Center for Women’s & Gender Studies

My name is Julie Daniels, and I wanted to reach out to you regarding our fellowship program at the Women’s Campaign Forum (WCF). Based in Washington, D.C., WCF is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the political participation and leadership of women who support reproductive health choices for all. We have several different types of paid fellowships for the spring, summer, and fall terms that your students can apply for based on their interests and skills. We welcome and encourage applicants of both genders that have strong writing, research, and communications skills.

Students can gain academic credit for our fellowship. Please direct your students to view the descriptions and fill out the online application here: WCF Fellowship Program Application.

Please consider forwarding this information to your students and feel free to post it on any internship/job boards you may have. You can also view our fellowship brochure. Feel free to send along this brochure to any students you think would be interested. Please feel free to contact me at Julie@wcfonline.org or 202-393-8164 if you have any questions.

Thank you!

Julie Daniels
Political Programs Manager
Women’s Campaign Forum (WCF)

Attention WGS Colleagues,

Here is an opportunity to get involved with one of our community partners!

Conspire Theatre is a new nonprofit theatre company (sponsored by Austin Circle of Theaters) created to serve marginalized and incarcerated women using the creative mediums of theatre and creative writing. Many of the women we serve have suffered severe physical and psychic trauma, and we counter that by creating a safe and joyful space to explore creativity, agency and self-expression. CWGS is working to help Conspire Theatre build a support network.

On May 14th, Conspire Theatre will be having its first ever fundraiser to support our Summer Workshop at the Travis County Jail. Since the summer of 2009, Conspire Theatre has been using theatre to help incarcerated women in Texas find their voices, develop communication and literacy skills, heal from trauma, and hold on to their humanity. Our mission is “to offer marginalized women a healing and empowering experience through the creative mediums of theatre and writing.”

Our fundraiser will be an Art and Crafts Sale held on S. Congress on May 14th, 2011. We’re seeking donations of sketches, paintings, sculptures, crafts (knitting, stitching, paper crafts, glass pieces – basically anything wonderful that you make!), photography, mixed media and whatever else you can think of. To donate artwork, crafts, or to volunteer the day of the sale, email Katherine Craft, Executive Director of Conspire Theatre at conspiretheatre@gmail.com.

Based in Washington, D.C., WCF is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the political participation and leadership of women who support reproductive health choices for all. We have several different types of paid fellowships for the spring, summer, and fall terms that your students can apply for based on their interests and skills. We welcome and encourage applicants of both genders that have strong writing, research, and communications skills.

Students can gain academic credit for our fellowship. To view the descriptions and fill out the online application, click the following link: WCF Fellowship Program Application.

You can also view our fellowship brochure. Please feel free to contact Julie Daniels at Julie@wcfonline.org or 202-393-8164 if you have any questions.

COMPANY: Health Start
INDUSTRY: Non-profit, prevention/wellness and early childhood education
JOB LOCATION: Austin, TX
TIMEFRAME: 15 hours per week (MUST BE AVAILABLE FROM JANUARY 19, 2011 THROUGH MAY 22, 2011)

COMPANY OVERVIEW: HealthStart is seeking an intern interested in helping change the world for the better through outreach and communications. Our primary purpose is to improve child health. HealthStart’s vision is that all children will learn the fundamentals of being healthy as naturally as they learn their ABCs. Through this information children will achieve lifelong wellness. Our mission is to give young children and their families the knowledge they need to be and stay healthy their whole lives. Our early health education is supplemented with materials for parents to help them support their child’s health.

Responsibilities

Health Start is currently seeking a part-time Spring 2011 intern with highly developed communications skills. You will help shape our message and create a plan to raise awareness regarding HealthStart’s mission and to attract supporters and potential donors. Other duties will include writing an online blog, regular postings to our Facebook and Twitter pages, bi-monthly newsletter, press releases and other related tasks. All of these experiences should be highly transferrable to any other creative work environment.

