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Environment Maryland

Gain Skills and Help Save the Planet: Environment Maryland Internships
Internships with Meaning
We all care deeply about our environment. We also know that we need to be taking more action to ensure that our environment is preserved, especially when powerful interests stand in the way.
Environment Maryland, a non-profit, citizen-based environmental group, acts as a strong advocate on a broad range environmental issues, including promoting clean energy, protecting our open spaces, restoring the Chesapeake Bay, and advancing global warming solutions. We speak out and take action at the local, state, and national levels to protect our precious natural resources.
Our approach works. We have been a part of many important victories for the environment. We were the lead lobbying group to pass legislation that includes the nation’s strongest law to reduce pollution from power plants, a bill that requires new cars and trucks to emit less pollution, and legislation to require developers to do all they can to minimize runoff pollution that goes into the Chesapeake Bay. We are involved in efforts to protect Maryland’s most valuable natural areas and to capitalize on the enormous potential to revitalize the economy and protect the environment at the same time through the creation of thousands of green jobs.
Internship Description
Internships with Environment Maryland offer students a unique, mentored experience. Interns work one-on-one with Environment Maryland’s advocates and campaign organizers. Interns acquire the basic skills to analyze issues and put together solutions to problems that threaten our environment. Interns learn that activism and participation in the democratic process yield results. Though responsibilities vary, most internships include the following:

• Conduct research into critical environmental problems and prepare fact sheets for wide scale distribution.
• Assist in the preparation of media events.
• Attend meetings with lawmakers and state agency staff.
• Reach out to businesses and organizations to get them to work in partnership with us.
• Mobilize our grassroots base to impact upcoming policy decisions.
Although Environment Maryland internships are unpaid, students may receive academic credit from their college or university. Summer Interns are expected to work 40 hours a week.
Qualifications
• A strong commitment to Environment Maryland’s issues.
• Strong writing and analytical skills.
• The ability to debate and speak persuasively.
• An enthusiasm for the work.
How to Apply
Interested students should submit a letter of interest and resume to Ewa Krason at EKrason@EnvironmentMaryland.org. The letter should describe your primary interests in an internship, how this fits into your career objectives, and your availability in terms of dates and hours. All applications for the Summer 2012 Internship position should be submitted by March 15th 2012.

Dear Sara Magee,
My name is Ewa Krason with Environment Maryland. Environment Maryland, a non-profit, citizen-based environmental group, acts as a strong advocate on a broad range environmental issues, including promoting clean energy, protecting our open spaces, restoring the Chesapeake Bay, and advancing global warming solutions. We speak out and take action at the local, state, and national levels to protect our precious natural resources.
This semester we are looking for students from Loyola University to intern in our Charles Village office. We are looking for students (all years) who have a strong commitment to Environment Maryland’s issues, strong writing and analytical skills, and the ability to debate and speak persuasively.
Interested students should submit a letter of interest and resume to Ewa Krason at EKrason@EnvironmentMaryland.org. The letter should describe your primary interests in an internship, how this fits into your career objectives, and your availability in terms of dates and hours. Applications are rolling, but to be considered for a Summer 2012 Internship applications are due before March 15th, 2012.
A full description of the internship is below. Can you please forward this email to the professors in your department to share with their students as well as any students you may know who would be interested in an internship?
Thank you,
Ewa Krason, Field Organizer
Environment Maryland
3121 St. Paul St., #26, Baltimore, MD 21218
office: 410.467.0439

Gain Skills and Help Save the Planet: Environment Maryland Internships
Internships with Meaning
We all care deeply about our environment. We also know that we need to be taking more action to ensure that our environment is preserved, especially when powerful interests stand in the way.
Environment Maryland, a non-profit, citizen-based environmental group, acts as a strong advocate on a broad range environmental issues, including promoting clean energy, protecting our open spaces, restoring the Chesapeake Bay, and advancing global warming solutions. We speak out and take action at the local, state, and national levels to protect our precious natural resources.
Our approach works. We have been a part of many important victories for the environment. We were the lead lobbying group to pass legislation that includes the nation’s strongest law to reduce pollution from power plants, a bill that requires new cars and trucks to emit less pollution, and legislation to require developers to do all they can to minimize runoff pollution that goes into the Chesapeake Bay. We are involved in efforts to protect Maryland’s most valuable natural areas and to capitalize on the enormous potential to revitalize the economy and protect the environment at the same time through the creation of thousands of green jobs.
Internship Description
Internships with Environment Maryland offer students a unique, mentored experience. Interns work one-on-one with Environment Maryland’s advocates and campaign organizers. Interns acquire the basic skills to analyze issues and put together solutions to problems that threaten our environment. Interns learn that activism and participation in the democratic process yield results. Though responsibilities vary, most internships include the following:

• Conduct research into critical environmental problems and prepare fact sheets for wide scale distribution.
• Assist in the preparation of media events.
• Attend meetings with lawmakers and state agency staff.
• Reach out to businesses and organizations to get them to work in partnership with us.
• Mobilize our grassroots base to impact upcoming policy decisions.
Although Environment Maryland internships are unpaid, students may receive academic credit from their college or university. Summer Interns are expected to work 40 hours a week.
Qualifications
• A strong commitment to Environment Maryland’s issues.
• Strong writing and analytical skills.
• The ability to debate and speak persuasively.
• An enthusiasm for the work.
How to Apply
Interested students should submit a letter of interest and resume to Ewa Krason at EKrason@EnvironmentMaryland.org. The letter should describe your primary interests in an internship, how this fits into your career objectives, and your availability in terms of dates and hours. All applications for the Summer 2012 Internship position should be submitted by March 15th 2012.

Human Rights Campaign

HRC’s internships are designed for undergraduate and graduate students who wish to gain valuable professional skills while developing their voice as an LGBT advocate and leader, play an active role in the nation’s largest LGBT equality organization, and connect with some of the foremost LGBT and allied leaders through educational brown bag seminars and other events. Currently, HRC is offering internships in the following departments:

Media Centerhttp://www.hrc.org/the-hrc-story/media-center-internship

Graphic Designhttp://www.hrc.org/the-hrc-story/graphic-design-internship

Online Strategyhttp://www.hrc.org/the-hrc-story/online-strategy-internship

Digital Media http://www.hrc.org/the-hrc-story/digital-media-internship

Publications & Magazinehttp://www.hrc.org/the-hrc-story/publications-magazine-internship

Communications http://www.hrc.org/the-hrc-story/communications-marketing-internship

If you know of any students interested in interning with one of our 25 program areas, please direct them to our Internship website http://www.hrc.org/the-hrc-story/internships. The priority deadline to apply is Monday, March 5. We will continue to accept applications until all positions are filled. However, those who have applied before the deadline will receive preference.

Internship Committee
Human Rights Campaign