Sales and Customer Service Internship

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Participate in the team at Uhuru Furniture & Collectibles, a non-profit economic development project of the African People’s Education and Defense Fund, making lasting changes to impact on the health, education, human rights and future of the African community.

We are seeking an intern to help with sales, customer service and building community relationships.

* Are you an outgoing people person who sees the need of change and wants to have a positive impact on your community?
* Do you have an interest in or want to learn about furniture, design and home decor?

Tasks and benefits:

• Learn and practice excellent sales and customer service, with people from all walks of life in a high quality, non-profit furniture store.
  
  
• Learn the skill of developing long term community relationships to advance this black-led institution that promotes African community economic development and self-determination.
  
  
• Develop skills and knowledge in furniture, merchandising, home decor, styling, collectibles and more.

* Use and develop your social media skills to reach out to the many friends of Uhuru Furniture.

• Reference for future employment
  
  
• 20% discount on all purchases at Uhuru Furniture

Uhuru Furniture & Collectibles - Philadelphia is located at 832 N. Broad St., Philadelphia, PA 19130. We hold volunteer orientations every Thursday night at 5:30pm on the second floor of our store. You can come into the store to sign up for the volunteer orientation, or you can call us at 215-546-9616 (x3). You can also check out our blog uhurufurniturephilly.blogspot.com for new items and volunteer projects. We're open 5 days a week from 11am-6pm, every day except Mondays and Tuesdays!

Uhuru Furniture & Collectibles is an economic development project of the African People's Education and Defense Fund (APEDF.org), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. APEDF is lead by and works in the interest of the African working class, to address the grave disparities in education, health, healthcare and economic development faced by the African community. APEDF welcomes the contributions of everyone who supports these goals.

Through the sale of donated, quality furniture and collectibles, Uhuru Furniture raises much-needed resources to support the programs and institutions of APEDF. As part of the national and international Uhuru Movement, APEDF organizes African people to solve the everyday problems imposed on our community. APEDF has established a farmers market in a food desert in St. Louis MO, created community gardens in many cities, established African marketplaces, and organizing centers as part of the grassroots effort to uplift and mobilize our community.