ProGeorgia
Internship Program
Important Information:
- Summer 2017 Orientation: Friday, June 16th, Start: June 19th, End: August 11th
- 8 week program with the option of working an additional two weeks until August 25th
- These are paid internships, 10 hours/week, $400/month!
- To apply, send an email to internships@progeorgia.org with a resume and cover letter attached; we will follow up with applicants who qualify for interviews
- Location: 1530 Dekalb Avenue, Atlanta, 30307 (The Phillip Rush Center)
Overview of ProGeorgia
What is ProGeorgia?
ProGeorgia is Georgia’s non-profit civic engagement table. It is a new way to create a state we can be proud of. We strive to become a state that takes care of its citizens and our beautiful natural resources.
ProGeorgia brings together the power of existing non-profit groups to work in a more strategic way, with new tools and technology, to change the policies of our state. ProGeorgia is building infrastructure by supporting, connecting, and coordinating civic participation efforts of our non-profit member groups. ProGeorgia is implementing ways to win policy and electoral battles for progressive social change.
What does ProGeorgia Do?
Nonpartisan 501(c)3 non-profit organizations have an integral role to play in advancing civic engagement. A balanced, efficient landscape that supports and connects grassroots organizations must have its own distinct nonpartisan support system. ProGeorgia coordinates the civic engagement efforts of member organizations in the following areas:
- Voter Engagement. To increase the vote share of historically underrepresented and socially responsible voters in Georgia, ProGeorgia provides our member groups with critical tools, resources, and services to enhance and improve their voter contact work. These include targeting, modeling, field coordination, and collective voter guides.
- Issue Organizing. ProGeorgia seeks to grow and measure the issue environment in Georgia through such activities as setting a collective issue agenda, developing partner issue briefs, holding issues summits, and coordinating legislative advocacy so that we may more effectively advocate for policies that will create a better Georgia.
- Economies of Scale. ProGeorgia is uniquely positioned to save member groups considerable money through coordinated work and shared contracts. We also provide added value through programs and resources that benefit the work of our member groups.
Overview of the Internship Program
You will leave this internship with:
- Lasting relationships with our partner organizations who are the base of Georgia’s progressive movement
- A deep understanding of our country’s electoral system and how voter participation can influence this system
- Hands-on experience working with administrators at the local and state levels
- Competency using the same database(s) used by electoral candidates (including our outgoing President!)
- Opportunities to have learned about the voter registration process, Georgia’s political history and current climate, community organizing, how different types of nonprofits function, skillsets that are in high demand by nonprofits, nonprofit funding, professional development in the social sector, meeting facilitation, and issues relevant to our partners
Qualifications of interns:
- A love for learning and problem solving in a fast-paced work environment
- Strong computer skills, including Excel, Word Processor, and Google Applications (docs, sheets, gmail)
- Qualities: thoughtful, well-organized, detail-oriented, collaborative, dependable, and responsible
- Ability to access transportation consistently to attend to duties on-site and off-site
List of General Duties of Interns:
- Bring enthusiasm and energy to work daily
- Collaborate with staff on new ideas, directions, and venues for promoting the work of our Partners
- Utilize the Voter Activation Network (VAN) by acquiring demographic data to target voter registration and Get Out the Vote (GOTV) efforts
- Represent ProGeorgia at events: trainings on best practices for our partners and the larger progressive community, weekly workgroup meetings that shape our collective agenda, naturalization ceremonies* where new citizens are registered to vote, etc.
- Invest in yourself, ProGeorgia staff, and other interns by sharing your skills and communicating openly
- Display initiative and tackle whatever project may be thrown your way
What ProGeorgia expects from its interns:
- Work the agreed-upon number of hours per week in a professional capacity
- Adhere to office policies, procedures, and etiquette
- Contact supervisor when unable to report to the office or when arriving late due to extraneous circumstances
- Seek feedback from supervisors on assignments and look for ways to improve
To apply, send an email to internships@progeorgia.org with a resume and cover letter attached; we will follow up with applicants who qualify for interviews. Learn more about us and our partner organizations at our website: www.progeorgia.org
*naturalization ceremonies, where we register new citizens to vote, occur multiple times per week at USCIS locations, often in Tucker. Interns will be expected to attend ceremonies at 8AM or 1PM weekly, with little notice (week-of) because we do not have access to a calendar with the scheduled ceremonies. ProGeorgia cannot provide transportation for these ceremonies, thus applicants need access to a reliable method of transit (public transportation is acceptable). Your weekly work schedule will take these ceremonies into consideration.