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Equal Justice Center Internship – Summer 21

Workers’ Rights Undergraduate Internship

Organization Profile: Equal Justice Center (EJC) is a non-profit public interest law firm and employment justice organization, which empowers low-wage workers to achieve workplace justice regardless of their immigration status. We provide legal representation that enables workers recover unpaid wages and combat other basic injustices they encounter in the workplace. We work for systemic reforms that strengthen employment rights and expand access to the justice system for all working people. We have internship positions available for the Fall, Spring and Summer semesters in our Austin office. Internships will run concurrently with the beginning and end of the student’s semester.

Intake/Outreach Position

Qualifications: Spanish Fluency Preferred

Time commitment: 10 hours per week.

Job Description:

  • Conducts detailed in-person and telephonic interviews with workers who are seeking legal assistance
  • Assist staff attorneys to analyze the workers’ legal needs and available remedies
  • Create and maintain up to date case information in our online management system
  • Assist in our community outreach and education efforts by distributing literature on jobsites, business and community events.

Learning opportunities: Interns are not required but are invited to attend an intensive crash course, alongside UT Law clinic students, to learn the basics of the substantive law and practice methods employed by EJC. The internship will also provide substantial onthe-job training in subjects including workers’ rights, labor and employment law, contract law, litigation practice, and public interest advocacy.

Academic credit: Academic credit toward your major is likely available, please inquire with your college/university requirements.

Cycle Deadlines: Applications are accepted on a rolling admission basis, but we recommend you consider the following deadlines:

  • Summer: April 1st

Contact: If you are interested in this position, please apply using this online form. For questions, you can find our contact information on our website.

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Internships with Refugee Services of Texas – Summer 2021

About Refugee Services of Texas

OUR MISSION

Guided by the principles of human compassion and dignity, Refugee Services of Texas welcomes refugees, immigrants, and other displaced peoples and supports them in integrating and thriving in their new communities.

WE WORK ACROSS TEXAS

Founded in 1978, Refugee Services of Texas (RST) is a social-service agency dedicated to providing assistance to refugees and other displaced persons fleeing persecution based on race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular social group – as well as to the communities that welcome them. RST provides services to hundreds of refugees, asylees, survivors of human trafficking, and related vulnerable populations from over 30 different countries of origin each year. Originating in Dallas, RST now has service centers in Amarillo, Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston and Rio Grande Valley.

Summer 2021 Internships: Austin Office

CASH AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM INTERNSHIP(S): ACCEPTING SUMMER 2021 APPLICATIONS

RST is seeking Undergraduate and/or Master’s-Level Interns to assist with their Cash and Medical Assistance (CMA) Program. The CMA internship will be project based, both allowing the intern to utilize computer skill, and gain an understanding of the U.S. Refugee Program and the various domestic and international policies influencing refugee resettlement. Click here to read more.

SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT SERVICES PROGRAM INTERNSHIP(S): ACCEPTING SUMMER 2021 APPLICATIONS

RST is seeking Undergraduate and/or Master’s-Level Interns to assist with their Social Adjustment Services Program. Internship duties consist of helping case managers connect clients with social services, such as Health and Human Services benefits and rent assistance. Click here to read more.

SURVIVORS OF TRAFFICKING EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM (STEP) INTERNSHIP(S): ACCEPTING SUMMER 2021 APPLICATIONS

The Survivors of Trafficking Empowerment Program (STEP) Intern will help support case managers with their day-to-day duties. This may include transportation of clients to appointments and community resources, data entry and file preparation, conduct and assist with HT101 trainings and more! Click here to read more.

VOLUNTEER PROGRAM INTERN(S): ACCEPTING SUMMER 2021 APPLICATIONS

Open to both students and members of the community who are wanting to learn about the nonprofit world, volunteer and event management and working cross culturally. Click here to read more.

MATCH GRANT PROGRAM INTERN(S): ACCEPTING SUMMER 2021 APPLICATIONS

The Match Grant (MG) Intern will be working closely with the Match Grant Coordinator and programs team for verification of client eligibility and compliance along with program evaluation and development, creating end of month reports for the MG Program as well as administrative assistance in running a social-services organization. Click here to read more.

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Internship Available with the Wye River Group – Spring 21

Wye River Group Overview

Wye River Group is a nonpartisan, not for profit entity, which serves as catalyst to raise awareness and broaden perspectives to enable cross stakeholder engagement. The organization tackles challenging public policy issues such as water and health and health care.

