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ACADEMIC YEAR INTERNSHIPS

FACULTY OR INTERESTED STUDENTS

Feel free to call a program or project director identified on our program pages to propose an internship that will meet academic (course or graduation) requirements of your college or university. See below.

WHAT WE OFFER

We offer internships during the academic year. Usually these internships satisfy academic requirements and are set up when students or faculty members approach us for the experiences. Please refer to Summer Internship projects for some ideas of the kinds of projects we might offer.

We will orient you to the program, the work and to the American Friends Service Committee. You will have regular supervision and before leaving, an opportunity to sit with the supervisor and evaluate your experience with her or him.

Routinely we don't offer a stipend for internships during the academic year that meet course requirements. Rare exceptions will be posted on this site.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

In the NYMRO Internship you will learn by doing, hearing, sensing, speaking and seeing. With staff support you will participate directly with clients and research projects. You will work along with us and you will ask questions and we’ll get into discussions about real-life issues.

The learning experience will involve increasing understanding of how skill-building and direct exposure to issues (experiencing and responding) inform one another.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Must be in college or graduate school or facing a decision about career direction.
• Referral by an educational institution for a required internship is preferred.
• Must be able to give 7 to 15 hours a week for a semester to an internship.
• Good interpersonal skills, including the ability to work with supervision.
• Ability to work well with people from different cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds and to develop rapport with program clients.
• Interest in learning and applying Quaker values of peace, social justice, and equality in the work environment.
• Ability to communicate well verbally and in writing.
• For some of our projects Spanish or another language is very helpful.
• For some of our projects computer literacy in a Windows XP environment, Outlook or other email, and Internet is necessary. In others, the applicant needs some exposure to the computer and a willingness to learn.

HOW DO I APPLY? Follow the instructions below -

Explore this website about our internships and then have a look at the New York Metropolitan Regional Office’s program home pages. (Conflict Resolution and Transformation, Criminal Justice and Immigrant Rights)

To apply:

• Applications are accepted by email.

• Write a letter of interest indicating what you have to offer our program work, what interests you about working with us and what you would particularly like to do. Outline an internship project you would like to work on with us.

• Send us your letter with your resume (no more than 2 pages). Include the names and contact information for 3 references. At least one should be related to some paid or volunteer work you have done. We will not contact your references unless we are very interested in your application.

• Respond to the essay questions to be found by following this link.

• Send it all to NYMRORecruit@afsc.org with a copies to the individual with whom you spoke. Try to send everything at about the same time.

APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED AS LONG AS WE HAVE AVAILABLE INTERN POSITIONS.

WHAT NEXT?

• NYMRO staff members will read and share your application.
• We will call or email you.
• We may check your references.
• With the approval of the Program or Project Director and the Internship Coordinator the requested internship will be offered.
• We make an effort to get back to every applicant with a response to his or her inquiry.

Please Note that we do accept students for internships in all our programs during the summer. These are offered with stipends. See Summer Internships

OUR MISSION

The American Friends Service Committee is a practical expression of the faith of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), which upholds the worth of every individual and the transforming power of love. AFSC staff members are committed to promoting and practicing nonviolence in their work toward establishing peace and social justice. The AFSC community seeks to transform conditions and relationships both in the world and in ourselves which threaten to overwhelm what is precious in human beings. The AFSC involves people of many faiths and backgrounds who share its values and bring to its work a rich variety of experiences and spiritual insights.

The American Friends Service Committee is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Organization. Qualified persons are encouraged to become involved in AFSC at all levels regardless of their religious affiliation, race, sex, sexual orientation or nature of disability.

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