With Who: The Obama Foundation
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Dates: Spring 2020 (January 6 – May 8, 2020)
Position Description: This is a paid internship. Chicago is not only the place that President and Mrs. Obama met and raised their family — it’s also the site of the future Obama Presidential Center. This team aims to engage community members and civic leaders across the city to make Chicago a model and laboratory for the most innovative approaches to citizen engagement. Public Engagement interns will play an integral role in the Foundation’s ongoing engagement strategy centered around the Southside of Chicago. This full-time internship will begin on January 6, 2020, and end on May 8, 2020. The Foundation will provide interns with a modest stipend of $3,000 to support a portion of the expenses directly related to the internship.
Responsibilities:
- Assist the team with the planning and execution of community focused events
- Work with our Community Organizer to collect feedback from door to door canvassing and other outreach methods
- Assist with contact and data management within Salesforce
- Draft memos and other collateral as needed
- Community asset mapping
- Housing policies research
Application Deadline: Applications close on September 29th, 2019 at 8:00 pm.
Apply (or see more information): Submit your application via Handshake today! (If you don’t have a Handshake account, select to create an account on the internship preview webpage. Questions? Contact us at commdept@cofc.edu)