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COMMUNICATIONS INTERNSHIP
Summer Internship 2010
The Opportunity Agenda is dedicated to building the national will to expand opportunity for all in America through communications, research, and advocacy. We are seeking a student Summer Intern with a demonstrated commitment to social justice and equal opportunity, strong communications skills, and the initiative to take on new and innovative assignments. A sense of humor and a dose of modesty are essential.
The internship is open to undergraduate and graduate students with a specific interest in communications. The precise nature of the work varies by project and is based on the office's needs, but examples of work include:
- Assisting in research, data collection, and writing for reports;
- Posting entries on The Opportunity Agenda blog;
- Helping maintain the website;
- Compiling and recording clips of The Opportunity Agenda's media coverage;
- Assisting with planning, coordination, and implementation of events;
- Contact database management;
- Assorted administrative duties;
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications: Candidates for this position should have a strong desire to work in non-profit communications. The ideal candidate will have some experience working in a professional environment and therefore bring to the position analytical, organizational, and general office skills along with strong verbal, written, and interpersonal skills. The candidate must be comfortable taking initiative and is a detail-oriented, energetic and quick learner possessing writing, editing and research skills. Applicants with previous non-profit communications experience and/or a basic knowledge of HTML will be given preference.
The intern must be able to commit to 35 hours weekly for ten weeks. The hours are flexible, and some work may be completed off-site. The internship will begin in late May or early June. A stipend is available.
The Opportunity Agenda, a project of the Tides Center, values a diverse workplace and encourages students with non-traditional experiences and from historically underrepresented groups to apply.
Location: New York City
Application Instructions: Please e-mail your resume and a cover letter (necessary to be considered) to mhingorani@opportunityagenda.org. Please no phone calls.
PUBLIC OPINION RESEARCH AND COMMUNICATIONS
Summer Internship 2010
The Opportunity Agenda is dedicated to building the national will to expand opportunity for all in America through communications, research, and advocacy. We are seeking a student fall intern with a demonstrated commitment to social justice and equal opportunity, good research skills and understanding of communications, and the initiative to take on new and innovative assignments. A sense of humor and a dose of modesty are essential. The internship is open to graduate students with a specific interest in public opinion research and media content analysis around social justice issues including immigration, health care, racial justice, poverty and human rights in general. The intern will work directly with the Public Opinion and Media Research Coordinator in the communications department of the organization. The precise nature of the work varies by project and is based on the office's needs, but examples of work include:
- Monitoring new public opinion research;
- Assisting in coordinating logistics of public opinion research projects (polling and focus groups);
- Assisting in analyzing existing public opinion research;
- Creating visual presentations of data (charts, table, graphics)
- Blogging on public opinion topics;
- Assisting in media content analysis including using LexisNexis and other databases to identify appropriate articles;
- Working with the communications team and highly acclaimed research consultants;
- Creating power point presentations of public opinion data;
- Assisting in communications projects based on the department’s team;
- Assorted administrative duties.
Qualifications: Candidates for this position should have a strong desire to work in public opinion research and public policy. The ideal candidate will have some experience working in a professional environment and therefore bring to the position analytical, organizational, and general office skills along with strong verbal, written, and interpersonal skills. Strong Microsoft Office skills, especially Excel, are required. The candidate must be comfortable taking initiative and is a detail-oriented, energetic and quick learner possessing writing, editing and research skills. Applicants with previous policy or market research experience will be given preference. The intern must be able to commit to it full-time for ten weeks. Some work may be completed off-site. The internship will begin in the first week of June.
The Opportunity Agenda, a project of the Tides Center, values a diverse workplace and encourages students with non-traditional experiences and from historically underrepresented groups to apply.
Location: New York City
Application Instructions: Please e-mail your resume and a cover letter (necessary to be considered) to eleni@opportunityagenda.org. Please no phone calls.
Creative Professionals
We are interested in working with videographers, filmmakers, and students interested in social justice and documentary; journalists writing stories on topics relating to opportunity; communications and media professionals, and creative people interested in moving Americans’ hearts and minds to embrace opportunity for all.
If interested, please contact mhingorani@opportunityagenda.org.
Pro Bono Legal Assistance
The Opportunity Agenda strives to bring our unique communications, research, and advocacy strategy to multiple issues. As part of The Opportunity Agenda’s goal to marshal the public will to demand equal access to the American Dream, we provide our local partners with legal and policy support that connects our research and communications efforts to specific policy solutions. Our work focuses on identifying the policies and practices that will address the diverse needs of the community, that embody the values of opportunity that we seek to promote in all public policies and that will, in turn, fuel further demand for expanding opportunity in other sectors. Our aim is to provide information and analysis regarding effective solutions to community leaders, advocates, and institutions seeking to implement promising practices.
We are also researching ways of integrating human rights standards into U.S. law. In collaboration with experts in the field and pro bono law firm partners, we will pursue other potential policy levers designed to build public dialogue and political will to address human rights as a cornerstone of opportunity.
We are grateful to our current and past law firm partners including: Schulte Roth & Zabel; Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP; DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary; Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP. Our legal work is chaired by Bill Lann Lee, former Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights in the Clinton administration and shareholder at Lewis, Feinberg, Lee, Renaker & Jackson, P.C. in Oakland, California, and by Juhu Thukral, Director of Law and Advocacy at The Opportunity Agenda.
If you are interested in learning more about pro bono opportunities for research on opportunity, human rights, and the law, please e-mail your resume to Nerissa Kunakemakorn, Associate Counsel, at nerissa@opportunityagenda.org.