Bold Summer Leadership Intern
The Vibe:
Bold Summer is a place where diverse people explore who they are and their experience from a personal, community, and social justice perspective. We seek people who are interested in pursuing a career that fights inequality, spending the summer creating real change in the community, and forming meaningful relationships with fellow leaders to advance powerful movements for a brighter future.
What We Are Not:
- We don’t care if you’ve read all the right “woke” books
- We don’t care if you’ve never been to a rally
- We don’t care if you are POC, but never worked with POC
- We will never invite someone who wants to play “devil’s advocate” and doesn’t care about folks lived experience
The Experience:
- Participate in personalized leadership development, strengths coaching, and intentional mentorship with our staff and community members
- Learn from grassroots activists and meet elected and community leaders from across the country
- Execute community action projects that serve communities of color and immigrant youth/young adults— especially working people and the undocumented community
- Collaborate with your Bold Summer cohort to create meaningful change
- $1800 stipend for completing the program
- Public transit card provided
- Housing scholarships available
The Growth:
- Identify and practice your strengths as a leader, while working with a dynamic, hands-on, and passionate staff (Check out 21P’s amazing team here!)
- Discover how you can personally develop as a social justice leader, within an expansive network of activists and movement builders
- Learn skills that align with social change work and gain experience in a nonprofit startup environment
Candidate Profile:
We seek people who respect individual and collective culture and challenges and are curious without threatening others. Candidates who have the following will be prioritized:
- Passionate about social change, human rights, economic justice – all majors welcomed
- Highly motivated self-starter
- Ability to problem solve and work independently & with others
- Strong online, written, and verbal communication skills
- Must be available M-F, and some weekends and evenings from June 14, 2018 – July 26, 2018, for a minimum of 40 hours a week
- Must be at least 18 years old
- Must be a first-year, sophomore, or junior in college at time of application who will be returning to campus Fall 2018
- 4 year, 2 year, and technical college students eligible
- Folks who identify as gender non-confirming, LGBTQIA, women, POC, immigrant/refugee, and have lived experiences of poverty or adversity are highly encouraged to apply
Folks applying are encouraged to take their time, be honest, be specific, be thoughtful, and funny if you want to!