Internships and early-career roles that make a difference
FAR.AI
This is a hands-on generalist operations role supporting the Business Operations Manager and COO across finance, compliance, HR, IT, events, and coworking space operations. The associate will own recurring operational processes, triage internal requests, coordinate vendors and equipment, and take on special projects as the organization scales rapidly.
PEN America
This role provides primary administrative, logistical, and strategic support for the Board of Trustees and its committees, serving as a key liaison among board members, senior leadership, and executive staff. The position manages board scheduling, meeting preparation, records, communications, and governance documentation while also assisting with executive office needs and special projects.
SPARK Reproductive Justice NOW
This part-time contract organizer role supports policy campaigns by developing leaders, mobilizing volunteers, and helping directly impacted community members share their stories and build power. The position includes base-building, campaign organizing, rapid response mobilization, civic engagement, and integrating arts, culture, and storytelling into organizing work.
Harlem Grown
This role supports daily operations for afterschool and summer programming at the Frederick Samuel Community Center, with a strong focus on regulatory compliance and maintaining full program enrollment. The coordinator also supervises program staff, assists with scheduling and training, engages families, and steps into direct program coverage when needed.
NUHW
This role covers the Greater Sacramento Area and focuses on organizing workers already represented under collective bargaining agreements. The representative/organizer will build worker leadership, cultivate relationships across diverse groups, and help lead workplace struggles and union campaigns in the field.
Ounce of Care
The Community Navigator serves as the on-site face of the organization within affordable housing communities in Lewisville. The role focuses on resident outreach, benefits navigation, care coordination, event programming, and relationship-building with residents and local partners, with a strong emphasis on reliability and consistent in-person presence.
Hotel Trades Council
This role supports the union’s day-to-day operations through project coordination, database management, reporting, logistics, reception, research, and technology support. The position also helps improve internal procedures and supports campaigns, events, and picket lines, with opportunities for advancement for strong performers.
Greenlight America
This contracted organizer will mobilize supporters in the Salem and Portland region for clean energy campaigns, with work spanning public education, grassroots outreach, and local advocacy. The role includes campaign planning, event turnout, public hearing mobilization, partner coordination, and regular reporting across both 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) activities.
Greenlight America
This role supports the Industry Engagement team by creating developer-facing content, synthesizing campaign lessons, and building resources that improve how the clean energy industry engages with communities. The position also helps maintain internal systems, coordinate across teams, and support webinars, events, trainings, and thought leadership efforts.
exalt
This role manages young people throughout their full program experience, from intake and assessment through goal-setting, classroom support, internship monitoring, and connection to outside resources. The coordinator also collaborates with teachers, justice-system stakeholders, schools, and employers to support participant retention and progress across multiple program cycles each year.
Four Lions Media
This role produces and posts day-to-day digital content across channels including social media, email, SMS, blogs, simple graphics, and light video. The position also supports content calendars, quality control, reporting, and administrative systems that keep multiple client workstreams moving efficiently.
Four Lions Media
This fellowship supports communications work through research, memo writing, slide deck creation, strategy assessment, copyediting, and drafting content such as social media posts and emails. The role is designed for someone who can quickly learn new topics and help translate complex issues into clear, persuasive messaging for clients.
Minnesota DFL Party
This is a part-time fellowship supporting the campaign’s field and voter contact operation. The fellow will canvass, phone bank, text voters, recruit and train volunteers, and help staff campaign and community events while learning core organizing skills.
Harlem Grown
The Group Leader supports after-school and summer programming for K-5 youth, helping deliver enrichment activities related to food, farming, STEM, cooking, and wellness. The role includes student pickup, homework help, behavior management, attendance tracking, classroom support, and maintaining a safe, inclusive program environment.
Greenlight America
This contract organizer will support clean energy campaigns in Adams County by leading community education, coalition building, and grassroots mobilization around utility-scale battery storage and solar projects. The work includes organizing events, recruiting coalition partners and supporters, coordinating outreach tactics, and helping drive turnout at public hearings and other campaign milestones.
American Friends Service Committee
This 8-month, part-time internship supports the communications team with digital content across email, web, social media, donation pages, and sign-up forms. The intern will help build and proofread emails, create forms and donation pages, support CRM and analytics work, and gain experience in digital strategy, content planning, and fundraising.
Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party
This part-time campus-based organizing role supports youth voter engagement and turnout during the 2026 election cycle. The fellow will recruit and mobilize volunteers, run field activities like phone banks and canvasses, engage students online and in person, and work with campus political groups and local candidates.
Planned Parenthood of Southwestern Oregon
This role manages and grows a portfolio of mid-level and major donors, foundations, and other funders to help meet fundraising goals. It focuses on donor cultivation, solicitation, stewardship, proposal writing, community representation, and coordination with development staff and national partners.
Raben
This role supports client-facing strategic communications work with a strong emphasis on media relations, project coordination, and execution of communications plans. The associate will help manage client requests, develop materials, pitch media, track analytics, and support events and other communications activities.
Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund
Two paid internship tracks are offered: Communications Intern (reports to the Communications Director) and Digital Content Intern (reports to the Digital Strategist). Interns support advocacy communications and digital content—newsletters, press, social media, multimedia, and events—while gaining exposure to public-interest advocacy, financial regulation, and coalition work. Internships can last 3–12 months (up to a year).
SPUR
Student fellows complete a short summer fellowship that offers mentorship, flexibility, and hands-on experience, with opportunities to publish and present original research. The fellowship runs sometime between June 1 and August 31, and applications are reviewed starting April 1 with an April 30 deadline.
Minnesota House DFL
Field Organizers (multiple hires) will run core field operations in assigned Minnesota House districts for the 2026 cycle, reporting to a Regional Field Director. The role focuses on direct voter contact (doors/phones), volunteer recruitment and management, and coordination with candidates, caucus staff, and partner organizations to hit program goals and deadlines.
Rank the Vote
Part-time student interns organize locally to grow supporters, volunteers, and donors for pro-voter electoral reforms. The role includes leading canvasses and phonebanks, onboarding and training volunteers, making donation-pledge calls, and supporting communications like email newsletters and social media. Interns receive weekly manager check-ins and may facilitate chapter meetings and local events.
Save the Children
Manages a caseload of Head Start/Early Head Start families, building trusting partnerships and supporting goal-setting, self-sufficiency, and parent-child interactions that prepare children for school. Leads and documents family development services, coordinates referrals and community resources, and collaborates with program staff and partners. Oversees key ERSEA responsibilities including eligibility, recruitment/selection, enrollment maintenance, and attendance support.