Job responsibilities may include:

Press releases and articles
Creating an electronic newsletter format for our website and our ‘fans’
Crafting campaign materials to help attract donors
Developing materials to attract potential community partners
Fund raising event materials
Other communications and marketing related tasks as assigned.
Qualifications

Candidates for the position must have experience with basic design, marketing, advertisement, social media, website development, or related activity. Employment experience or a strong interest in social entrepreneurship, social marketing, health and wellness or early childhood education is preferred. Must be familiar with basic computer operations including MS WORD, EXCEL, the Internet and Adobe Creative Suite. In addition, candidates should have some or all of the following skills:

Quick study
A willingness to learn new things or new ways of doing things
Attention to detail
Excellent verbal and communication skills
Enthusiasm about making a difference
Creative and innovative thinking
Ability to meet deadlines with little or no daily onsite supervision
Compensation: This position comes with a nominal stipend. The amount of the stipend depends on the availability of funding.

Contact Information: Interested candidates should submit a resume and cover letter (required) by email to Robin Herskowitz, Executive Director. Two references required.

If you aren’t on a nonprofit board yet, you should be (especially if you are a nonprofit manager)! And if you are already on a nonprofit board, there’s another board in your future. First we have questions to ask yourself before seeking a board, and then how to find the right next opportunity for making a difference:

Imagine you were about to make a major donation, say $100,000. You would start by thinking about which areas mean the most to you — perhaps care for the elderly, or civil rights, or the environment. After settling on a cause, you might then look into several different organizations in that field (see further down for how) and investigate ones that seem to have high impact and where your donation would mean a lot. Read the full article.

When: January 19th, 2010, 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Where: House Wine, 408 Josephine Street, Austin, TX 78704

Join us for our first event of the year and learn about YNPN, professional development programs and events, how to get more involved, meet great people, and have a great time! “Do-Gooder Wednesdays” are hosted every third Wednesday of the month at various locations around town. House Wine donates 10% of profits back to YNPN. Please join us for the evening and bring a friend!

Communications Internships

ClubGEN is an after school program for middle-school girls. Local high school girls are hired and trained to lead weekly interactive, fun sessions around issues of body image, self-esteem, bullying, career exploration, confidence, financial literacy, goal setting, healthy eating and physical fitness, healthy relationships, substance abuse & stress management and team-building.

Currently, clubGEN is looking for 2 communications interns to work 15 hours a week. Communications interns with be responsible for managing a cohesive public relations campaign for GENaustin’s ClubGEN programs. Day to day work will include creating social media content, marketing materials, writing press releases and newsletters, video and photo work and other communications related tasks, as well as office support. The Ideal candidate is pursuing a degree in Communications, Public relations or Graphic Design, is self-directed, responsible, and reliable. Fluency in Spanish a plus.

Requirements
Knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, and Imovie
Ability to work in a team and independently
Commitment to the mission of GENAustin and ClubGEN
Thrives in a self-motivated environment
Possesses excellent written and verbal skills
Applicants must submit: a sample of previous graphic design or video work, writing sample, resume, and a complete GENaustin Communications Internship Application

Program Internships

ClubGEN is an after school program for middle-school girls. Local high school girls are hired and trained to lead weekly interactive, fun sessions around issues of body image, self-esteem, bullying, career exploration, confidence, financial literacy, goal setting, healthy eating and physical fitness, healthy relationships, substance abuse & stress management and team-building.

Currently, clubGEN is looking for 3 program interns to work 10 hours a week. Interns will be responsible for supporting clubGEN programs, developing and adapting curricula, co-facilitating clubGEN programs, and assisting with office and management tasks associated with clubGEN afterschool programs. Ideal candidate is pursuing a degree in Social Work, Education, Psychology, or Women’s/Gender studies

Requirements
Interest in and dedication to the mission of GENaustin and clubGEN
Have leadership experience with youth
Is available to attend weekly planning meetings, Friday 10-12
Is available to facilitate after-school clubs
Has reliable transportation
Has excellent verbal and written communication skills
Thrives in a self-motivated environment
Applicant must submit completed program intern application, resume, and problem solving exercise
Dani Slabaugh
South Austin Campus Coordinator
Dani@GENaustin.org
Cell: (517) 242 3649

Internship opportunity to develop leadership skills in the reproductive justice movement. The Lilith Fund, a volunteer-run nonprofit that helps low-income women access abortion services, is seeking interns for the Spring semester 2010 (and beyond). Applicants should have a proven commitment to reproductive justice and women’s health and be responsible self-starters. This is wonderful opportunity to play a critical role in the functioning of a non-profit organization and see how a Board of Directors works while making a direct difference in the lives of women. Internships can be in the areas of event coordination/fundraising, outreach/public relations, research, client engagement & hotline, or a specially-designed project. All interns are required to undergo a hotline training and take at least two hotline shifts per semester as appropriate, attend once-monthly board meetings, meet regularly with assigned Board members and assist with minimal administrative tasks as needed. Internships are unpaid, but school credit possible. The Lilith Fund is based in Austin, but interns can be located in other Texas cities.

