Jobs/Internships

Job Openings

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Internships:

  • Peace Organizing Internship – Fall 2010
  • Journalism/Design Internship – Fall 2010


 

Peace Organizing Internship – Fall 2010:


The Washington Peace Center is a multi-issue, grassroots, anti-racist organization working for peace, justice and nonviolent social change in the metropolitan Washington D.C. area. Currently, the Peace Center serves as a central organizing and coalition hub for DC-based anti-war, social justice peace-focused organizations. Our main program areas are:

1) Education: To provide educational programs and materials such as teach-ins, film series and quarterly publication of the Washington Peace Letter;
2) Community Resources: To facilitate and encourage cooperation among anti-war, peace and social justice groups and to provide resources and structural support for groups and individuals to work more effectively on their own campaigns and in collaboration with others;
3) Action: To provide assistance and leadership for public demonstrations and direct actions that contribute to world peace and justice.

Our fall interns will work in our office on several projects. This may include:

  • helping organize and promote educational events and skills-based trainings on a variety of issues

  • keeping our online calendar up-to-date – the most comprehensive calendar of progressive events in the DC area

  • assisting with our weekly Activist Alert email that goes out to over 2000 people.

  • working with social networking tools and sites to promote and expand our presence on twitter, facebook and blogs.

  • Writing articles for our biannual newspaper, the Peace Letter, coming out in November.


We encourage applicants to develop their own project with the guidance of our staff. An ideal candidate will have some student organizing experience, background in activism or interest in politics and/or be excited to learn. Interns will leave with a better understanding of the anti-war movement and local justice issues, be better equipped to work in coalitions and plan events, and will be a better activist. At this time the internship is unpaid, with a possible transportation stipend to cover metro and bus travel around city.

Minimum of 16 hrs/week – 30 hrs/wk preferred. Start ASAP in September. Please describe in your cover letter when and how much you would be available.

No minimum education requirement. Dates flexible.

Application instructions: Send resume and cover letter to info@washingtonpeacecenter.org with subject line “Fall Intern”

Washington Peace Center – www.washingtonpeacecenter.org – 202-234-2000


Journalism/Design Internship – Fall 2010:

The Washington Peace Center is looking for a Journalism Intern to help put out our biannual publication, the Peace Letter. The Washington Peace Center is an anti-racist, grassroots, multi-issue organization working for peace, justice, and non-violent social change in the metropolitan Washington D.C. area since 1963. The Peace Letter is published for the social justice community of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Its purpose is to support local, national and international struggles against oppression. It presents a radical analysis of current events and covers information that is not readily available in the corporate media. 4000 copy distribution.

We want a creative visionary to help guide the fall issue of the Peace Letter. This intern’s primary role will be leading the layout and design of the paper, a 12-page product. They may also interview DC activists and relevant sources and produce and edit stories. They will definitely revel in an inspiring, printed final product. An ideal candidate will be knowledgeable with Adobe InDesign, have graphic design and lay-out skills and know the difference between academic papers and well-written journalistic pieces intended for large audiences. They will be able to work independently, stick to deadlines and bring their own ideas and vision to the project. They will also be passionate and committed to values of peace and justice.

The fall issue will come out in November. Interns would ideally begin ASAP in September. To see current and past issues of the Peace Letter, click here: http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/peaceletterinfo.

Application Instructions: Send cover letter, resume, and clips (if any) to info@washingtonpeacecenter.org with subject "Peace Letter intern".