Soc Students: Interested in a PAID summer internship?
Below are a few PAID summer opportunities for Soc students interested in workers’ justice/labor, immigrant rights, social justice, grassroots organizing, and/or environmental justice.
Info on the following programs is listed below:
- AFSCME UNION SCHOLARS PROGRAM (Summer)
- UCLA DREAM SUMMER FELLOWSHIP (Summer)
- UC BERKELEY’S LABOR SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM (Summer)
- GREENLINING INSTITUTE SUMMER ASSOCIATE PROGRAM (Summer)
- GREEEN CORPS GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING TRAINING PROGRAM (1-year)
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AFSCME UNION SCHOLARS PROGRAM
The American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME) is pleased to partner with Harvard University’s Labor and Worklife Program to sponsor the Union Scholars Program. AFSCME is one of the nation’s largest labor unions, representing public service employees and retirees across the country.
Harvard’s Labor and Worklife Program, located in the Harvard Law School, is the university’s center for research, teaching and creative problem-solving related to the world of work.
The Union Scholars Program is a 10-week summer internship for students of color who are passionate about social justice, with an emphasis on workers’ rights.
Students will take part in a hands-on organizing experience with AFSCME members, and will enjoy an opportunity to travel and receive valuable, resume-building experience – all while getting paid.
Chosen Candidates Will Receive:
Selected AFSCME Union Scholars will receive a three-day orientation to prepare for their internship. They will also receive a 10-week field placement in the summer of 2018, when the student will participate in a union organizing campaign in one of several locations across the United States. Students who enter the program as sophomores are eligible to return for a second year. Returning students may receive a 10-week summer placement at AFSCME headquarters in Washington, D.C. All chosen candidates will receive the following:
Compensation:
A stipend of $4000 (provided by Harvard)
On-site housing (provided by AFSCME/Harvard)
A three-day orientation and training program prior to the field assignment (provided by AFSCME)
A three-day debriefing program after the internship is completed (provided by AFSCME)
Upon successful completion of the program, an academic scholarship of up to $6,000 based on financial need (as determined by AFSCME)
For students on a semester schedule: June 10 – August 16
Application Process:
https://www.afscme.org/organize/union-scholars
Applications due: Feb. 28, 2019.
This is a four-part process that includes the completion of a personal profile, an academic profile, a questionnaire and a recommendation form.
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DREAM SUMMER FELLOWSHIP
Moving into its ninth year, UCLA’s Dream Resource Center’s “Dream Summer” has provided over 650 fellowship opportunities to immigrant youth and allies and has partnered with over 250 social justice organizations across the country. Dream Summer:
- Empowers immigrant youth to be the next generation of social justice leaders through leadership and professional development, movement building, and on-the-ground experience in social justice organizations.
- Creates safe and healing spaces for immigrant youth to connect and build with one another.
- Promotes an intersectional, cross-racial, and intergenerational approach to social justice that addresses the needs of immigrant communities.
Participants are placed within social justice-based organizations and work closely with their host organization to incorporate and strengthen the role of immigrant issues alongside the organization’s social justice work. Over the summer, fellows engage and lead social justice efforts by aligning the call for immigrant rights issues alongside the unique challenges of queer and transgender communities, Asian and Pacific Islander communities, Black immigrant communities, the ongoing mass incarceration and criminalization of people of color, worker rights, and health care access for all.
Compensation:
Dream Summer fellows receive a $5,000 fellowship award for their participation in the program, leadership and professional development trainings, and become part of a national alumni network of over 650 immigrant rights leaders.
To Apply Please Review The Links Below
For more information and to apply for the fellowship please review the links below. The deadline to submit an application is Friday, February 15th, 2019 by 12:00 PM (noon) PST.
For questions, please contact Dream Summer Coordinators Mayra Castro and Leticia Bustamante at ucladreamsummer@gmail.com.
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UC BERKELEY “LABOR SUMMER” INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
The UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education (Labor Center) and co-sponsor San Francisco Central Labor Council are offering students an opportunity to spend their summer learning about social and economic justice and reflecting on the intersections of race, class, and gender and immigration in the labor movement. Labor Summer is a full-time, PAID, intensive eight-week educational internship program. Students learn from and work with labor and community organizations in Northern and Central California, applying their skills in real-world settings on issues vital to the state’s working people.
