Internships
Women's Studies encourages internships to develop experiential connections between theory and practice at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. Some organizations regularly request women's studies interns and students often develop their own internships either in conjunction with the Women's Activisms and Organizations class or with the aid of the program advisor. In the 8 years since the internship program's inception, students have worked with over 15 organizations--mostly in Tucson, but some out-of-state including political and policy organizations such as Planned Parenthood and the Tucson/Pima County Women's Commission; crisis centers for women & children; health projects; presses, TV stations, and art studios addressing issues of concern to women. If you are an organization in need of interns, or a student interested in doing an internship, please contact the Women's Studies Academic Program Coordinator at 621-5657.
This is a listing of internship projects that students have the option of doing for WS credit. They range from 1 unit of credit to 6 and include undergraduate and graduate projects. Some reflect the work of several students. NOTE: You cannot receive "pay" and "credit" for the same project.
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Voices, Inc. and its new youth magazine, 110 Degrees, is looking for volunteer mentors and/or interns to
assist teens with research,
interviewing, writing, and photography. 110 Degrees is a new magazine about Tucson, featuring stories and
oral histories about bilingual education, lowriders, sexual orientation, 4th Avenue street kids, the Dunbar
school, and highlighted Tucson neighborhoods. Currently a staff of 18 young people between 14 and 18 are
working with two mentors to produce Issue No. 2. And we need your help!
Adult volunteer mentors/interns work a minimum of two hours a week (or as many as 10 hours a week) at Voices headquarters, 116 E. Congress St. Duties include one-on-one mentoring in research, editing, writing, and photography; assisting with field trips; offering advice and counseling to young people about college. Experience in such activities is helpful but not necessary.
Please contact Kimi or Josh at 622-7458 or stop by our office, 116 E. Congress St. (between 6th Ave. and
Scott)
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Women's International League for Peace and Freedom:
Ongoing Research Assistant needed |
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For more than three quarters of a century, the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) has been in the
vanguard of national and international protests against war, supporters of struggles for justice and freedom, and
advocates of women's rights. This organization was founded in 1915, during World War I. Jane Addams of the United States
was a founder and its first president. Ms. Addams and Emily Greene Balche, a co-founder, are the only United States women
ever to be honored as Nobel Laureates of Peace. While we have been obliged to spend an inordinate amount of time and
energy in anti-war protests during the past 75 years, the major thrust of our work is in fostering and nurturing
friendship among people of all nations, the successful achievement of equal rights for minorities and abused majorities,
and support of all programs that seek as their end a world of peace, freedom and justice.
Our goals and our membership transcend race and sex, skip across borders, oceans, and continents. WE WORK IN THE PRESENT
TO INSURE THE FUTURE.
Local Tucson Branch
Please access WILPF's web sites for more information:
Contact Pat Birnie, Legislative Rep, at 908-9269 |
| Women's Studies Department Interns |
| There are several projects for which the department could use ongoing help. These could be shared or configured in a number of ways and include: maintenance of the current events/announcement website, peer advising, organizing student forums, and/or developing and publishing a student/alumni newsletter. Call 621-5657 if you are interested. |
| Additional Opportunities |
| Many other internship opportunities can be developed with advising. See Academic Program Coordinator (621-5657) for more information. |
Below is a partial list of internship projects students have done in the past for WS credit:
| Assoc. of Women Faculty | History of AWF: collected oral histories, archived records |
| Arizona Children's Home | Worked with troubled children: Ropes Adventure Therapy and gardening. Assessed male rage patterns. |
| ASUA Women's Resource Center | Students have worked as center Director or coordinated specific projects. Organized lesbian discussion groups & helped with complete reorganization of the center |
| College of Nursing | Data collection and entry for research project assessing interventions for caregiver abuse in two ethnic groups. |
| Environmental Justice Action Group | Answered workers rights hotline Researched feasibility of a community health survey |
| Feminists for Animal Rights | Develop the companion animal rescue effort to connect abused women with companion animals; outreach; research on animal rights and domestic violence laws and case histories. |
| Head Start | Assist with policy development; attend local & state meetings as representative and advocate; assess state of policies in regards to children |
| Humanities Computing & Technology | Researched & developed Women in the Humanities-Information Technologies (WITH-IT) website. |
| Kore Press | Worked with board to develop grant proposals and assessed the state of feminist publishing especially in response to third wave feminism. |
| Lesbian Cancer Project | Grant writing for the project to gain funds for annual health fair |
| LTV/Access Tucson | Organized and eventually produced weekly show on issues of importance to lesbians in the community |
| Oasis Center, UA |
Developed programmatic connections with sororities to train in women's health and safety issues.
Developed connections with international women students & produced brochure for international students on sexual assault, harassment & violence issues. Organized video conferences with the AZ Higher Education Consortium on sexual assault & relationship violence |
| Oasis Center, UA/Our Town Family Center | Prepared & directed play about date rape to perform in Tucson middle schools, high schools, & UA |
| Planned Parenthood | Developed history of the organization in Arizona Precinct Analysis and Computer Needs Analysis |
| Rainbow House San Pedro, CA | Served as children's program group leader to help children in domestic violence shelter. |
| Southern Arizona Alliance for Economic Justice | Advocate and office help. |
| SACASA--Southern Arizona Center Against Sexual Assault |
Program development
Crisis line |
| Southern AZ Women's Fund | Evaluated history of the organizations funding and call for proposals processes; reported on evaluation of each stage of process |
| Teen Age Parent Program | Helped organize first high school women's studies class; developed a video project on student lives |
| Tucson Jewish Community Center | Ran summer camp |
| Tucson Women's Commission |
Advocate/Assistant helping community women to connect with resources in employment fairness and harassment issues.
Developed website and directory
Helped with crisis prevention & intervention, counseling observation, daily management |
| Voices: Community Stories Past and Present | Assisted HS students in developing and publishing oral histories |
| Web of Women | Worked with community group to develop a database of women's groups in the Tucson area |
| Women's International League for Peace & Freedom | Organized meetings; compiled political research; assessed the history of WILPF, developed and produced educational video series and forums. |
| WomanKraft Gallery | Organized and produced gallery events & openings |
| Women's Studies Dept. | Organized open house; offered peer advising; developed advising additions to website; organized student lists; developed events website. |
| Women's Voices for the Earth | Organized fundraising campaigns & festivals to gain support for efforts to oppose environmental & labor practices of Blackfoot mine in Lincoln, Montana. |