To apply email a letter of interest, resume and completed application to info@lilithfund.org. Applications can be downloaded at http://www.lilithfund.org/Lilith%20Fund%20Intern%20Application.pdf

Interns are admitted on a rolling basis.

The Lilith Fund, a 501(c)(3c) organization, is now seeking interns for the Spring semester and beyond.

Internship opportunity to develop leadership skills in the reproductive justice movement. The Lilith Fund, a volunteer-run nonprofit that helps low-income women access abortion services, is seeking interns for the Spring semester 2010 (and beyond). Applicants should have a proven commitment to reproductive justice and women’s health and be responsible self-starters. This is wonderful opportunity to play a critical role in the functioning of a non-profit organization and see how a Board of Directors works while making a direct difference in the lives of women. Internships can be in the areas of event coordination/fundraising, outreach/public relations, research, client engagement & hotline, or a specially-designed project. All interns are required to undergo a hotline training and take at least two hotline shifts per semester as appropriate, attend once-monthly board meetings, meet regularly with assigned Board members and assist with minimal administrative tasks as needed. Internships are unpaid, but school credit possible. The Lilith Fund is based in Austin, but interns can be located in other Texas cities.

To apply email a letter of interest, resume and completed application to info@lilithfund.org. Applications can be downloaded at http://www.lilithfund.org/Lilith%20Fund%20Intern%20Application.pdf

Interns are admitted on a rolling basis.

As many of you know, the Texas After Violence Project is an independent non-profit organization conducting qualitative research about human rights violations, including serious violence, the criminal justice system, incarceration, and state executions.

We work primarily through a person-centered form of oral history in which we ask very few questions; we listen to and digitally record the first-person narratives of lived experience. When narrators have reviewed and approved the D.V.D.s and transcripts of their interviews, we make these narratives public in the manner and to the extent that their authors explicitly permit. We’ve started posting the materials online at the
Human Rights Documentation Initiative of the UT Libraries:

http://rmedia.lib.utexas.edu/index.php/Category:Texas_After_Violence_Project

Currently, we are also conducting a survey. With the support of Dr. Matt
Richardson and Diana Claitor, and with the organizational support of allgo: a queer people of color organization and the Texas Jail Project, we are surveying Texas county jails concerning their practices and policies regarding transgender inmates.

If you, your friends, students or colleagues want to participate in serious, purposeful qualitative research, please join us. We offer two eight-week training sessions this fall. Both will begin this week, one on Thursday nights 6 -8 on the U.T. campus, and one on Friday afternoons, 1:30 – 4:30 p.m. at our office by South Congress Avenue & Riverside Drive.

My name is Ami Kane and I am the Conference and Workshop Manager for GENaustin. I have been in this role for just a few months now and one of my big tasks is to begin developing a core of volunteers to deliver one time workshops throughout the community for girls in 4-12 grades.

Workshop Volunteers

GENaustin is looking for enthusiastic, empowered women to conduct workshops throughout the Central Texas area. Workshop Volunteers will deliver GENaustin one time workshops in schools and community partner locations for girls in 4th-12th grades. Workshop topics include body image/media literacy, healthy relationships, and communication/friendships.

Location: Most volunteer hours will be spent throughout the greater Austin area, delivering workshops at schools community partners. A few hours may be spent at the GENaustin main office at the Ann Richards School completing administrative tasks.

Key Responsibilities:
• Training—as this position leads workshops for girls, attendance at a 6 hour comprehensive facilitation training is required.
• Direct service—delivering GENaustin’s workshop curriculum to girls in grades 4-12.
• Administration—occasionally, Workshop Volunteers may be asked to assist with workshop administration, such as contacting schools to schedule workshops.

Reports to: Conference and Workshop Manager, Workshop Coordinator

Length of Appointment: One school year

Time Commitment: Flexible, however:
• Workshops usually take place during school hours (8am-4pm).
• Workshop volunteers are asked to commit to a minimum of two workshops a month (workshops are usually 1 hour each; the total commitment per workshop is approximately 3 hours when planning and travel time are included.)

