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Internships
Updated January 2008
Internships in the Boston Area:
Tufts LGBT Center
Contact person: Dona Yarbrough
E-mail: lgbt@tufts.edu
Nature of Internship: Undergraduate and graduate student internships
available. Graduate students from other universities can apply.
Responsibilities vary depending on applicant’s interests and skills but may
include helping to plan educational and social events, creating outreach
materials, maintaining web pages, researching LGBT topics, organizing
library and video materials, and helping the Tufts community access the
center's resources.
Approximate Hours/week: 5-20
Paid/unpaid: Graduate and undergraduate work study students can
be paid. Graduate students may receive course or practicum credit.
Amnesty International USA Group 133
Contact person: Becky Ticotsky
E-mail:
becky@amnesty133.org
Nature of Internship: They take administrative interns and cannot
guarantee the nature of any projects with which interns may be involved.
Amnesty’s Outfront branch in NYC takes non-administrative interns who can
focus on a specific project or area of interest. Outfront specifically
focuses on human rights issues regarding LGBT individuals outside of the
U.S.
Approximate Hours/week: flexible
Unpaid
Boston Gay and
Lesbian Adolescent Social Services
Contact Person: Eric Thai
Phone: 617 266-3349
E-mail: EThai@jri.org
Nature of internships: Varies. The center “employs” a maximum of 4
interns at any one time. Summer internships take place between mid June-mid
August. All internships are designed to meet both the intern’s and the
center’s goals. Interns can choose between direct service opportunities with
youth or administrative opportunities. Boston GLAS asks that all internship
projects are completed during the duration of the internship commitment.
Examples of past internships include: A video project of youth experiences,
development of peer leadership curriculum with regard to HIV/AIDS education,
a discussion panel involving youth and community regarding issue of religion
and spirituality and LGBT identity, resource building in the area of crisis
counseling.
Approx. Hours/week: Varies. The center is open for youth 3-8 M-TH and
3-5 F. The administrative offices are open 9-5.
Unpaid (some interns receive individual grants to serve as funding
for their time)
Address: 93 Massachusetts Avenue, third floor Boston, MA 02115
Freedom to Marry Coalition of Massachusetts
Contact Person: Joshua Legg
Phone: 617 249-0234
E-mail:
info@equalmarriage.org
Nature of internships: Internships are offered year-round- hours and
duration are flexible. The nature of the internship can vary based on
student’s individual interest and the center’s needs. Categories of past
internships include: politics, education, communications etc.
Approx. hours/week: Flexible
Unpaid
Address: 325 Huntington Ave, Suite 88 Boston, MA 02115-4401
GLAD
Contact person(s): Emily Douglas, Robby Samuels
Phone: 617 426-1350
E-mail: ed_intern@glad.org or
dev_intern@glad.org
Nature of internships: Internships are available in all areas of
Glad’s work such as: litigation (for law students only), public education,
and development/fundraising .For more information, see the internship
brochure at the Tufts LGBT center.
Approx. Hours per week: Summer internships are full time. Academic
year internships are part time (10-15 hours per week).
Unpaid
Address: 249 Washington Street, #301 Boston, MA 02108
GLSEN
Boston
Contact Person: Alex Hivoltze
Phone: 617-536-9669
E-mail: Alex@glsenboston.org
Nature of internship: committee leadership and support, fundraising,
programming, marketing, administration, membership/volunteer logistics and
activities. There is an internship brochure available at the Tufts LGBT
center.
Approximate hours/week: 6-15 hours a week
Paid/unpaid: Volunteer or payment is available through federal
work-study funds
Address: 29 Stanhope Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116
Internships Outside Boston:
Human Rights Campaign
Contact Person: Kalina Duncan
Phone: 202-572-8916
E-mail: Kalina.Duncan@hrc.org
Nature of internship: The HRC-the nation's largest national lesbian,
gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) advocacy organization-is seeking
interns for Summer or Fall 2005. We hire 20-30 interns/semester in the
following general areas: non-profit administration, events planning,
advocacy, and
fundraising.
Approximate hours/week: Varies according to position.
Paid/unpaid: Interns can be paid or unpaid with academic credit,
full-time or part-time.
Address: 1640 Rhode Island Ave. N.W., Washington, DC 20036
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
Contact Person: Jovan Sage, Field Organizer
Phone: 648-358-1483
E-mail: jsage@theTaskForce.org
Nature of internship: Summer 2008 organizing fellowship: this is not
your average fellowship. Fellows will be working directly with the
Organizing and Training Department to organize and defeat anti-LGBT ballot
measures, get real campaign experience, and recruit hundreds of volunteers
to build large-scale grassroots campaigns that change voters' minds and
hearts about the lives of LGBT people. People of color and transgender
people are highly encouraged to apply.
Approximate hours/week: Full-time June 9, 2008-August 15, 2008.
Fellows will travel an average of 15 days a month to local communities.
Applications due March 30, 2008. Applications include cover letter, resume,
three references, and university transcript.
Paid/unpaid: Summer fellows are paid a stipend of $500 per week.
Address: 80 Maiden Lane, Suite 1504, New York, New York 10038
Sexuality
Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS)
Contact Person: Martha Kempner
Phone: 212-819-9770
Email: siecus@siecus.org
Nature of internship: This is an unpaid internship focusing on LGBT
issues, government oversight and reform, health and medicine, human rights,
international relations and women’s political issues. A small stipend will
be provided, however students will be able to apply to their academic
institution for financial aid benefit.
Approximate hours/week: Varies/flexible
Generally Unpaid
Address: 1706 R ST NW, Washington, DC 20009 |
