We have a few last minute openings within our summer program. Because we aim to fill these last minute positions as soon as possible, I request that you email your application packet directly to me at: paula@globalexchange.org

Please review all position descriptions listed below.

If you have any questions regarding last minute internship opportunities, please call: 415-255-2123

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Our summer interns work closely with program staff on campaigns and programs and are expected to bring some knowledge and experience to the organization. Interns should be able to offer at least 20 hours per week for 3 months, and be eager to participate in all aspects of their department. This includes campaign strategizing, mailings, outreach phone calls/emails, event organizing, and research.

Global Exchange devotes staff time to raising awareness among staff about issues of privilege and diversity and how these issues affect our work environment and our campaigns. We seek candidates who have an openness to engaging these issues and a commitment to incorporating an analysis of privilege and different forms of oppression into their work.

Interns: Read through the materials available here and fill out the application. Be sure to include your resume, three references OR 2 letters of recommendation, and state your three position preferences, chosen from the list below.

Please mail your application packet to:

Global Exchange Internship Coordinator

2017 Mission St., 2nd Floor

San Francisco, Ca. 94110

If you are out of the country during this time please email your application packet in a word document to: interns@globalexchange.org

Paid internship opportunity for low income applicants

Global Exchange is pleased to offer our first paid internship for low-income applicants, in an effort to provide viable options to low income applicants to enter and gain hands on experience in the field of Social Justice and Human Rights. Because of our budget restrictions, we are only able to offer one, part-time paid internship. Global Exchange is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Seeking an age-diverse applicant pool, we strongly encourage people of color, women, LGBT and differently-abled persons to apply.

How To Apply: Please complete this application and answer the questions below in an essay format with a two-page limit.

Essay Questions:

• What is your experience/understanding of Social Justice?
• How would a paid internship allow you to achieve your goals in the fields of Social Justice and Human Rights?

The following jobs are available:

• Latin America Reality Tours
• Cuba/South American Reality Tours

		Latin America Reality Tours
		Global Exchange's Latin America Reality Tours Program seeks to educate citizens of the Global North about the dynamic changes occurring within Latin America by shifting knowledge beyond the headlines and creating people-to-people ties with communities, organizations and individuals. Aiming to mobilize citizens in changing US foreign policy towards the region, the program foregrounds human rights within a framework of sustainable development and environmental justice. The delegations endeavor to foment lasting solidarity between Global North and South citizens and to increase participation in movements against corporate globalization and toward the creation of a more economically just hemisphere. Responsibilities: manage day-to-day operations: process applications transact payments handle incoming and outgoing mail data entry research and writing:update GX human rights literature for Latin America Reality Tours destinations and research and document recent human rights developments in various countires
		Cuba/South American Reality Tours
		Global Exchange's Cuba/South American Reality Tours seeks to expand knowledge of life and events in Cuba, Peru and Argentina, and to promote responsible travel to those nations. We endeavor to send as many people as possible to learn about the reality of life in Cuba despite Washington's more than 40-year economic blockade against that tiny nation. We organize delegations to Argentina to examine worker-run collectives that arose after Argentina's economic and social collapse after decades of neo-liberal economic policies promoted by Washington and the IMF and World Bank, as well as to experience that South American nation's rich cultural heritage. Global Exchange is currently organizing delegations to Peru to examine among other issues, human trafficking as well as to experience breathtaking scenery and an ancient culture. Interns will learn to: Promote trips Develop flyers and announcements Process applications Make airline reservations Develop programs Develop, revise and update country readers Devise marketing strategies