Intern

About the Role

• Unpaid remote internship or volunteer opportunity with flexible start and end dates.
• Opportunity to join a team of mission-driven young people from across the United States.
• Focus on amplifying youth civic engagement and participating in activism on progressive/social justice issues.
• Issues include climate change, racial justice, reproductive rights, ending gun violence, and combating voter suppression in the United States.

Key Responsibilities

• Work on teams to participate in grassroots activism and advocacy on civic and social justice issues.
• Conduct research to become more educated and aware about chosen topics.
• Join and help with existing voter registration drives at schools.
• Initiate and perform independent voter registration efforts if no drive exists at your school (peer-to-peer or by running a drive with school permission).
• Collaborate on a variety of tasks with other interns.
• Communicate regularly and meet virtually on a weekly basis.
• Participate in civic actions.
• Work on voter turnout projects.
• Perform targeted outreach.
• Engage in advocacy and activism.
• Find and participate in volunteer opportunities.
• Attend the TurnUp Speaker Series.
• Conduct civic and activism-related research and writing.
• Advocate for issues important to young people.
• Fight voter suppression and boost youth voter turnout in the United States.

Benefits

• Eligible to receive community service hours or course credit (if coordinated with school).
• Work in teams with other young people to participate in activism and learn civics.
• Bolster resume.
• Earn valuable letters of recommendation.
• Eligible to win awards and prizes, including the President's Volunteer Service Award.
• Broaden networking scope.
• Hear from world-renowned speakers.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Hours per week: Flexible, between 5 and 30+ hours.
• Application deadline: Rolling - applications accepted year-round until all team positions are filled.
• Must be a young person.
• Must be able to work remotely.

Qualifications

• Skills Developed: Communication, Collaboration, Leadership, Critical Thinking, Writing, and more.
• Develop democratic competency through collaborative internship.
• Prepared to be civically responsible and engaged activists upon completion.