Reproductive Freedom for All: Fall 2024 Nevada Campus Outreach Intern

LOCATION

NV

SALARY

$18.67 / Hourly

COMPANY

Reproductive Freedom for All

DEPARTMENT

Organizing

EMPLOYMENT TYPE

Non-Profit

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

Apply via the link provided--https://grnh.se/1c0343757us

JOB DESCRIPTION

About Reproductive Freedom for All (Formerly NARAL Pro-Choice America)

For more than 50 years, Reproductive Freedom for All and its chapters have fought to protect and expand reproductive freedom —including access to abortion and contraception — for everybody. We are powered by our more than 4 million members from every state and congressional district in the country, representing the 8 in 10 Americans who believe every person should have the freedom to make the best decision for themselves about if, when, and how to raise a family. 

Reproductive Freedom for All centers diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice in our organization and our work. Continuously learning from our history, we hold ourselves accountable to achieve reproductive freedom with equitable access for everybody. As the oldest and largest national membership organization primarily focused on advocating for abortion access, we organize and mobilize, galvanizing millions of people to take action to defend reproductive freedom, and shining a spotlight of accountability on bad actors who work to impose their ideological agenda on others. We also work to elect champions for reproductive freedom and advance state and federal legislation to safeguard it. For more information on Reproductive Freedom for All, please visit our website

Job Details

Compensation: $18.67

**Start Date: **September 23, 2024

**End Date: **December 6, 2024

**Location: **This position will be hybrid in Reno, Nevada and require partial in-person work on campus at Truckee Meadows Community College.

Hours: Part-time; 15 hours per week, with flexible hours as needed.

In this internship, you will:

  • Recruit active volunteers and new members, and generate voter contacts or electoral actions;

  • Interns will recruit new volunteer leads and add them to Impactive through tabling on campus during welcome week, pitching involvement through class announcements in college classes, pitching involvement at campus club meetings, spreading the word through departmental and club listservs, and recruiting their friends and classmates;

  • Interns will work with their volunteers through Impactive to help them spread the word to their networks and complete actions for the 2024 election;

  • Host training sessions for Impactive;

  • Attend, help plan, advertise for, and host campaign events like phone banks or canvasses;

  • Help develop plans to organize their college campus;

  • Attend department meetings and trainings;

  • Track their work in VAN, a project management tool.

In this internship, you will learn:

  • More about the reproductive freedom movement and the status of policies affecting our rights in states across the country and federal, and how to talk about these issues;

  • Key grassroots organizing tactics critical to mobilizing communities and winning campaigns- like pitching volunteer opportunities or leadership, phone banking, recruitment, relational organizing, and volunteer 1 on 1 meetings;

  • How to work with volunteers and train them in the skills of grassroots organizing;

  • Other professional development skills like planning, project development, and project management;

  • How to use digital organizing tools like VAN, Hustle, Slack, Impactive, and Control Shift.

We're looking for someone who:

  • Has previous grassroots organizing experience (professional or volunteer) or a demonstrated interest in organizing;

  • Is committed to advancing reproductive freedom;

  • Has experience organizing their college campus to get involved in a cause;

  • Has a demonstrated ability to connect with people from varying communities and different lived experiences;

  • Is excited to talk to people one on one or in groups about reproductive rights;

  • Is interested in gaining professional experience in politics and organizing;

  • Is open to working some nights and weekends to attend campaign events;

  • Not mandatory, but let us know if you speak multiple languages.

 

Reproductive Freedom for All does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, socioeconomic status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, genetic information, or political affiliation. 

 

Candidates with backgrounds, identities, and experiences that are historically underrepresented in reproductive freedom non-profits are encouraged to apply.