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

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

• Place outreach materials (flyers, posters, post cards, program guides) through the city and region to promote the festival, attract attendees, and recruit volunteers for the festival.
• Identify and attend outreach events, make phone calls, send e-mails, and visit universities, groups, and other non-profit organizations as part of your outreach efforts.
• Coordinate distribution of festival and volunteer materials & flyers for Green Festival with Regional Director and National Volunteer Director.

• Assist National Volunteer Director with volunteer management and setup needs in days leading up to the event.
• Assist National Volunteer Director with staff and volunteer management throughout the entire event.
• Work with other onsite event staff and managers to oversee and direct volunteers.
• Manage volunteer registration and facilitate the positioning of volunteers into assigned areas.
• Provide on-site training of staff and volunteers throughout the event.

• Assist with thank you letters and volunteer appreciation post event.
• Finalize work, organize files and emails, and prepare information for next year.

• Grassroots outreach and volunteer recruitment experience in the Bay Area is preferred; connectivity within the community and a working knowledge of valuable outreach and recruiting methods; willingness to distribute flyers throughout the city and surrounding region; willingness to attend recruiting and outreach events; ability to work independently with little supervision;
• Willingness to work cooperatively with Regional Director and National Volunteer Director outreach efforts and in securing volunteers for the Green Festival and providing on-site and post event support to National Volunteer Director.

• Learning the basics of Fair Trade production and distribution
• Familiarity with Fair Trade product, vendors and producer groups
• Outreach to Fair Trade vendors and customers in the planning of in-store events
• Coordination with Global Exchange main office and a wide network of bay area non-profits in the promotion of these events.
• Management of in-store events
• Campaigning for the importance of Fair Trade in the context of world trade systems Supporting store staff in the daily tasks of running a retail outlet

• Research skills
• Inside knowledge of Fair Trade product, vendors, producer groups and systems of operation.
• Networking and communication skills developed through outreach to customers, vendors, and the bay area non-profit community
• Event planning

• Become familiar with the inner workings of non-profit organizations
• Learn event planning, database management and outreach skills
• Develop promotional materials to build interest around the work of GX
• Have the opportunity to attend events in the community to engage new members
• Keep our existing members and donors informed on GX's work
• Research and evaluate prospective foundation and individual donors
• Learn the basics of donor relationship maintenance and correspondence, developing project budgets, and reporting deliverables
• Edit/Proof and edit donor proposals, reports and appeals
• Become familiar with the inner workings of non-profit organizations
• Gain an in-depth understanding of Global Exchange's mission and campaigns

• Self-motivated, detail-oriented individuals
• Some office experience and familiarity with Microsoft Office
• Passionate about human rights and social justice
• Interested in learning more about the non-profit sector

• Design and create e-newsletters related to upcoming Reality Tours delegations
• Conduct trip-specific and thematic outreach and marketing
• Assist in the creation of a range of marketing and outreach documents and materials
• Process and respond to feedback from previous RT participants
• Manage and update trip data and descriptions on the RT website
• Provide assistance as needed to RT regional program coordinators
• Represent Reality Tours at relevant events and festivals
• Perform administrative duties as needed, including data entry, assisting in RT mailings, and general office organization

• Professional skills in a fast-paced, non-profit work environment
• Writing, editing and web design skills relevant to marketing and outreach work.
• How to work independently with input from a variety of staff members
• An in depth understanding of social justice issues in RT destinations all over the world
• What it means to organize and participate in socially-responsible travel

• Ability to commit to 8-16 hours per week, for 3 months minimum
• An interest to learn, and to work with dedicated team of individuals
• An interest in international affairs, US foreign policy, travel
• Some language skills in assigned area are preferred
• Someone who takes initiative and can work independently
• Do not have to be a student
• These are UNPAID internships.

