Want to learn how to organize around an issue to help change government policy? This part-time internship is your opportunity.
These are learn-by-doing positions. Be prepared to knock on doors, write email blasts, call strangers and schedule meetings.
There are a few projects that my firm is working on for free. I'm setting up three internships this summer for people who want to take the lead on one of the three projects and make it their own. They are unpaid, part-time positions based in Chicago with a lot of the work happening from home. These are ideal for self-starters who want to get some real experience in political organizing.
Progressive Public Affairs is my lobbying company and I'm working on a few initiatives (without getting paid which is why I can legally offer this unpaid internship). Pick the one you want to work on and convince me why I should entrust you with this opportunity.
1. Organizing transit riders and businesses to support HB2802
Imagine a law that makes it cheaper for people to buy their public transportation passes. What a win, right? Well, I've been working on Representative Theresa May's bill to do that in Chicagoland, HB2802, and this summer, assuming the Senate passes it, we are going to have to do a ton of organizing to make sure Governor Bruce Rauner doesn't veto the bill. The successful applicant will have figured out what the bill does before applying and will have a few ideas about how to identify and mobilize transit riders in support of the bill. Be prepared for lots of time standing outside train stations recruiting supporters by passing out materials that you will have written.
2. A Democratic employers organization. Check out IllinoisEmployers.org and if you like the idea of recruiting the people who actually employ the majority of Americans (not just big business) in support of the Democratic agenda (which results in actually helping employers), this is the organizing position for you. I'm really tired of the Chamber of Commerce campaigning against the Affordable Care Act in the name of business when the law has been great for my business and millions more (just not the insurance company businesses). This is a chance to build up a voice and an organization to counter the outdated ideas from Republican-supporting business organizations.
3. Climate Emergency Response. It's bad, isn't it? Well, we can do something about it, even while the Trump Administration makes things much worse. Check out www.ClimateEmergencyResponse.org and if you like working on those ideas, be prepared to visit local governments and pitch them on implementing these ideas. Set up meetings with supporters, write a blog post every day and get these ideas out in circulation.
Stephen King said if you want to be a writer, write. If you want to learn how to organize for progressive causes, organize.
These are learn-by-doing positions. Be prepared to knock on doors, write email blasts, call strangers and schedule meetings.
There are a few projects that my firm is working on for free. I'm setting up three internships this summer for people who want to take the lead on one of the three projects and make it their own. They are unpaid, part-time positions based in Chicago with a lot of the work happening from home. These are ideal for self-starters who want to get some real experience in political organizing.
Progressive Public Affairs is my lobbying company and I'm working on a few initiatives (without getting paid which is why I can legally offer this unpaid internship). Pick the one you want to work on and convince me why I should entrust you with this opportunity.
1. Organizing transit riders and businesses to support HB2802
Imagine a law that makes it cheaper for people to buy their public transportation passes. What a win, right? Well, I've been working on Representative Theresa May's bill to do that in Chicagoland, HB2802, and this summer, assuming the Senate passes it, we are going to have to do a ton of organizing to make sure Governor Bruce Rauner doesn't veto the bill. The successful applicant will have figured out what the bill does before applying and will have a few ideas about how to identify and mobilize transit riders in support of the bill. Be prepared for lots of time standing outside train stations recruiting supporters by passing out materials that you will have written.
2. A Democratic employers organization. Check out IllinoisEmployers.org and if you like the idea of recruiting the people who actually employ the majority of Americans (not just big business) in support of the Democratic agenda (which results in actually helping employers), this is the organizing position for you. I'm really tired of the Chamber of Commerce campaigning against the Affordable Care Act in the name of business when the law has been great for my business and millions more (just not the insurance company businesses). This is a chance to build up a voice and an organization to counter the outdated ideas from Republican-supporting business organizations.
3. Climate Emergency Response. It's bad, isn't it? Well, we can do something about it, even while the Trump Administration makes things much worse. Check out www.ClimateEmergencyResponse.org and if you like working on those ideas, be prepared to visit local governments and pitch them on implementing these ideas. Set up meetings with supporters, write a blog post every day and get these ideas out in circulation.
Stephen King said if you want to be a writer, write. If you want to learn how to organize for progressive causes, organize.