Internship Opportunity - Active for 1 week

     

FALL 2017:

CITIZEN DIPLOMACY INITIATIVE

INTERNSHIPS NOW AVAILABLE 

ABOUT LEARNING LIFE & OUR CITIZEN DIPLOMACY INITIATIVE

Learning Life is an educational nonprofit in Washington D.C. that spreads learning in everyday life beyond school walls.  Learning Life’s primary program, the Citizen Diplomacy Initiative, engages lower-income American families, starting in Washington D.C.’s Ward 8, in live internet dialogues and project collaborations with lower-income families in other nations to nurture more caring and capable global citizens.   

ABOUT THE INTERNSHIP

Learning Life is now accepting resumes from interested metro D.C. graduate and undergraduate students interested in interning with our Citizen Diplomacy Initiative in Washington D.C.  Depending on each student’s interests and skills plus our organizational needs, interns assist with a variety of tasks including outreach to find families, volunteers and partners locally and abroad, implementation of live international dialogues and local learning activities, research and writing, photo and video, fundraising, document translation, and/or live language interpreting.

Interns must be able to commit eight hours per week, consisting of a 3-4 hour event on Saturday or Sunday in DC with our participating children and families (e.g., international dialogues, potlucks, field trips, learning games) and a 4-5 hour work meeting in DC with fellow interns and Learning Life’s Director, Paul Lachelier.

This opportunity is unpaid, but offers substantive, resume-building experience on an innovative international initiative, and a formal reference and/or recommendation letter upon request given satisfactory performance. 

THE INTERNS WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Applicants should be interested in international affairs, languages, education, and/or social justice.  Applicants should also be outgoing, organized, detail-oriented, motivated and punctual.  Native or fluent speakers of Arabic, Spanish or French are especially encouraged to apply.  Students who have lived in or have family in Washington D.C.’s Ward 8 (located east of the Anacostia River), and/or in Latin America, Africa, or the Middle East are also encouraged to apply.  Having a car is a strong plus, but not required. 

HOW TO APPLY   

Email Dr. Lachelier directly at paul@learninglife.info with your resume and times you are available in the next seven days for a phone interview. (9/15/17 last day to send)