Action Without Borders (Idealist.org) Internship Listings
A very useful comprehensive search by this strong social change organization. "Action Without Borders is a global network of individuals and organizations working to build a world where all people can live free and dignified lives."
AIESEC
"Aiesec is the world's premiere student-run international organization dedicated to increasing cultural understanding and cooperation through running an international paid-internship program. We help U.S. companies reach out to young business and I.T. professionals in over 700 universities worldwide. We also help U.S. students find paid internships abroad in any of our 80+ member countries. We are currently based in 38 locations in the U.S."
AFSCME/UNCF Union Scholars Program
"You can work on the front lines of a real union organizing campaign, where you will talk to works about gaining a voice on the job, fair wages and benefits for themselves and their families -- by joining a union. You'll get the opportunity to do the day-to-day work of campaign research, material development and outreach to workers by phone and in-person."
The Alaska Conservation Foundation Internship Program
"The Alaska Conservation Foundation (ACF) offers college students enrolled in graduate or undergraduate programs an opportunity to gain valuable work experience under the ACF Conservation Intern Program. It is ACF's objective that students selected to be an ACF Conservation Intern will choose a career-path in conservation and make a long-term commitment to preserving and protecting Alaska's pristine environment and diverse cultures. These paid internships, generally 12 weeks in length, are with non-profit groups, agencies, Alaska Native groups, and other interested organizations across Alaska."
Arab American Institute: Internship Opportunities
"The Arab American Institute offers paid internship positions to full- and part-time students, graduate students and recent college graduates. Interns work on a variety of projects and assignments within our various departments at AAI. AAI also place interns at outside agencies, including the White House, human rights organizations and the major political parties."
Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS) internship program
"Every year, APAICS selects ten to twelve students for a first-hand learning experience in American politics. Interns work in congressional offices, federal agencies, and non-profit organizations in Washington DC. Through a series of seminars, they learn about national Asian Pacific Islander American advocacy organizations and network with peers from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute and the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation. The APAICS internship program encourages the political and civic involvement of young Asian Pacific Islander American, fosters their interest in careers in politics and public policy, and develops their leadership skills."
Boston Environmental Justice Leadership Program
The Environmental Careers Organization (ECO) is soliciting applications from current undergraduate and graduate students as well as recent graduates for the summer Boston Environmental Justice Leadership Program (BEJL). This year's program offers nine paid internships in Boston-based environmental justice organizations. The BEJL Program helps promote a greater understanding of environmental equality, economic prosperity and equity for all people.
Center for Strategic and International Studies
"For undergraduate and advanced students interested in a hands-on learning experience with a public policy research institute."
Choices for the 21st Century International Education Internship (Watson Institute for International Studies - Brown University)
"The Watson Institute International Education Internship has been established in order to enable one recent college graduate each year to spend a year working as part of a team focused on increasing international education at the secondary level. The goal of this internship is to strengthen international education at the secondary level by contributing to the core of those in the early stages of a career who share a strong commitment to the field and a vision for how to foster its growth."
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Internship
"Every summer, 30 promising Latino undergraduates from across the country are selected for an eight-week program in the nation’s capital. While in DC, interns work in the offices of U.S. representatives. Interns benefit from the leadership development curriculum’s emphasis on work experience, community service, and learning."
Democracy Matters Campus Intern Program
"Democracy Matters is a non-partisan non-profit organization of students and professors working on campuses across the country to educate people about the role of money in politics, and its impact on democracy. The key to Democracy Matters' success is its Campus Intern Program, which provides year-round training for paid undergraduate interns (called "Campus Coordinators") and the support and tools for these students to lead their campus chapter efforts."
Environmental Education Internship, Audubon Society of Portland
"Join the Education Team of the Audubon Society of Portland and tour the Pacific Northwest with youth raring to learn about the regions wild areas and wildlife. Day camps are based in beautiful Forest Park in Portland, Oregon. Weeklong overnight camps are based in a variety of settings including the coast, Mount Hood, and Olympic National Forest. Instructors work as teams, implementing innovative hands-on environmental education programs according to weekly learning themes."
Everett Public Service Internship Program
"Everett Interns use their knowledge and skills in 58 organizations dedicated to improving the world. During ten weeks, Everett interns will work diligently with skilled and dedicated mentors to gain first-hand experience on the front lines of public service."
Faithful Citizenship Project Summer Internship (National Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice)
"Interns help low-wage workers register to vote and build a movement for social justice. Placements are available in: Chicago IL, Kansas City MO, Minneapolis/St.Paul MN, Oklahoma City OK, Portland OR, or Syracuse/Elmira NY, Tulsa OK. A weekly stipend is provided. And housing and transporation is provided for those relocating for the summer."
Family Health International YouthNet Program Internship in Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS
"...an eleven-week internship program designed to give current or recent undergraduate university students from developing countries experience in designing, implementing and evaluating youth reproductive health (YRH) and HIV/AIDS programs. Six positions, based in the Washington, DC area are available."
Feminist Majority Foundation Internship in Feminism and Public Policy
"Feminist Majority and Feminist Majority Foundation internships provide students with a behind-the-scenes look at the women's movement. Each intern is given a wide variety of responsibilities, such as monitoring press conferences and public hearings, researching, writing, policy analysis, and organizing events and demonstrations."
Global Routes International Teaching Internships
"International community service, internships and volunteer opportunities."
Health Career Connection (HCC) Summer Internship
"Health Career Connection (HCC) is committed to increasing the number of healthcare leaders and professionals from underrepresented diverse ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds. We provide opportunities for students to work in healthcare organizations delivering care, advocating or setting policy for underserved communities and provide workshops on public health and cultural competency. Our aim is to be the connection between diverse students and organizations they serve to ultimately improve the care, cultural and leadership competency of our healthcare organizations."
The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) Summer National Internship Program (HNIP)
"The largest Hispanic internship program in the nation, this program offers paid internships in Washington, DC and throughout the country. Both undergraduate and graduate students are eligible for the internships and students do not need to be either Hispanic or enrolled at a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) to be eligible. Federal interns are provided with round-trip airfare and HACU can assist in securing housing."
Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union (HERE) Summer Internships
"The Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union represents and organizes thousands of workers in the hotel, food service and casinos in the United States and Canada. HERE fights for worker and immigrant rights and was in the forefront of organizing the historic Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride in October of 2003."
Industrial Areas Foundation East
"The Industrial Areas Foundation organizations in the northeast corridor, from Boston to Washington, are seeking to recruit, train, and develop a new generation of organizers to work in one of the groups that already exist and to assist in new strategies and targeted campaigns. The IAF East will sponsor summer internships for as many as 20 interested individuals." Interested in, Contact: New York, Mike Gecan, mgecan@verizon.net; Philadelphia, Ceci Schickel, ccschickel@verizon.net; Baltimore, Jonathon Lange, langeiaf@hotmail.com; Washington DC, Martin Trimble, mptrimble@mac.com.
Institute for Community Leadership (ICL)
"The Institute for Community Leadership offers interns the opportunity to integrate into the Civil Rights movement. Positions provide selected individuals with the tools to become part of community building efforts, and to change yourself by assisting others in changing the world."
Institute for Community Leadership National Nonviolence Leadership Corps
"The NNLC is an intensive seven week traveling leadership experience for students from ICL programs across the country. The students who travel with the NNLC from the Bay Area to Seattle sleep on gymnasium floors, get up each morning at 6:00, cook their own meals with a traveling kitchen, teach in local schools throughout the day and carry out public events or additional workshops each evening. The student leaders study and practice the lives of Dr. Martin Luther King, Mohandas Gandhi, Cesar Chavez and other great leaders." Contact Lai-Lani Ovalles for further information: (253) 872 3612, lailani@icleadership.org
Institute for Experiential Learning
"IEL is dedicated to providing future leaders with a rigorous internship experience in Washington, DC that will prepare them for success in the workplace and active engagement in their communities. Active learning by participants, including disciplined reflection about individual goals, intercultural competence, and personal attention from IEL staff, are at the heart of IEL's mission. Students are challenged during their internship to build skills to help ensure future success. Students practice critical thinking, problem solving, and oral and written presentation and interview skills, while gaining experience in a professional setting and building a professional network."
Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR) at the University of Alabama is offering a summer research internship for students interested in studying neighborhood poverty and its impact on adolescent behavior. Students who participate in the internship, which is in its 8th year, will conduct a survey of adolescents living in public housing and other very low-income neighborhoods in Mobile and Prichard, Alabama. This longitudinal survey, which has been administered annually since 1998 and has been funded by the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), the National Institute for Drug Abuse (NIDA), and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), addresses challenges that young people face as they grow up in impoverished neighborhoods, including violence, alcohol and drug use, sexual behavior, the development of self-esteem and a sense of the future, and family dynamics. Email John Bolland: jbolland@bama.ua.edu
Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals (ITEP) Environmental Student Summer Internship
"The Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals (ITEP) of Northern Arizona University is offering Environmental Student Summer Internships. ITEP in conjunction with a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is affording Native American and other students with this opportunity to assist governmental facilities (primarily USEPA) and Indian tribes with special projects. Students have the opportunity to conduct hands on research throughout the United States. The 10-week internships will last from approximately June through August."
