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Spring 2020 Undergraduate/Graduate Intern, Advocacy Department - General Organizing

For nearly 100 years, the ACLU has been our nation’s guardian of liberty, working in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the United States. Whether it’s ending mass incarceration, achieving full equality for the LGBT community, advancing racial justice, establishing new privacy protections for our digital age, or preserving the right to vote or the right to have an abortion, the ACLU takes up the toughest civil liberties and civil rights cases and issues to defend all people from government abuse and overreach. With more than one million members, activists, and supporters, the ACLU is a nationwide organization that fights tirelessly in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and Washington, D.C., for the principle that every individual’s rights must be protected equally under the law, regardless of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, national origin, and record of arrest or conviction.
The National Political Advocacy Department of the ACLU’s National Office in Washington DC has an opening for a General Organizing Spring 2020 Internship starting in January of 2020. Interns will have the opportunity to support the ACLU’s organizing operations, including national and state-specific campaigns. We seek to provide students with opportunity to develop a deeper understanding of organizing, grassroots leadership development, and campaign planning and execution. Interns will have the opportunity to work with all of our organizing teams and to delve into one long-term project. Our teams include: (1) Training and Learning Team, which focuses on developing organizing curriculum, webinars, and training support. (2) Digital and Distributed Organizing Team, which includes management of our People Power national distributed volunteer teams. The team also works with volunteer leaders to execute our calling and texting programs. (3) Regional Organizing Directors, who assist affiliates in planning and executing organizing efforts, including our D.C.-area Rapid Response team.
 
INTERNSHIP OVERVIEW
The Spring 2020 Undergraduate Internship requires a full-time 35 hours per week commitment. A stipend is available for those students who do not receive outside funding and/or course credit. Arrangements can be made with educational institutions for work/study or course credit.
 
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Interns will gain valuable experience by working with the General Organizing team on a wide variety of issues. Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to the following:
  • Learning more about organizing, particularly distributed and field organizing
  • Helping run our distributed calling and texting teams
  • Completing field research and work with members of the team to develop campaign strategies
  • Assisting with digital campaigns that elevate civil liberties and rights issues
  • Developing organizing training and curriculum content
  • Working collaboratively and respectfully toward resolving obstacles and/or conflicts
  • Taking initiative and identify projects that you want to tackle
  • Other duties as assigned
 
EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS
The internship is open to students who have completed their first year of an undergraduate degree. Applicants should demonstrate a commitment to the mission of the ACLU. Applicants should possess:
  • Interest in civil liberties and social justice work
  • Interest in community organizing and systems change
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite preferred, and conducting internet research
  • The ability to work independently and to complete projects
  • Highly motivated and organized
  • Any experience doing campaign work and/or work that builds the power of impacted communities
 
Applications will be considered on a rolling basis and accepted until the position is filled.
 
This posting provides a general but not comprehensive list of the opportunities of the internship. It does not represent a contract of employment. The ACLU reserves the right to change the posting at any time without advance notice.
The ACLU is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If you are a qualified individual with a disability and need assistance applying online, please e-mail benefits.hrdept@aclu.org. If you are selected for an interview, you will receive additional information regarding how to request an accommodation for the interview process.