We currently have these internships available:
Crisis Hotline and Volunteer Program Internship:
- Update curriculum used in training (as needed)
- Update referral guide used by staff and volunteers
- Volunteer Program Outreach and Recruitment
- Present curriculum in training (as needed)
- Prepare hotline/advocacy data for quarterly funding reports
- Assist with hotline and medical scheduling.
- Other projects as needed.
All tasks are with help from and in coordination with the Director of Volunteers and the appropriate committees and volunteers.
Special Event Coordination Internship:
- Work on upcoming SFWAR Events which may include: Dine for a Change, Volunteer Appreciation, Walk Against Rape, or Aritsts Against Rape.
- Assist with logistics (may include: space, volunteers, publicity, media, outreach, childcare, food, speakers/performers, and other logistics). All tasks are with help from and in coordination with the Development Department and appropriate event committees.
Member Relations Internship:
Maintain relationships with existing donors; Thank you notes and calls and database upkeep and entry; Helping with newsletters (can include: writing, editing, researching, designing, mailing); Assist with phonebanks, September and April (supervise phonebankers, follow up with pledges, develop systems and materials for future phonebanks). All tasks are with help from and in coordination with the Development Department and appropriate staff/committees/volunteers and phonebankers.History and Discovery Internship:
Research the history of SFWAR, its founders, and its programs. Conduct interviews with SFWAR community members active in the last 30 years. Document and Author history pieces that may include, timelines, newsletter articles, interview transcripts, history brochure, and/or a research paper. All tasks are in coordination with the Development Department and appropriate staff and committees.Qualifications: Experience with and/or ability to: work well independently and within a team; complete basic office administrative tasks; be flexible; communicate well; learn and support others in developing a radical political analysis as the foundation for anti-violence, anti-oppression, social justice work; participate in ongoing personal, interpersonal and institutional anti-oppression work.
Stipends: Unfortunately, we do not have funding to provide stipends at this time.
Application Process: Applicants are asked to submit an application and participate in an interview. Please download and complete an internship application and email it to frolaynecarlos@sfwar.org, or mail it to: SFWAR, 3543 - 18th Street, #7, San Francisco, CA, 94110, or fax it to: 415-861-2092.
D O W N L O A D A P P L I C A T I O N
Application (pdf)
Application (word)
