Internships and early-career roles that make a difference
ISAIAH (and Faith in Minnesota)
Work with staff organizers to build and lead a congregational organizing program across metro-area faith communities, developing leadership and shared power across race, class, and neighborhoods. The fellow supports and leads relationship-building, outreach, trainings, meetings with elected officials, and public actions tied to racial, economic, and climate justice campaigns. The role reports to a lead organizer and often requires evenings and weekends for meetings and events.
New York Immigration Coalition
The Legal Assistant supports a rapid-response initiative for vulnerable migrants and asylum-seekers across New York State, in a contract-funded role through August 2026. The position manages the full lifecycle of legal applications, including printing, compiling, scanning, mailing, tracking, and maintaining digital files, as well as communicating with program participants and helping manage intake and scheduling. The role is based in NYC with a 4-days-per-week in-office requirement and regular travel within New York State.
California Immigrant Policy Center
The Development Coordinator supports the organization’s fundraising efforts across grants, individual giving, corporate philanthropy, and sponsorships. Reporting to the Development Director, the role focuses on grant writing and reporting, donor stewardship, events, and development operations, collaborating with executive and program staff to meet fundraising goals. The position is California-based with a hybrid schedule and occasional travel, evenings, and weekends.
Vocal Media
Contract fellows develop vertical video-first strategies and produce/manage 10–15 posts per account for multiple accounts weekly across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and Facebook. They source and clip timely video, craft platform-optimized captions, monitor trends and algorithm updates, analyze performance metrics, and collaborate with content leadership and peers.
Vocal Media
Contract creators develop and execute vertical video-first strategies across TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube, and Facebook. They source and clip timely content from news and culture, craft platform-native captions, publish 10–15 posts per account for 2+ accounts weekly, monitor trends and algorithms, and collaborate with content leadership.
California Domestic Workers Coalition (CDWC)
Leads logistics for coalition meetings, trainings, mobilizations, and policy implementation, coordinating schedules, access needs, vendors, travel, and on-site support. Provides administrative support including invoice and reimbursement processing, budget tracking, file management, and asset inventory. Temporary full-time role running June 2–August 29, 2025, based in the Bay Area with hybrid work.
Food & Water Watch / Food & Water Action
The paid canvasser will conduct voter outreach in Jersey City ahead of the December 2nd runoff election to support endorsed climate-focused city council candidates, including James Solomon. The role centers on persuading undecided voters and motivating supporters to engage their networks, primarily through door-to-door canvassing. This is a temporary, independent contractor position running through December 2nd, at 20–40 hours per week.
Maine People's Alliance
The Organizing Fellow is a part-time, temporary position (up to 20 hours/week for up to six months) supporting campaigns by recruiting and developing members and leaders across Maine. Fellows will build regional volunteer teams, engage members in elections, recruit new monthly donors, and support various campaign activities, with priority given to work in Muslim, rural, and veterans communities. The role is based in Maine with remote work and reports to the Campaigns Director.
Maine People's Alliance
The part-time community organizers will recruit and engage new members, develop local activities and committees, and build volunteer leadership to advance organizational campaigns. They will focus on organizing in specific regions of Maine, moving members into action at the state and national levels, including work with the Maine Small Business Coalition and small-dollar fundraising. Positions are temporary through December 31, 2026, can be hybrid or office-based in Portland, Bangor, or Lewiston, and report to the Organizing Director.
California Democratic Party
Paid interns assist multiple departments—including Communications, Finance, Operations, Organizing, Training, and Political—with a variety of projects in a hybrid environment. The 12-week program runs 10–15 hours per week and offers hands-on exposure to grassroots state-level politics and professional development. Applications are open until June 15, 2025, with a start date of July 7, 2025.
United Way of Southwest Colorado
Coordinates all programmatic aspects of a regional AmeriCorps State & National program, including recruitment, onboarding, member support, training logistics, host‑site coordination, compliance, communications, and reporting. Builds strong relationships with members, site supervisors, community partners, and funders. Schedule is negotiable at 20–40 hours per week.
Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (Center for Protest Law & Litigation)
Lead and execute digital communications to showcase impact and advance mission across web, email, and social platforms with rapid-response content. Create graphics and short videos, manage websites and lists, track analytics, and run online campaigns. Collaborate closely with leadership and grassroots partners to amplify civil rights and free speech issues.
National Health Law Program
Provide programmatic, policy, and administrative support to the Sexual and Reproductive Health team. Monitor and analyze state policies affecting health insurance coverage of sexual and reproductive health services, and help organize coalitions, advocacy clinics, convenings, and other events. This is a newly created, remote position with limited travel.
GiveWell
Project management-focused role on the research team, supporting grant investigations and research workflows. Responsibilities include maintaining trackers and templates, managing timelines and risks, coordinating with internal teams and grantees, and ensuring high-quality documentation. The position emphasizes proactive problem-solving, clear communication, and operational excellence to maximize impact across a portfolio of life-saving and poverty-alleviating programs.
Bipartisan Policy Center
Full-time, in-person spring internship supporting the housing policy team with writing and research, event planning, monitoring news and congressional activity, blogging, and communications. Duties may also include assisting on disaster response and transportation/infrastructure projects. Specific tasks will match the intern’s interests and project needs.
Bipartisan Policy Center
Full-time, in-person spring intern supporting the energy team with policy research and analysis, tracking news and congressional activity, event planning, blogging and communications, and administrative tasks. Projects may include net-zero policy frameworks, power and industrial decarbonization, energy innovation and commercialization, nuclear energy, carbon capture and direct air capture, natural carbon solutions, offshore wind, responsible oil and gas production, and infrastructure/permitting modernization.
Bipartisan Policy Center
Full-time, in-person spring intern supporting the Human Capital Program for 10 weeks. Interns provide functional support, conduct research, and work directly with analysts and staff on policy issues including early childhood, worker benefits, education, business, and workforce development.
Bipartisan Policy Center
Full-time, in-person spring internship supporting the health policy team with research, writing info briefs and blogs, event planning, congressional tracking, communications, and administrative tasks. Projects may cover Medicare/Medicaid efficiency, health care cost drivers, digital health and advanced care models, long-term services and supports, and rural health infrastructure and workforce.
Bipartisan Policy Center
Supports communications and development teams to enhance visibility and fundraising through media monitoring, research, and targeted outreach. Drafts press releases, pitches, donor correspondence, social content, and event materials; designs digital assets; maintains databases; prepares briefing memos; and assists with meetings and special events.
Bipartisan Policy Center
Support projects in elections, structural democracy, and governing/civics through research and writing, event planning, monitoring news and congressional activity, blogging, and communications. Duties align with the intern’s interests and project needs during a full-time, in-person, 10‑week spring term.
Bipartisan Policy Center
The intern supports long-term policy projects and papers through background research and writing, drafts blog posts, and helps prepare responses to congressional and media inquiries. Additional duties include monitoring congressional activity, analyzing budget documents, assisting with event planning, and managing multiple assignments based on program needs.
SchoolKit
The Operations Support Contractor will assist the Operations Team with a range of tasks including project management, finance, billing, and travel logistics. Responsibilities may include managing logistics for on-site and remote trainings, maintaining project registration systems, providing virtual tech support, constructing courses in Canvas and Google Classroom, and performing data entry. This role is fully remote, offered on a 1099 contractor basis, with variable hours depending on availability.
Environment America
Lead federal advocacy to recover wildlife populations and protect habitats, based in Washington, DC. Work directly with Congress and agencies, build diverse coalitions, drive media and public communications, and develop campaign strategy. Responsibilities also include fundraising and recruiting/managing interns, with potential staff oversight.
Achievement First
The Seasonal Outreach Associate will support community engagement and student recruitment efforts in Brooklyn and Queens. This role involves conducting on-the-ground outreach, engaging prospective families at community events and high-traffic areas, helping families with applications, distributing marketing materials, and meeting recruitment goals.