National Organization for Women internships

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http://www.now.org/organization/intern.html

Deadline extended to Nov 13th

NOW INTERNSHIP FACTS

NOW offers volunteer, unpaid internship opportunities, both full and part time, throughout the year.

College credit can be arranged.

A minimum of 3 days/week is required. Full time interns are preferred.
Prospective interns should be hard working, enthusiastic and flexible individuals who possess or seek a working knowledge of women's issues and feminist organizing. Interns should also be committed to continuing to struggle for equality and justice once they leave the internship program and return to their campuses and communities.

Interns will work with one of the following teams:

Government Relations/Public Policy Team: Characterized by lobbying, legislative research and writing, and political campaign work.
Field Organizing Team: Get involved in the nuts and bolts of grassroots organizing for NOW's broad range of priority issues. Work on pickets, campaigns, conferences/summits, speaking tours and materials development.

Membership Team: Excellent opportunity in information science, using large membership database and meeting extensive information needs for all other teams.

Direct Mail and Fundraising Team: If you're interested in working in the non-profit world, an internship with the fundraising team will provide you with highly marketable skills. Learn the secrets of writing copy and working with printers and mailshops to send out 5,000,000 fund raising letters per year.

Communications Team: Research and write articles for the National NOW Times, assist in maintaining press clips, draft press releases and field press calls.

Web Team: Be part of the team that maintains NOW's web site. Research, write and edit stories about women's issues, design graphics and build web pages.

Political Action Committee: Assist with NOW/PAC organizing, including meeting with candidates, processing endorsement requests, and managing Federal Election Commission materials.

Projects and assignments in these areas vary based on the changing political and social climate in Washington and the nation.


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APPLICATION
Interested interns should send the following:
A cover letter
A current resume
A completed application form
Two letters of recommendation
A writing sample (1-3 pages)
If you have further questions please contact:

Intern/Volunteer Coordinator
Phone: [phone], ext. 134
Address: National Organization for Women
1100 H Street NW, Third Floor
Washington, D.C. 20005
E-mail: volunteer {at} now.org