Why apply to the Labor Summer Internship Program?
Many people in California face a host of work-related challenges such as low wages, unpredictable scheduling, wage theft, discrimination, health and safety violations, and increasing living expenses. In the Labor Summer program, students hone their skills alongside people working for positive change to address these challenges. By interning with labor and community organizations, students can learn through service how the labor movement is addressing important issues facing working-class immigrants, women, and people of color.
How it works:
The UC Berkeley Labor Center offers PAID internships to graduate and undergraduate students, who learn how to organize and do research to support social and economic justice for workers in California. The program has two tracks: “Learn Organizing Skills” and “Applied Research and Policy.”
Interns begin with a week-long orientation from June 17 to 21 at the Labor Center. The orientation provides an intensive training on the basics of the U.S. labor movement, with a special focus on Northern California labor issues. The orientation also covers an introduction to the students’ host sites.
Halfway through the orientation the tracks diverge, with separate two-day trainings for each track.
Interns are hosted by a union or community-based organization for seven weeks, where they are exposed to the intricacies and inner workings of a campaign. Over the course of the seven-week internship, students return as a group to the Labor Center for three additional day-long sessions during which they reflect on their experiences in the field and receive additional skills-building training. Interns receive guidance from both an off-site mentor who is familiar with the Labor Summer program and has years of social justice experience as well as a supervisor at their site who is engaged in a workplace or community campaign.
The program concludes with a graduation ceremony at which interns share their experiences and discuss how the program affected them.
Students are required to produce an 8- to 10-page final report and a final evaluation of the program.
Requirements to participate in Labor Summer:
All applicants should have an interest in working on social and economic justice issues with unions or community-based organizations with a worker-organizing component. The ability to work with a diverse population is essential.
The internship will run for eight weeks from Monday, June 17 to Friday, August 9, 2019. This includes an intensive orientation from June 17-21 on the UC Berkeley campus. Interns must be available for the entire length of the internship to be eligible for participation.
This paid internship is a full-time, 40 hours a week commitment. Interns will spend the majority of their time at placement sites, but will also be required to attend education and training sessions at the Labor Center. Hours and days of work will vary depending on the project.
Applicants must be current students and at least 18 years old at the beginning of the internship placement. Applicants must be enrolled in classes either the semester/quarter before or the semester/quarter after they participate in Labor Summer.
Some placements will require proficiency in a specific language, such as Spanish or Cantonese.
Some, but not all, placements will require access to a car or reliable transportation.
Compensation:
Undergraduate and graduating senior interns will be paid $15.00 per hour.
Should I apply?
Have you ever organized a meeting? Researched an issue? Volunteered in your community? Taught a class? Do you have the courage to knock on a door and listen to someone’s story? Can you imagine a better future for the working poor? If your answer to any of these questions is “yes” or if you want to learn how to do these things, then Labor Summer is for you!
Students with specific needs or requirements for their programs should contact ucblaborsummer@gmail.com
How to apply:
Students are encouraged to apply early as the program is very competitive, with typically over 100 applications for 15 to 20 slots. The timeline for the application process is as follows:
Deadline:for applications is Monday, February 25 at 11:59 PM PST.
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THE GREENLINING INSTITUTE
(June 10, 2019 – August 16, 2019)
Based in our Oakland office, the Summer Associate program is an intensive development program and learning community for emerging leaders. Associates are assigned to a Greenlining policy team and gain exposure to the policy development process through a research and advocacy capstone project. Associates participate in leadership discussions, skills building workshops, and conduct site visits to community, government, and corporate entities. Associates receive mentorship and coaching, and are given opportunities to interact with the media, write reports and blogs, balance multiple priorities, testify at key policy meetings, and participate in meetings with top government officials, corporate leaders, and community leaders.
Compensation: $5,500 total stipend for 10 weeks
Deadline: Summer Associate (Due March 3, 2019 11:59p PST)
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2019 GREEN CORPS 1-YEAR ORGANIZING TRAINING PROGRAM
Compensation: $27,000 stipend plus benefits
One-year grassroots training program for future environmental activists.
Application info: https://greencorps.org/job.html