Initiative (annual). An intern will assist the Associate Director in various aspects of administering the grant making process including intaking proposals, working with the Community Funding Board, and coordinating site visits. Hours are flexible.

Qualifications: Eligible applicants must be able to work independently, be organized, and be comfortable with computers. Please note: this position is only available for PA state residents through funding from PHEAA.

Contact Information:

Sara Zia Ebrahimi

Assistant to the E.D./Office Manager

1500 Walnut Street

Suite 1305

Philadelphia PA 19102

Phone: (215) 731-1107 x204

Fax: (215) 731-0453

Email: info@breadrosesfund.org

 

Community Food Retail Internships

Community Food Security Coalition

Philadelphia , Pennsylvania

www.foodsecurity.org

Description: The Community Food Retail Internship program provides bright, motivated, and talented individuals an opportunity to help fulfill the Coalition's Community Food Retail and Enterprise (C-FREE) Committee goals of fostering effective retail of healthy and affordable foods in underserved communities while strengthening local food systems. Internships at the Community Food Security Coalition offer individuals the opportunity to learn about the specific issues involved in our work and the chance to participate in a nationwide study of food retail outlets that are successful in low-income urban and rural communities. We welcome interns as integral members of our organization and prize the time, energy, skills, and commitment they bring to our collective effort. We are looking for two or three interns: one to work at The Food Trust in Philadelphia (www.thefoodtrust.org) under the supervision of Hannah Burton, Program Manager. A second intern will work in the Coalition's Los Angeles office and will report to Andy Fisher, Executive Director, or in Detroit, at Wayne State University, reporting to Kami Pothukuchi, board member of the Coalition. Internships are without pay; we will work with the intern's academic institution to secure academic credit, wherever possible.

The following procedures are designed to foster a positive internship experience for both the intern and the Coalition: * The intern manager will be responsible for reviewing the Intern Contract with the intern at the start of the internship. The Intern Contract explains the Coalition's expectations of the intern regarding workplace procedure and performance. In addition, the intern manager will include in the Intern Contract a written work plan with a complete list of tasks along with a work schedule for the intern. * The intern manager will provide organizational orientation to the intern using the Intern Orientation Checklist, at each site. * The intern manager commits to regular check-ins with the intern for the duration of the internship.

To Apply: Submit a cover letter and resume to the appropriate contact person.

Contact Information:

Hannah Burton

Program Manager

The Food Trust

1201 Chestnut Street , 4th Floor

Philadelphia , PA 19107

Email: hburton@thefoodtrust.org

 

Youth Power Shift/ Energy Justice Intern

Student Environmental Action Coalition

West Philadelphia , Pennsylvania

www.seac.org

Description: Primarily, the Youth Power Shift Campaign aims to provide resources and support people to grassroots student organizers working to install clean energy, green building, and energy conservation programs on their campuses. The co-coordinator will work within the campaign organizing team to facilitate information sharing and networking, and to build student power and awareness nationally for a new energy paradigm. Responsibilities include producing up to date materials, publicizing SEAC and its resources, and visiting campuses for speaking engagements, workshops and field organizing. Youth Power Shift aims to facilitate communication between existing clean energy and green building networks, thus strengthening the student movement for clean energy campuses. The Youth Power Shift Coordinator has the following responsibilities within the team: campaign planning/directing; media contact/spokesperson; liaison with ally groups/networks; grant research/writing; SEAC national office campaign contact.

Time Commitment: 6 – 12 months

To Apply: Send, fax, or email a resume with relevant activist work and a cover letter

Contact Information:

Kate Zaidan

SEAC Office

P.O. Box 31909

Philadelphia , PA 19104

Phone: (215) 222-4711

Fax: (215) 222-4788

Primary Email: youthpowershift@seac.org

National Email: ncc@seac.org 

 

Telephone Counselor

Women’s Law Project

Philadelphia , Pennsylvania

www.womensway.org

Description: Telephone Counselors provide information and referrals to callers and act both as a consumer educator and an advocate regarding women's legal problems. Most calls deal with family law matters including domestic violence, child custody and support. Other calls concern employment law, lesbian and gay parenting issues, housing law and welfare law.

