HRC Field Internship
The Human Rights Campaign's Field Department engages in state and local advocacy and electoral work. HRC works with advocacy groups and fair-minded legislators across the country to advance gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender equality at the state and local levels. HRC tracks all legislative developments at the state level; provides legislative language and legal analysis; offers legislative, political, and electoral assistance; activates grassroots support; and convenes meetings, conferences and trainings for activists and state GLBT leaders. HRC provides similar financial and staff support to ballot campaigns conducted to advance GLBT equality or to defeat anti-LGBT measures.
Online Action and Political Organizing
More than 700,000 people participate in HRC’s Online Action Center, through which they receive timely updates and stay informed about upcoming votes in Congress and in state legislatures across the country. Participants have used the Action Center to send more than 1 million e-mails and faxes to their state and federal elected officials to hold them accountable and demonstrate constituent support for GLBT equality. HRC also identifies, organizes and mobilizes volunteers to meet face to face with elected officials, organize voter registration drives, turn out the vote on Election Day, and organize rallies, news conferences and town hall meetings nationwide.
For more information on the Field Department - http://www.hrc.org/field
Responsibilities:
- Engaging members in grassroots activism through multi-media outreach, management of Field inbox, and response to member inquiries.
- Lobbying members of Congress and their staff on key legislation
- Special Projects as needed
- Other administrative duties as needed
Qualifications:
- Excellent writing and communication skills
- Willing to learn about state and federal legislation and elections
- Basic proficiency in or willing to work with Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel; proficiency in Power Point is a plus but not required
Outcomes:
Through the Field Internship Experience, the intern can expect to:- have a better understanding of the electoral, lobbying, and legislative process
- correspond with a variety of members on a breadth of issues, developing strong correspondence skills
- learn how to run a phone bank, how to run a lobby visit, and how to write a field plan.
- expand their understanding of bills and laws affecting the GLBT community and the work HRC does in the states
Other:
- This is an unpaid internship. Credit is available upon request.
- All internships are based out of our offices in Washington, D.C. HRC does not provide housing for our interns.
- Please send all resumes and cover letters in Microsoft Word (.doc) or Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format.
- Please refer questions to our website, http://www.hrc.org/intern.
- For any other questions, e-mail intern@hrc.org.
- NO PHONE CALLS, PLEASE.
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