The Washington Peace Center is a multi-issue, grassroots, anti-racist organization working for peace, justice and nonviolent social change in the metropolitan Washington D.C. area. Currently, the Peace Center
serves as a central organizing and coalition hub for DC-based anti-war, social
justice peace-focused organizations. Our main program areas are:

1) Education: To provide educational programs and materials such as teach-ins,
film series and quarterly publication of the Washington Peace Letter;
2) Community Resources: To facilitate and encourage cooperation among anti-war,
peace and social justice groups and to provide resources and structural support
for groups and individuals to work more effectively on their own campaigns and
in collaboration with others;
3) Action: To provide assistance and leadership for public demonstrations and
direct actions that contribute to world peace and justice.

Our fall interns will work in our office on several projects. This may include:

helping organize and promote educational events and skills-based trainings on a
variety of issues
keeping our online calendar up-to-date – the most comprehensive calendar of
progressive events in the DC area
assisting with our weekly Activist Alert email that goes out to over 2000
people.
working with social networking tools and sites to promote and expand our
presence on twitter, facebook and blogs.
Writing articles for our biannual newspaper, the Peace Letter, coming out in
November.

We encourage applicants to develop their own project with the guidance of our
staff. An ideal candidate will have some student organizing experience,
background in activism or interest in politics and/or be excited to learn.
Interns will leave with a better understanding of the anti-war movement and
local justice issues, be better equipped to work in coalitions and plan events,
and will be a better activist. At this time the internship is unpaid, with a
possible transportation stipend to cover metro and bus travel around city.

Minimum of 16 hrs/week – 30 hrs/wk preferred. Start ASAP in September. Please
describe in your cover letter when and how much you would be available.

No minimum education requirement. Dates flexible; however we encourage
applicants to submit their resumes and cover letters by the end of June

Application instructions: