Internships
Fall Education Intern, Chicago Humanities Festival
The Chicago Humanities Festival Internship Program welcomes students and graduates to experience the creation of public programs for youth within a non-profit cultural institution while learning about the inner workings of an education outreach program. This education internship will require a commitment of 14-28 hours a week, starting in early September and ending in late November 2008.
How to Apply: Visit http://www.chfestival.org/ to download the internship application.
Public Interest Fellowship, Chicago PIRG
The state PIRGs are a network of nonprofit groups, based in states across the country, and we tackle issues ranging from the environment to energy to health care reform and more. The goal of a PIRG Fellowship is to help develop leaders for the public interest movement. As a PIRG Fellow, you gain hands-on experience in organizing, advocating and leading public interest campaigns in your first two years on staff. More importantly, you get real results, whether at the local, state or federal level. And your experience is complemented by intensive training and the direction and advice of a senior mentor.
For more information go to: http://www.idealist.org/en/job/298260-325
Community Organizing Intern, Amnesty International Midwest Regional Office
Community Organizing Internship 2-3 Interns will assist with field organizing work in the 13 Midwest states (IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MI, MN, MO, NE, ND, OH, SD, WI). Specific projects may include (but are not limited to), outreach to student groups, local groups and activists; coordination of publicity and events; and volunteer leadership recruitment/training. Qualified candidates will be able to demonstrate strong written and oral communication skills, as well as knowledge and experience about community organizing and development.
For more information go to: http://www.amnestyusa.org/activism/pdf/midwestinternshipapplication.pdf
Voter Registration Intern, Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR)
This year ICIRR will register 20,000 immigrants and new citizens to vote. We will then turn out 60,000 immigrant voters to the polls in November. You can make a huge difference by helping to register the community to vote and to do get-out-the-vote work with our New Americans Democracy Project!
For more information, go to: http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/av/Org/9667-232
Media/Journalism Intern, Sage Leadership Partners
New Media and Journalism interns capture interviews of leading executives, professors, and professionals spanning the nation's largest metropolitan centers. Interviews are conducted based on standardized interview protocols, customized to address all areas of commerce and are captured for the sole purpose of motivating and inspiring students about career options in a global economy. Interns also collaborate in digital media production, including the digital editing of video/media and the peer review of captured interviews conducted by other interns.
For more information: http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/av/Internship/123031-191
Recycling Collections Intern, The Resource Center
Do you want to know where your recycled cans and bottles really go? Help the Resource Center, Chicago's oldest and largest non-profit recycler, as we expand and transition our recycling collections program. This program offers honest, trustworthy recycling collection services to businesses and residential buildings throughout Chicago. We're looking for an intern to help make the expansion a successful one.
For more information: http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/av/Internship/123200-151
Consumer Rights Intern, Citizens Utility Board
The Citizens Utility Board (CUB), an independent consumer advocacy organization representing the interests of Illinois residential utility consumers in matters pertaining to the rapidly changing telephone, gas and electricity industries, is seeking a consumer rights intern. Reporting to CUB's Director of Consumer Advocacy, this public-interest-minded person will have primary responsibility of providing support to the organization's consumer advocacy department.
For more information: http://www.npo.net/jobs/jobdetail.asp?xJobID=28674