Qualifications: Counselors must be at least 18 years old, and should be mature and dependable. As a majority of our calls deal with legal issues related to women, counselors should be able to relate to and help many types of women and should be compatible with feminist concerns. All counselors must be available for eight hours per week between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday for at least one school semester. Counselors work two four-hour shifts per week; shifts can not be done on the same day. Counselors need not have a background in law or social services.

To Apply: Please email your mailing address and the Women’s Law Project will send a packet of information and application.

Contact Information:

125 South 9th Street, Suite 300

Philadelphia , PA 19107

Phone: (215) 928-9801

Fax: (215) 928-9848

E-mail: LawProject@aol.com

Apply by: Open

 

Environmental Intern

Center for a New American Dream
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

www.newdream.org

Description: The Center for a New American Dream is looking for an enthusiastic, hard working, intern to help enhance the sustainable purchasing program in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The program uses statewide purchasing power to create and expand markets for products that support the public's social, environmental, and economic goals. With a significant budget deficit and a need to deliver savings to taxpayers, the Green Procurement Intern will be charged with researching the purchase of competitively priced environmentally friendly goods and services that do not increase taxpayer costs or that create guaranteed, quantifiable long-term savings.

While the intern will be placed with the Pennsylvania Department of General Services Quality Assurance Division in Harrisburg and will assist agencies from the entire Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, s/he will be an employee of the Center and will report to the Center's Director of Procurement Strategies.

Primary duties are: * Provide onsite support to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's sustainable purchasing program. * Ask good questions and track down answers on the phone and on the Internet. * Conduct research and summarize findings to provide the Commonwealth with up-to-date, highly useful information that forwards sustainable purchasing across the country. * Reports will be used for a website, publications, newsletters, media pieces, presentations, etc. * Compile a baseline of what the Commonwealth has accomplished to date and determine areas for future improvement. * Summarize the results of the baseline in a report to be distributed nationally. * Contact Commonwealth agencies to generate involvement, gather information, or solicit feedback. *Develop and maintain organized files. * Summarize discussions and written materials into a few concise points. * Facilitate communication between Commonwealth agencies and the Center headquarters. * Attend meetings, organize events, and perform some minimal routine administrative work.

Qualifications: The ideal candidate possesses stellar research, writing, and verbal skills; possesses some business or environmental experience; has a college degree (Masters preferred, but not required); is self-motivated, committed to making a difference, and capable of working both individually and with a team. We offer a steep learning curve and high-level engagement in a results-oriented, market-based program to protect our environment and community. The Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Time Commitment:Four days a week (32 hours) for one year.

To Apply: Send or email a cover letter, resume, references, and two writing samples to both contacts listed below.

Contact Information:

Scot Case
Director of Procurement Strategies
Center for a New American Dream
505 Penn Street, Suite 306
Reading, PA 19601
Email: scot@newdream.org

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NEW YORK CITY OPPORTUNITIES

Marketing Intern – Doctors without Borders/MSF

Position Title: Marketing Intern
Department: Development
Type: Intern, unpaid
Minimum Time Commitment: 20 hrs/week
Duration: One semester
Location: New York City

Objective: To assist the Marketing Team in developing and maintaining relationships with donors, while providing a practical learning experience to students interested in marketing and donor services for a large non-profit organization and in the general workings of a large international humanitarian aid organization.

Overview: The Marketing Intern will support the activities of a Marketing and Donor Services Team. S/he will learn how an organization maintains donor relations, markets itself to donors and the public, and the general activities of a Development department. S/he will also have the opportunity, through working in the office, to learn about MSF's programs, and how it operates in the United States. This internship is ideal for anyone interested in fundraising for a non-profit, as well as the administration of non-governmental organizations (NGOs).

Duties:
Help respond to donor requests for information, including responding to emails and writing letters (25%)
Filing, data-entry, quality control efforts, and other administrative support tasks (20%)
Help track third-party fundraising events (15%)
Support Marketing Associate with development of marketing reports (15%)
Create a system for organizing direct marketing resources (10%)
Assist with large and small mailings (5%)
Research and organize information about prospect lists for direct mail (5%)
Archive direct marketing samples and reports (5%)
Attend BBLs, public education events, and staff and department meetings as often as scheduling allows

Qualifications/Skills: Excellent organizational skills
Ability to work independently, with guidance from staff members

Requirements:
Strong Word, Excel, and database experience
Excellent verbal and written communication
Genuine commitment to the principles and work of MSF

Application Instructions:
Send cover letter & resume Attn: MARKETING INTERNSHIP to: internships@newyork.msf.org
fax: (212)679-7016
Post: Doctors Without Borders
333 Seventh Avenue

2nd Floor, New York, NY 10001

East Timor Action Network, Washington, DC and Brooklyn, NY

ETAN is a grassroots human rights organization working to support the people of East Timor and Indonesia.

