Political Affairs Internship

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ORGANIZATION: The Borgen Project

The Borgen Project is an innovative, national campaign that is working to make poverty a focus of U.S. foreign policy. Responsibilities will include leading public and political outreach in your state and district.

- Meet with members of Congress and/or Congressional staffers in your State and District.
- Represent The Borgen Project at various business, political and community events.
- Assist with fundraising. Create a personal fundraising campaign and meet targets.
- Mobilize individuals to contact their members of Congress in support of key poverty-reduction legislation.
- As needed, speak to groups, classes and organizations.
- Write letters of support for key programs to political leaders, media and other groups.

Qualifications:
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Outstanding writing skills.
- Self-starter who can produce great results with limited supervision.
- Strong oral communication skills and ability to lead meetings and give speeches.

Details:
This is a part-time 12-hours per week, unpaid telecommuting internship. The internship is for 12 weeks.

Start Date: New programs begin every month, you choose the month you wish to start.


We respond to every application, reply to all queries and always notify you of the outcome of our interviews. Please add borgenproject.org to your list of safe email senders and check your spam/junk email folder to ensure you are receiving our communications. If you haven’t had a reply or have any difficulty applying, please email us at hr@borgenproject.org and we will respond.


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About The Borgen Project

Location:

1120 Pacific Avenue Suite 100, Tacoma, WA 98402, US

Mission Statement

The Borgen Project is an innovative, national campaign that works with U.S. and U.K. leaders to improve their response to the global poverty crisis.

Description

From CNN to The Huffington Post, the world is talking about the innovative movement that is downsizing global poverty. The Borgen Project believes that leaders of the most powerful nations on earth should be doing more to address global poverty. The national campaign is working to make poverty a focus of U.S. and U.K. foreign policy.

CAUSE AREAS

Advocacy & Human Rights
Hunger
Immigrants & Refugees
Advocacy & Human Rights, Hunger, Immigrants & Refugees

WHEN

We'll work with your schedule.

WHERE

This is a Virtual Opportunity with no fixed address.

SKILLS

  • Public Relations
  • Advocacy
  • Journalism
  • Fundraising

GOOD FOR

N/A

REQUIREMENTS

  • 12 hours per week for 12 weeks

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