SFCG on Race Intern – Congressional Conversations on Race

SFCG on Race is seeking an intern to support the work of existing and future projects within the program.  SFCG on Race, or “The One America Project”, is an initiative designed to inspire racial healing and reconciliation throughout the USA.  The long term goal of SFCG on Race is to heal racism in the United States at the interpersonal, cultural, and institutional levels. We will do this by taking a common ground approach to heal the impact of racism in our society. This will include providing training to leaders, organizing gatherings, catalyzing constructive dialogues, highlighting existing efforts, and developing creative, new programming.   The person selected for this internship will gain exposure to stakeholders in the work of racial reconciliation in the USA, including political, community, religious, and youth leaders. The intern will primarily focus on the Congressional Conversations on Race (CCR) project. CCR assists members of Congress in having conversations with their constituents that will promote racial healing in their districts. Important intern responsibilities include revising and maintaining the CCR web site, researching district information, and contributing to the monitoring and evaluation activities. In addition some regional travel may be required to meet with stakeholders or attend events. The intern may also be involved in the development of new projects within SFCG on Race.  This internship is part time, with a minimum of 20 hours per week expected.

Intern duties are wide-ranging and may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Editing and maintaining the CCR and SFCG on Race web sites and program literature
• Researching information about Congressional Districts in which we have CCR events
• Conducting outreach to participants and partners in SFCG on Race events
• Attending meetings and events with stakeholders in healing racism in the USA (some regional travel may be required)
• Conducting research and compiling news summaries on race relations in the United States; tracking developments on related work
• Contributing to writing projects, including funding proposals, meeting notes, and program updates
• Researching various funding opportunities
• Assisting with arranging participant and staff travel, as well as meeting and event logistics
• Miscellaneous clerical work (faxing, mailing, printing, database entry, etc.).

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• Interest, knowledge, and experience in race-related work, conflict transformation and/or community capacity building
• Experience with basic web site design and maintenance
• Excellent organizational skills with a proactive style and the ability to meet deadlines, both as instructed and self-imposed
• Mature, professional people skills and strong presentation skills
• Ability to quickly learn and implement multiple tasks simultaneously
• Excellent and professional verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Knowledge of and experience with Microsoft Office (i.e. Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
• Flexible work attitude: the ability to work productively and independently in a team environment, and with the ability to respond rapidly to changes, yet remain focused on the priorities.

In addition, the ideal candidate will be an undergraduate senior or graduate student, majoring in conflict analysis and/or resolution, ethnic studies, American studies, US history, sociology, cultural anthropology or related field.

Interested candidates should email a cover letter, resume, and one page writing sample to Jeanné Isler at jisler@sfcg.org. Please clearly state the title: SFCG on Race Intern – CCR Spring-Summer 2012 in the subject line. In your cover letter, please clearly state why our program is of interest to you, what you can bring to it, and what you hope to gain from the experience. Also, please include the dates of your availability and the number of hours per week to which you can commit. Finally, please note where you found this posting. No phone calls please.