Institute on Philanthropy and Voluntary Service
"The Institute is an intensive eight-week residential program for college undergraduates active in service (this year held June 5 – July 31, 2004 in Washington, DC.) During the summer, approximately 35 students take courses on the history and ethics of philanthropy and volunteerism at Georgetown University. Students also hold internships with nonprofit organizations, attend presentations by leading figures from the nonprofit sector and participate in a variety of service projects."
Into the Fields Program (Student Action with Farmworkers (SAF))
"The Into the Fields Program is a 10-week paid summer internship program that places bilingual college students from across the country in migrant education programs, rural health clinics, immigration assistance organizations, legal services, and with community & labor organizing groups. Into the Fields Interns provide much needed skills, energy and time to organizations serving farm workers and receive a life-changing educational experience in return. SAF selects 30 Into the Fields Interns each year."
INROADS
Provides internship placements for minority youth
Ittleson Summer Internship
"The Ittleson Foundation, funding nationally in the fields of the Environment, AIDS, and Mental Health, seeks a summer intern to work closely with the Foundation's Executive Director. The intern is involved in all aspects of the Foundation's work. In addition the Intern undertakes a special project of their own design."
The Kaiser Media Internships Program
"established in 1994, is an intensive 12-week summer internship for young minority journalists interested in specializing in urban public health reporting. The aim is to provide journalists or journalism college graduates with an in-depth introduction to and practical experience on the specialist health beat."
KOACH Internships (United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism)
"Interns create exciting campus-based Conservative programs, receive training and help craft a national agenda. Now going into its third year, the KOACH Internship Program has already made a significant impact on campuses throughout North America. This is a paid position, to be considered part-time employment, paying $500 per semester. Interns are expected to work both Fall and Spring semesters."
Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholars Program
"In recognition of the legacy of Dr. King, the U.S. Education Department is again soliciting applications under the Martin Luther King, Jr., Scholars Program, offering as many as 10 summer internships at its Washington, D.C., headquarters. Selected students -- either undergraduate or graduate students with an interest in education or public policy and administration -- will receive temporary federal appointments for an eight-week period."
Midwest Academy / USAction Education Fund Community Organizing Internships
"The Midwest Academy, a 30-year-old national training institute for progressive direct action organizing, is hiring community organizing interns for a ten week program beginning June 5. Interns will receive intensive training and mentoring, and will be assigned to work with statewide organizations. Interns will spend the first week of the internship in the Midwest Academy five-day training on community organizing Interns will be placed with USAction affiliates will receive a challenging work assignment which will include serious responsibilities and the opportunity to make a real contribution to progressive social change."
National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum Volunteer Undergraduate Intern Positions
The National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF) is seeking college interns to work part-time during the fall and/or spring semesters. The student should have an interest in women’s rights, immigrant rights, Asian Pacific American or economic justice issues. Applicant should be able to work well both independently and on a team, and have excellent oral communication skills. The intern(s) will assist the program assistant on a number of projects, including but not limited to, supporting our chapters and individual members across the country, assisting with website and newsletter development, devising legislative alerts, and assisting staff with policy/legislative development on key platform issues. This position will provide abundant opportunity for a student looking to become more knowledgeable about current issues facing Asian Pacific American women and girls. Interested applicants should submit brief cover letter and resume to Kiran Ahuja at kahuja@napawf.org or fax to 202-223-4144. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum Volunteer Law/Grad Clerk Position
The National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum (NAPAWF) is seeking a first, second or third year law student or graduate student to work part-time/full-time during the fall and/or spring semesters. NAPAWF would prefer a law/graduate student with experience working on issues involving women's rights, immigrant rights, Asian Pacific American or economic justice issues but not required. Applicant should exhibit strong research and writing skills, be able to work well both independently and on a team, have excellent oral communication skills, and be enthusiastic about social justice issues. This position will provide abundant opportunity for a student looking to become more knowledgeable about current policy issues facing Asian Pacific American communities, while strengthening research and writing. Because the organization has a small staff, clerks are given substantive responsibilities over issues and programs and will represent NAPAWF in meetings. Interested applicants should submit brief cover letter and resume to Kiran Ahuja at kahuja@napawf.org or fax to 202-223-4144. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
New American Dream
"Teach a child. Change a life. Breakthrough offers hundreds of paid internships nationwide and in Hong Kong for high school and college students to teach high-achieving, middle school students from low-income, underserved urban schools. Teachers make an eight-week commitment over the summer to grow, develop professional skills and teach."
New York Union Semester
"The Queens College/CUNY New York Union Semester program is a one of kind opportunity for undergraduates from all over the country to gain valuable hands on experience by interning at a labor union in New York City while they take labor studies classes at Queens College. The program is offered during both the spring and fall semesters and is open to all academic majors. Internships include a wide range of activities--from organizing to research to media and communications. Among unions and affiliated organizations currently hosting interns are SEIU Local 1199, Transport Workers Union Local 100, UNITE! and Citizen Action."
