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August 9, 2016, Filed Under: Internship

Battleground Texas Fall Fellowships/Internships

Be a part of building the grassroots movement to make Texas count!

Battleground Texas Fall Fellows are a crucial part of our mission to make Texas elections competitive again. The goal of the fellowship is to provide educational opportunities for Texans by teaching them to organize their communities. During this exciting Presidential election year, this work has never been more important.

What We’re Looking For – Fellows

The ideal candidate is someone who is excited about electing progressives in Texas and ready to learn how to do it. Fellows are expected to actively participate in voter registration drives, phone banks, and volunteer-led meetings. It is vital that candidates are self-starters, have a passion for their work, are solution-oriented and ready to work with diverse groups of people. Our Fellows come from a variety of backgrounds, but all have a passion and commitment to making change.

Fellows will organize in their home communities, so we encourage you to apply no matter where in Texas you live. The position is unpaid and Fellows will work a minimum of 15 hours a week.

What We’re Looking For – Headquarters Interns

While almost all Fellows will work in the field (where change is made!), Battleground Texas will have a limited number of intern positions available. Under the supervision of headquarters staff, interns will learn skills and tools to provide administrative support to staff and volunteers in the field.

Interns will work a minimum of 15 hours a week and will be located in Austin. This internship is unpaid, is primarily for educational purposes, and is not expected to lead to an offer of permanent employment.

If interested, apply here: http://join.battlegroundtexas.com/page/s/2016-battleground-texas-fallfellowship

August 5, 2016, Filed Under: Internship

Center for Public Policy Priorities Fall Internships

The Center for Public Policy Priorities (CPPP) believes in a Texas that offers everyone the chance to compete and succeed in life. We envision a Texas where everyone is healthy, well‐educated, and financially secure. We want the best Texas – a proud state that sets the bar nationally by expanding opportunity for all. CPPP is an independent public policy organization that uses data and analysis to advocate for solutions that enable Texans of all backgrounds to reach their full potential. Join us!We are currently hiring for the following Fall internships. All applications are due by Friday, August 12, 2016.

  • Communication Internship
  • Health and Wellness Internship
  • Research and Planning Internship

LEARN MORE about our Internship Program

Calendar of Internship Postings:

  • Spring Semester internships, check in November
  • Summer Internships, check in April
  • Fall internships, check in July

August 3, 2016, Filed Under: Internship

Grassroots Leadership Fall Internship

Immigrant Detention Visitation Intern Wanted

About Grassroots Leadership

Grassroots Leadership is an Austin, Texas-based national organization that works to end prison profiteering and reduce reliance on criminalization and detention through direct action, organizing, research, and public education.

We believe that no one should be detained or deported, and that human connection and organizing has the power to challenge the immigration and criminal justice systems. Advocacy should be lead by those most directly impacted by systems of injustice, as they are the ones most knowledgeable about the issues, impacted by the decisions, and most qualified to lead.

Skills/Qualifications:

Grassroots Leadership is seeking a dedicated, passionate individual to join our team in a 10-15 hr/wk unpaid Immigrant Detention Visitation internship. The ideal candidate will have personal or family history with detention and/or deportation, be bilingual English/Spanish, foreign born or from an immigrant family, and a person of color, all of which are representative of the communities most impacted by unjust immigration policies.

We are unfortunately not able to offer a stipend for this position, but can support a student in securing any relevant course credit for the internship.

Additional qualifications include:

  • Excellent written communication and listening skills in both English and Spanish– able to speak clearly and write expressively
  • Able to work in a fast paced environment and respond quickly to changing priorities
  • Highly organized
  • Strong critical thinking skills, with the confidence/ability to question analytically
  • Cross culturally responsive showing ability to work with a wide variety of individuals from various backgrounds, including immigrant, faith-based, and student populations
  • Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work well within a team
  • Ability to process highly sensitive information shared around violence experienced and sexual-based trauma
  • Kindness, flexibility, and sense of humor – we’re a small, family-like organization that values community
  • Knowledge of MS Office, Google Docs and Gmail, and database systems strongly desired

Internship Responsibilities:

Primary internship responsibilities would be to support training, engagement, and advocacy with community volunteers visiting asylum-seeking women detained at the Hutto Detention Center outside Austin, TX. The vast majority of women detained are from Central America, most escaping persecution at the hands of gangs, traffickers, and abusers. Our program trains community volunteers to visit with the women one-on-one for the duration of their stays, with the goals of 1) ending the isolation of detention, 2) monitoring human rights abuses and 3) creating advocates for detention reform. Core internship responsibilities include:

  • Assisting with volunteer recruitment within Student, faith-based, and spanish dominant communities
  • Preparation and co-facilitation of new volunteer orientations, including separate orientations conducted in English and in Spanish
  • Leading volunteers on group visits to the Hutto Detention Center
  • Resource Sharing with volunteers
  • Developing continuing development trainings for ongoing volunteer development and support
  • Administrative support and database maintenance.
  • Data analysis of information gathered during visitation and detention center monitorings to support advocacy efforts
  • Participation in organizing activities.

Interested students should send their resume and cover letter to the attention of Sofia Casini at scasini@grassrootsleadership.org by close of day Monday, August 8th. She is happy to talk beforehand and answer any questions if students have them.

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