The community justice intern will engage in the following activities:

• Assist in empowering communities to challenge corporate power and establish community self-rule
• Help manage, prepare and participate in upcoming San Francisco-based (and potentially other CA) Democracy Schools
• Research CA community struggles against unwanted corporate projects and assaults as well as research around laws, and the rights of nature
• Outreach: Be a point of entry and ongoing contact to local communities to inform them of our unique approach and establish connections for possible organizing state wide, and work with GX staff to help organize communities throughout the state
• organize and schedule speaking and media opportunities
• manage rights-based website and develop and manage a growing listserv and databse of contacts research for publication in journals and media placement, with the potential for some writing including the GX newsletter, conducting interviews and other opportunities
• design flyers and outreach materials
• Otherwise support this cutting edge work with other duties as assigned based on skill set, and your goals!

• essential community organizing skills including identifying and breaking ground with potential new community activist partners, and actual on the ground organizing
• through participation in weekend-long training, "democracy school" and via other avenues, learn about the basis of rights-based organizing including learning the history of corporate power, about people's movements for RIGHTS; and the cutting edge work started through rights-based organizing to recognize the rights of nature (which has now become the basis for Ecuador's constitutional rights of nature provision)
• research and writing, learn to design outreach materials
• learn about local, state and federal law in the process of developing cutting edge ordinances that deny corporations' constitutional "rights" learn (or broaden) your skills at developing and managing web and list serv content much much more!

The Reality Tours department intern will primarily focus on planning our annual Scholarship Fundraiser. This annual fundraiser is put on to raise funds for our scholarship fund which enables low income communities and youth the ability to experience a Reality Tour.

Intern will:

• Solicit donations of food, drinks, auction/raffle prizes and funds for the fundraiser
• Create a flyer for the event
• Work on electronic outreach
• Put together the entertainment for the event: DJ, performers, speakers, etc
• Community outreach
• Day of event planning and organizing

Grind for the Green is a 4 part eco-music festival produced by youth for youth in the Bay Area. The goal of Grind for the Green is to provide a culturally relevant organizing approach to engaging people of color into the growing green economy. We are currently seeking 2 interns to assist with event coordination, youth trainings, internet research, phone calls and assisting in the production of a solar powered hip-hop concert.

The Fair Trade cocoa campaign will be continuing its work on three major initiatives: (1) outreach to teachers, schools, unions, school districts, parents, etc to arrange for Global Exchange's Fair Trade cocoa curriculum to be taught in hundreds of schools nationwide (2) developing a national network of parents and children advocating for Fair Trade and (3) a corporate campaign asking World's Finest Chocolate, Inc., to start selling a Fair Trade chocolate bar. More information about the campaign is available at www.globalexchange.org/cocoa.

Our Fair Trade internships give interns substantial responsibility for parts of our Fair Trade program. We are looking for self-starters with strong skills, to whom we can offer an exceptional internship opportunity with strong resume-building potential.

Intern projects may include:

• conduct research
• outreach by phone, email and in-person to engage activists in GX economic justice campaigns outreach to journalists to inform them about important developments on GX economic justice campaigns create materials on economic justice issues such as fact sheets, campaign postcards, teaching materials, flyers, press releases and web pages
• update and maintain sections of the GX website (no knowledge of HTML required)
• participate in campaign planning and brainstorming meetings
• other administrative duties, as needed

• basics of conducting economic justice and corporate campaigns
• campaign planning
• outreach techniques
• how to get the media's attention
• basics of website development and maintenance
• writing and researching skills
• how to work with grassroots activists

• writing press releases and public service announcements;
• calling reporters to "pitch" news stories and events;
• writing articles for the Global Exchange newsletter and various websites;
• updating the Global Exchange website (no HTML skills required);
• assisting in the website overhaul project;
• interacting with various Social Media channels to outreach and increase awareness and support Global Exchange news, events, and updates;
• assist with Global Exchange e-mail blasts;
• administrative tasks such as tracking and filing Global Exchange media hits; and more.