Internship

Campaign for Fair Food seeking interns!

We are currently accepting applications for Fall 2009 internships. Ideal candidates should be able to start in mid- to late August, 2009.

The Student/Farmworker Alliance and Interfaith Action of Southwest Florida are looking for interns to live and work in Immokalee, Florida alongside farmworkers and allies who are organizing around the Coalition of Immokalee Workers' national Campaign for Fair Food. The term of the internship is approximately 3 to 4 months.

Applicants should be flexible to organize with both SFA and/or Interfaith Action -- in partnership with the CIW -- in a variety of tasks including logistical support for the CIW, office support, and national and local campaign organizing.

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SFA is a national network of students and youth organizing with farmworkers to eliminate sweatshop conditions and modern-day slavery in the fields.

Interfaith Action is a network of people of faith and religious institutions that works in partnership with the CIW.

The CIW is a membership-led organization of mostly Latino, Haitian, and Mayan Indian low-wage migrant workers based in Southwest Florida.

Intern responsibilities

• Assist with office duties such as phones, copying, databasing, mail, and accounting
• Provide on-the-ground support to CIW (translation, technical assistance, driving, etc)
• Tour, conference, and mobilization logistics
• Learn first-hand about sweatshop conditions and modern-day slavery in the fields
• Create campaign strategy with a team of farmworkers, students, and faith-based organizers
• Develop a wide range of organizing skills such as coalition building, campaigning, media work, materials production, database management, mobilization planning, and fundraising

Ideal candidates

• Prior organizing experience
• (At least) conversational in Spanish or Haitian Creole
• Prior experience living outside the US or working with immigrant communities
• Willingness to work long & unpredictable hours, including late nights and weekends
• Self-motivated and skilled at juggling multiple tasks
• Basic computer proficiency and communication skills
• Strong commitment to social and economic justice and working as part of a collective
• Availability of at least 3-4 months

To apply

SFA and IA are committed to developing the skills and leadership of people from diverse backgrounds. People of color, women, working-class, LGBTQ, and differently-abled people are strongly encouraged to apply. Free lodging and a modest stipend are provided to interns .

Carefully review the above criteria. Send in a completed application along with a resume, two letters of recommendation, a writing sample in Spanish, and a 1-2 page cover letter responding to the following questions:

• What previous involvement have you had with SFA and CIW?
• Why are you interested in interning with SFA?
• What strengths do you bring to the position?
• Do you have experience living outside the US or working with immigrant communities within the US?
• What motivates you to participate in the fight for social justice?

Materials should be submitted via email in Word or PDF format to: organize(at)sfalliance.org