Skills:
• Must be committed to the goals/mission of GENaustin.
• Must be team oriented.
• Must possess excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Must have reliable transportation.
• Must attend Workshop Volunteer training.
• Group facilitation experience and/or experience working with youth are preferred.

The Girls Empowerment Network’s mission is to foster healthy self-esteem in girls by engaging them to explore and define their personal values and to build skills that empower them with confidence and courage to make wise choices.

For more information contact Ami Kane at (512) 841-4036, fax (512) 841-7465 or visit www.genaustin.org

Rainforest Partnership is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to protecting tropical rainforests from deforestation in collaboration with local communities, and creating a connection between those communities and communities in the U.S. in order to raise public awareness of the role of rainforests in climate protection .Their vision is a world in which we all recognize our individual and collective responsibility to preserve and maintain global resources by working together for the common good.
(http://www.rainforestpartnership.org/)
Contact Niyanta Spellman at niyanta@rainforestpartnership.org

Girls on the Run of Austin is seeking applications for members to join our Board of Directors. Girls on the Run is a nonprofit prevention program serving girls in 3rd – 5th grade. Our mission is to educate and prepare girls for a lifetime of healthy living and self respect.

Girls on the Run is currently seeking applications for new members to join the Board of Directors. Each Board member is responsible for serving on a committee and terms range from 1 – 3 years. Interested candidates should contact KB Schatz at kb@gotraustin.org or 512-788-3202

Active Service Solutions for Economic Transition (ASSET) is seeking qualified applicants for the following AmeriCorps positions (www.americorps.gov):

• Assistive Technology Navigator Team Leader to provide leadership to a statewide team of Navigators as they work directly with people with disabilities to help them to become financially independent; Coordinate statewide assistive technology trainings; Coordinate community service projects in the Austin area with other Austin based ASSET*AmeriCorps Navigators; Assist in the development of ASSET*AmeriCorps program resources including expansion of Assistive Technology team leader position duties and scope. Other duties as assigned.

• Double Click Project Navigator to provide support in the implantation and development of the Double Click refurbished computer and loan program. Duties will include maintenance of interest list in computer and loan program, Assistance with the intake, evaluation, approval of applications for the loan product and assist consumers with evaluating appropriate loan repayment terms; Coordination of the development of delivery processes and procedures to ensure safe delivery of the refurbished computers to the individual consumers. Other duties as assigned.

Application Process: Interested individuals should contact Dana Carpenter by email Dana@ucptexas.org or by phone 512-472-8696.

Work Schedule: Full time/ 40 hours per week from February 1, 2010-August 31, 2010
Location: Austin, Texas
Benefits include Biweekly living allowance of $491.31, child care assistance available if eligible, health insurance, loan forbearance if eligible, education award of $2362.50 available after successful completion of service term.

Required Qualifications:
• United States Citizen or Permanent Resident
• At least 18 years old
• Interest in empowering people with disabilities as they work towards independent living goals
• Proven leadership ability
• Strong interpersonal communication skills
• Interest in working with assistive technology
• Ability to work independently and on a team
• Self-starter with good follow-through
• Basic computing and internet research skills
• College degree or equivalent life experience (Double Click position does not require college degree)
• Car Required with valid Driver License and current insurance (Double Click position ONLY)
• Able to lift 40lbs (Double Click position ONLY)

Preferred Qualifications: Experience with project management, experience working with people with disabilities or life experience with a disability, communication skills in Spanish

• Special Events Intern
• Communications & Outreach Intern

JDRF Austin is looking for responsible and enthusiastic college students to join us for our Spring and Summer internship program. Applicants must have excellent communication and writing skills, strong organizational and time management skills and an ability to manage multiple projects. Required computer skills include Microsoft Office applications, including Publisher and familiarity with Adobe Photoshop. In addition to being enrolled in a current undergraduate program with a higher education institution, the ideal applicant for this internship should have a strong interest in working in a nonprofit or health related organization.

The mission of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) is to find a cure for juvenile diabetes and its complications through the support of research.

For a detailed description of available internships please visit http://www.jdrf.org/index.cfm?page_id=111425. Please send all cover letters and resumes to austin@jdrf.org or contact 512-343-0663 for more information.