ETAN's Washington office closely monitors congressional, State Department and administration activity relating to East Timor. In addition to keeping up with developments, we supply information and make recommendations to policymakers, often in coordination with other organizations. We host East Timorese guests and participate in relevant conferences and events.Our media/outreach office is in Brooklyn, NY. This offices focus on media, UN monitoring, New York area organizing, administrative matters, maintaining ETAN's website fundraising and other tasks. Both involve office work, writing, research, maintaining and building relations with other organizations, and other tasks required to keep an organization functioning and an issue alive.

Please send or e-mail a cover letter, resume and writing sample to the ETAN office you are interested in working with. Describe your primary field of study, your reasons for applying, and any relevant experience you may have.
Washington office: PO Box 15774. Washington, DC 20003-0774 ; Tel.202-544-6911 email: karen@etan.org
Media/Outreach office: 48 Duffield St., Brooklyn, NY 11201 Tel. 718-596-7668 fax: 718-222-4097 email: john@etan.org

Because of ETAN's small budget, we cannot afford to pay our interns. What interns don't make in money, they more than earn in experience. Because of the small size of our staff, people interning with ETAN are able to do much more than interns with most other organizations.

To learn more about ETAN and East Timor, visit our website at www.etan.org.

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WASHINGTON , D.C. OPPORTUNITIES

East Timor Action Network, Washington, DC and Brooklyn, NY

ETAN is a grassroots human rights organization working to support the people of East Timor and Indonesia.

ETAN's Washington office closely monitors congressional, State Department and administration activity relating to East Timor. In addition to keeping up with developments, we supply information and make recommendations to policymakers, often in coordination with other organizations. We host East Timorese guests and participate in relevant conferences and events.

Our media/outreach office is in Brooklyn, NY. This offices focus on media, UN monitoring, New York area organizing, administrative matters, maintaining ETAN's website fundraising and other tasks. Both involve office work, writing, research, maintaining and building relations with other organizations, and other tasks required to keep an organization functioning and an issue alive.

Please send or e-mail a cover letter, resume and writing sample to the ETAN office you are interested in working with. Describe your primary field of study, your reasons for applying, and any relevant experience you may have.
Washington office: PO Box 15774. Washington, DC 20003-0774 ; Tel.202-544-6911 email: karen@etan.org
Media/Outreach office: 48 Duffield St., Brooklyn, NY 11201 Tel. 718-596-7668 fax: 718-222-4097 email: john@etan.org

Because of ETAN's small budget, we cannot afford to pay our interns. What interns don't make in money, they more than earn in experience. Because of the small size of our staff, people interning with ETAN are able to do much more than interns with most other organizations.

To learn more about ETAN and East Timor, visit our website at www.etan.org.

 

 

Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS)

APAICS offeres unpaid year round and summer internships. These internships offer students the opportunity to learn more about congressional and demographic issues as well as to build research and networking skills.

To apply for the year long internship: send cover letter (indicating why you want to be in the program) and resume to

APAICS
1001 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Suite 530
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202/296-9200
Fax: 202/296-9236
E-mail:
apaics@apaics.org

To apply for the summer internship: go to their website (linked above), and download the PDF application

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Women and Public Policy Program

Join the Women and Public Policy Program (WAPPP) of Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government for a rewarding semester-long internship experience. The Women and Public Policy Program addresses public policies that have an impact on women and both informs and learns from women who shape public policies. Its goal is to create a world more balanced in opportunity and more secure.

The Women and Public Policy Program’s primary activities concern: facilitating scholarship, publishing materials, applying research, and encouraging and enhancing teaching on women and public policy, as well as continually aiming to enrich the culture of the Kennedy School of Government. WAPPP’s programming focuses on the intersection of women and public policy with the following areas: government, business