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Internships
"The Foundation's internship programs bring together top level students both as volunteer and paid interns to work on current global problems in the areas of peace, security and international law. The purpose of the Foundation's internship program is to involve students in the work of waging peace,and to involve these students in research, advocation and outreach projects that will have ongoing educational benefit for other students and the broader population."
Partnership for Public Service: Internships
The best way to find out if working for the federal government is for you is to try it out. With its many internship opportunities, federal employers are betting that once you try government service, you’ll want to make it a part of your career.
Pendle Hill Social Action / Social Witness Internships
"Pendle Hill Social Action / Social Witness Internships have been created to support those who are, or who wish to be, actively engaged in social justice work and to encourage that kind of commitment among young people. Pendle Hill seeks to renew corporate social witness and to create a balance between prayerful contemplation and social action at Pendle Hill and within the Religious Society of Friends."
PLEN's Women & Public Policy Internship Program
"PLEN's Women and Public Policy Internship Program is the only Washington, DC, internship program devoted exclusively to women and public policy and designed specifically for women students. PLEN has been placing students in challenging public policy internships with research, government and advocacy organizations since 1991, helping them find the internship that best matches their interests and skills." (See Also, a useful resource from PLEN: Preparing to Lead: The College Women's Guide to Internships and Other Public Policy Learning Opportunities in Washington, DC, written by women students for women students, Preparing to Lead provides descriptions of over 125 internships, seminars, fellowships and other resources for women interested in public leadership.)
Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) Internships
Public/Private Ventures Internship
"Public/Private Ventures (P/PV), a national not-for-profit program development and research corporation is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with offices in Oakland, California and New York City. The organization designs, manages, evaluates and replicates social initiatives to improve policy and programs focused on our nation's disadvantaged citizens. P/PV works with policymakers to see that the lessons learned are reflected in policy, and provides training, technical assistance and learning opportunities to practitioners based on documented effective practices."
Renewable Energy Policy Project Internships
"Internship positions with the Renewable Energy Policy Project (REPP) offer a great deal of relevant experience and opportunity in renewable energy and associated fields. The internships are located in Washington DC on an ongoing basis. Intern responsibilities include research and writing on a variety of issues related to energy policy and the environment, as well as occasional administrative support tasks."
Rising Star Internships
This general internship search site includes internships under categories such as "activism" and "public policy".
The Student Conservation Association (SCA), the nation’s oldest and largest provider of conservation service opportunities offers conservation volunteer and intern opportunities to college students as well as other young adults interested in serving our nation's prized natural and cultural resources. With thousands of volunteer and intern positions available throughout the US in a wide variety of conservation disciplines, SCA is sure to have just the right opportunity for you! SCA interns serve for 3 to 12 months and gain on-the-job experience with partners like the National Park Service, the US Forest Service, and many other federal, state, and non-profit partners in conservation fields from archaeology, to education, history, wildlife studies, visitor services and everything in between!
Surface Transportation Policy Project Internships
"The Surface Transportation Policy Project is a non-profit organization working to promote good transportation policy in the United States. Our research encompasses transportation policy effects on energy conservation, environmental protection, social equity, and livable communities. We emphasize the needs of people, rather than vehicles, in assuring access to jobs, services, and recreational opportunities. The current focus of the research team is the reauthorization of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century"
Sustainable Farming Internships & Apprenticeships
"This resource list of learning opportunities in sustainable agriculture and organic agriculture has been published annually by ATTRA since 1989 as a networking tool to help farmers and apprentices connect with each other."
Stand Up for Kids
(Scroll down and click "internships")
Help homeless youth in your area.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) Program Undergraduate Fellowships
For bachelor level students in environmentally related fields of study. Eligible students will receive support for their junior and senior years of undergraduate study (up to $17,000 per year) and for an internship at an EPA facility during the summer between their junior and senior years (up to $7,500).
United Students for Fair Trade Summer Program Team
We are looking for students (high school, undergraduate, or grad level) who:
- Have a passion for fair trade products, principles, and
policies
- Are team players
- Can work without much supervision and take initiative
The Washington Center Internships
Has leadership internships in a variety of initiatives such as diversity, non-profit and environment/energy.
Windsor Mountain Student Travel
"Located in New Hampshire, Windsor Mountain International seeks to provide educational Student Travel experiences that open minds, foster personal growth, and help students respond to cultural, social, and environmental challenges as responsible citizens of the world."
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation Internship Grants for Graduate Students in Humanities
"The program offers Practicum Grants to support internships for graduate students who wish to explore the impact of their scholarship beyond the university. The Humanities at Work initiative will award up to ten Practicum Grants of up to $2,000 to support humanities Ph.D. students who have created public scholarship internships, engaging their scholarship in a context outside of college teaching and research."
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