Unpaid Remote Internship/Volunteer: Youth Civic Engagement & Activism

Job Description

Job Title: Unpaid Remote Internship / Volunteer Opportunity – Youth Civic Engagement & Activism

About the Opportunity

Join our dynamic team of mission-driven young people from across the United States. This unpaid, remote internship or volunteer opportunity offers a flexible commitment of 5-30+ hours per week, with flexible start and end dates. You’ll contribute to amplifying youth civic engagement and participating in activism on critical progressive and social justice issues, including climate change, racial justice, reproductive rights, ending gun violence, and combating voter suppression in the United States.

Benefits

• Eligible to receive community service hours or course credit (with school coordination).
• Work in teams with other young people to participate in activism and learn civics.
• Bolster your resume with valuable experience.
• Earn valuable letters of recommendation.
• Flexible hours per week to fit your schedule.
• Apply anytime with our rolling application deadline.
• Eligible to win awards and prizes, including the President’s Volunteer Service Award.
• Broaden your networking scope by connecting with like-minded individuals.
• Opportunity to hear from world-renowned speakers through the TurnUp Speaker Series.

Key Curriculum & Responsibilities

• Work on teams to participate in grassroots activism and advocacy on civic and social justice issues you care about.
• Conduct research to become better educated and aware about these topics.
• All interns are expected to join and help with existing voter registration drives at their schools.
• If no existing drive is present, we support interns in initiating and performing their own registration efforts (peer-to-peer or running a drive with school permission).
• Collaborate on a variety of tasks and communicate regularly with your team.
• Meet virtually on a weekly basis with your team.
• Participate in civic actions, work on voter turnout projects, and perform targeted outreach.
• Engage in advocacy and activism.
• Find and participate in volunteer opportunities together.
• Attend the TurnUp Speaker Series.
• Perform civic and activism-related research and writing.
• Most importantly, work together to advocate for issues important to young people, fight voter suppression, and boost youth voter turnout in the United States.

Skills Developed

• Communication
• Collaboration
• Leadership
• Critical Thinking
• Writing
• Democratic Competency
• Civic Engagement
• Advocacy & Activism

Commitment

• Hours Per Week: You choose between 5 and 30+ hours (flexible).
• End Date: Flexible.
• Application Deadline: Rolling – TurnUp will accept applications year-round until all team positions are filled.

More Internship Details

This is an exceptional opportunity for individuals looking to create positive change in their community, refine their activist efforts, strengthen democracy in the United States, and connect with other like-minded young people. Interns will develop their democratic competency throughout the program. Upon completion, interns will be well-prepared to continue as civically responsible and engaged activists.

About TurnUp (www.turnup.us)

TurnUp is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to making the world more just, fair, and equitable for all by increasing youth civic engagement and activism to strengthen our democracy. We firmly believe that everyone should be able to access their civic and activist potential. Since 2019, TurnUp has successfully registered and turned out over 500,000 young voters.

We will be in touch within a few days of your application being completed. Thank you for applying!