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Internships

The department develops a network of internship and professional development opportunities for students in various sectors that focus on issues around gender, sexuality, race and their intersections.

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INTERNSHIP OVERVIEW

An internship is work in the community for which you receive academic credit. In Women and Gender Studies, we strongly encourage students to do an internship at some point during their academic career. Previous students have found them an excellent way to find out what kind of work they might want to do after graduation and to make connections with community organizations and the people they serve.

Internships can be taken as WGSI 29800. A Women and Gender Studies faculty member must agree to sponsor and oversee the internship. Students interested in internships should contact one of the Women and Gender Studies advisers.

How Internships Work:

Undergraduate students may take up to 6 credit hours of internship work. These can be taken only as Credit/No Credit. To receive 3 credit hours in one semester, students need to:

  • Work 10-12 hours per week with the agreed upon organization.
  • Write monthly summative memos describing the work. All work must be submitted to the supervising instructor. Memos should include a record of the hours worked and a description of activities.
  • Write a final synthetic paper describing work during the semester, how it relates to Women and Gender Studies, and how it advances the student's personal, political, academic and/or professional development. In this paper, students should include a section that describes the organization, how it is organized/run and its funding. The paper should be 3-5 pages in length.
  • Submit a completed and signed copy of the “Women and Gender Studies Internship Contract.”

For those who wish to pursue fewer academic hours, the following rule applies:
1 credit hour = 4-6 hours/week
2 credit hours = 6-9 hours/week

All written requirements and procedures remain the same.

INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

Organizations

When researching and applying to organizations that focus on issues around gender, sexuality, race and their intersections, students may choose to consider these organizations that are actively looking for volunteers year-round:

ASTRAEA Lesbian Foundation for Justice
Works towards receiving grants to empower LGBT youth
116 East 16th Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10003
info@astraeafoundation.org
www.astraeafoundation.org

Audre Lorde Project - Manhattan
Works toward the common goal of community wellness and progressive social and economic justice
85 South Oxford Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217
cara@alp.org
www.alp.org

Center for Constitutional Rights, Inc.
Advocacy work includes extending constitutional rights to the LGBT community
666 Broadway, New York, NY10012
www.ccrjustice.org
info@ccrjustice.org

GLAAD - Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
Media-related organizing surrounding the representation of the LGBT community and the lack thereof
104 West 29th Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10001
zstokes@glaad.org
www.glaad.org

Harlem Pride
Uniting the LGBT individuals of Harlem to respect culture and build stronger communities
42 Macombs Place, New York, NY 10039 347-846-0362
info@harlempride.org
www.harlempride.org

NEAT - the National Equality Action Team
Activating people to fight for the justice of LGBTQ people with regular opportunities all over the NYC area and volunteering from home
www.theNEAT.org 

 

DIFFA (Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS)
National based chapters, including NYC, that work towards raising awareness and grants funds to organizations that provide treatment, direct care services, preventive education programs and advocacy for individuals impacted by HIV/AIDS
16 West 32nd Street, STE 402, New York, NY 10001
info@diffa.org
www.diffa.org

HIV Law Project
Free legal services (civil) for HIV+ individuals in NYC; Manhattan, Bronx, and those who are homeless
57 Willoughby Street, Lower Level, Brooklyn, NY 11201
www.hivlawproject.org

PRIDE Health Research Consortium
PRIDE provides its interns with opportunities to gain exposure to research methods and practices that prevent the spread of HIV and improve the lives of people living with HIV. We encourage those interested in psychology, public health, social work and gender and sexuality studies to apply. Find out more about the internship.
42 West 36th Street, 9th Floor, New York, NY 10018
https://www.prideresearch.org/

 

NYC Anti-Violence Project (AVP)
Helps survivors of violence and their allies educate their communities
116 Nassau Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10038
212-714-1141 Bilingual Hotline; 212-714- 1184
webmaster@avp.org
www.avp.org

Safe Horizon - Domestic Violence Shelter Program
Phone counseling and support for crime victims
2 Lafayette Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10007
www.safehorizon.org

Women In Need (WIN)
Aids homeless women in NYC and their families by providing a way out
115 West 31 Street, 7th Floor , New York, NY, 10001
www.winnyc.org

INTERNSHIP CONTRACT FORM

Students who are currently interning at an organization and wish to receive credit through Women and Gender Studies should fill out the Internship Contract Form, to be reviewed by the Department Chair, Catherine Raissiguier.

Signatures from the internship supervisor and Women and Gender Studies adviser are required to successfully submit the form.

Recommended process:

  1. Fill out as much as possible on pages 1 and 2 of the form below.
  2. Select the checkbox to save progress. Click the purple button to save the form.
  3. Watch for an email with a link to resume filling out the form.
  4. Meet with the internship supervisor and use the link to open the form on a phone or computer.
  5. After getting the supervisor's signature, select the checkbox to save progress. Click the purple button to save the form.
  6. Do the same to get the instructor's signature.
  7. Submit the form.

 

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