Based in Washington DC WRG and its sister organization GKEN.org (Global Knowledge Exchange Network) create an intellectual exchange of fresh ideas in a neutral environment, employing a dynamic process that works to stay ahead of emerging trends. We identify and advance approaches that build on the value of consensus and public private partnerships.

The strength of this work rests on the active engagement of a cross-section of stakeholders committed to advancing common goals. The unique, inclusive process employed in reaching agreement on issues helps ensure its long term viability in the public policy arena and in the marketplace.

Our success depends on maintaining our position as neutral catalyst skilled at creating an environment of trust and in setting the stage for dialogue involving diverse interests within an ‘apolitical’ philosophical framework.

For more information, please visit wrgh.org.

Texas Alliance on Health Internship

The Texas Alliance for Health Care was created as a resource to lawmakers in anticipation of changes in the Affordable Care Act. We are a diversified group of stakeholders from private and public sectors representing hospitals, health plans, philanthropy, community clinics, providers, business, and public health. Our goal is to provide well thought out research that will inform and offer guidance as to the impact of proposed changes in the finance and delivery of health care in Texas.

We are seeking an intern to support our current project Texas Advisory on Public Health Infrastructure. The intern(s)  will support our roll out of op eds and monitoring legislative committee and chamber discussions on three topics; interoperability of health-related data, use of Universal Patient Identifiers, and E-Passports  during the upcoming 2021 legislative session.

Texas Advisory on Public Health Infrastructure is using the process described below to manage the creation of a set of consensus recommendations and principles initially delivered to lawmakers in November 2020.

Our objective is to provide Texas leadership with thoughtful recommendations for addressing unexpected public health crisis. We want to ensure our state policies and practices are optimally informed and that we have in place the necessary tools for addressing the three R’s: our readiness to respond, our response itself and our recovery tools.

We have selected three areas within public health to focus on: workforce, surveillance, and public health infrastructure.  These are suggested areas and we welcome your ideas.

The project is currently underway and will be ongoing  through June 2021. You will report directly to Jon Comola, Founder of WRG. Communication will be remote through conference calls and internet. This is a non-paid position.

Supporting front line workers with real time peer to peer facilitated coaching Internship

We propose to vet and pilot the creation of an app to support front line workers. Interns would experience how to build public policy support and how to test the application of sourcing front lines to real time digital support. The internship will run through the summer of 2021.

We see too many front-line workers from health care workers, to fire and police, suffering in silence. They have some of the highest suicide rates, they burnout and live with poor mental health as a  result of their stress.

We propose to support these populations with real time peer to peer support with a professional facilitator to address their emotional and psychological needs.

Many front-line workers are not comfortable using their organizations Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for fear of retribution or stigma. This leaves them very few options to receive the support they need.

We propose the creation of a wide array of tools that are delivered through a digital platform (an app).  While this idea is not new, existing platforms are associated with employers or payers and have not successfully engaged the target audience. improve lives.

The app would be available to anyone who wants to use it. It will be anonymous using avatars, completely independent from the employer an insurance company The app will be funded independent of the employer insurance companies, be available 24/7, scalable, and accessible anywhere anytime via your telephone.

We have conducted hours of due diligence research and interviewed dozens of experts in order to harness their experience and help us successfully construct a digital platform delivered through an app.

We propose to initially pilot the use of the app with Kaiser Permanente. We will target a cohort of their population and tailor the apps services to their level of sophistication. We will offer participants peer to peer facilitated discussions with options from online group chat rooms, individual messaging or referrals for those that need a higher order of intervention. They will have access to a wide array of proven tips, tools delivered digitally.

This app will provide a robust platform accessible to individual front line workers from health care to law enforcement. Individuals would access the app when they need a mechanism to de-stress, interrupt anxious thoughts or outright panic, make sense of their situation or calm their fears. (Picture your trusted friend in your pocket, ready to listen without judgment and available to advise when you want advice)

The conversations on this app will be anonymous, so the design should be one that communicates a calming, compassionate, and trusted feeling. This could be reassuring the user about the anonymity of the platform on loading screens or using templated hand drawn avatars for profiles.

We are all too familiar with burnout, suicide and the mental stress that confronts front line workers and it’s time to create something that meets them where they are and gets the care they badly need.

The project is currently underway and will be ongoing  through August 2021. You will report directly to Jon Comola, Founder of WRG. Communication will be remote through conference calls and internet.

If interested in any of the positions listed above, please contact Jon Comola, Founder of WRG, by email at jrcomola@wrgh.org.