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3 people are interested
Development & Communications Internship
ORGANIZATION: National Homelessness Law Center
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3 people are interested
Internship Description:
The National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty is seeking a motivated, highly organized undergraduate student or recent college graduate to intern with the Law Center. The internship will provide the student with the opportunity to learn about homelessness and poverty in the United States while developing his/her fundraising, event management, research, communications and outreach skills.
The Law Center, a private non-profit in Washington D.C., is the only organization solely dedicated to using the power of the law to end and prevent homelessness. Since its founding, the Law Center has been a catalyst for critical civil and human rights advocacy.
Responsibilities May Include the Following:
* Create copy for and make regular updates to the Law Center website, social media and new media outlets, and digital publications
* Develop and maintain media lists
* Track media coverage of the Law Center
* Update the Law Center's social networking pages
* Assist with direct mail and e-appeal efforts
* Assist with organization of events
* Assist with prospect research for current and potential prospects
* Assist with management of electronic and physical files
* Provide administrative support to the Development and Communications staff
* Research innovative development and communication strategies
Qualifications:
The ideal candidate will be a mature, organized, detail-oriented undergraduate, graduate, or recent graduate with a passion for social justice and antipoverty work, an eye for detail, and a desire to develop research and communications skills while learning about non-profit development. Applicants should possess strong oral, written and organizational skills, as well as prior work experience with social media tools, data management tools, and Internet and other research tools. The internship is unpaid.
How to Apply:
Email cover letter, resume, short writing sample, and list of three references to HR@nlchp.org. No phone calls, please.
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About National Homelessness Law Center
Location:
1400 16th Street NW, Suite 425, Washington, DC 20036, US
Mission Statement
The Law Center is the nation's only legal advocacy organization dedicated to ending and preventing homelessness.
Description
The National Homelessness Law Center, established in 1989, presses for solutions to homelessness. Since its founding, the Law Center has been a catalyst for critical civil and human rights advocacy. The Law Center’s areas of concentration include: Protecting the civil and human rights of homeless persons, including combating the criminalization of homelessness, and promoting Homeless Bills of Rights and constructive solutions to homelessness. Utilizing human rights standards to grow the domestic movement for the human right to housing and to fight practices and laws that punish homeless persons for ordinary, life-sustaining activities. Increasing affordable housing resources by maximizing the transfer of surplus federal properties to homeless service providers. Protecting housing rights for homeless and at-risk people by advocating for legal protections for tenants faced with foreclosure, and tenants who are victims of domestic violence. Ensuring homeless children’s access to education by implementing civil rights provisions in the McKinney-Vento Act. To amplify the work of its small staff, the Law Center relies on interns, volunteers, and the pro bono assistance of the private bar.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
2000 M Street, NW, Suite 210Washington, DC 20036
DATE POSTED
August 5, 2016
SKILLS
- Program Management
- Fundraising
- Grant Writing / Research
- Administrative Support
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- 10 weeks