Internship Sites
There are a number of exciting opportunities for students in the program. Students have:
- Recruited and coordinated volunteers for L.A. County Bike Coalition (www.labikecoalition.org)
- Tutored students and taught ESL and set up a computer lab at L.A. Leadership Academy (www.laleadership.org), a charter middle school dedicated to teaching students about social justice and improving academic skills
- Done assessments and referrals at Aids Project Los Angeles (www.apla.org)
- Done client intake and assisted with litigation at the Inner City Law Center
- Worked on neighborhood projects for a city council member (www.lacity.org/council/cd13/)
- Planned events and assisted at JUICE (www.rampartjuice.com), a hip hop center for youth
- Recruited churches to participate in the L.A. Interfaith Council to End Hunger & Homelessness (www.lacehh.org)
- Coordinated membership-building efforts of the Alliance of Church Based Community Developers (www.accdonline.org)
- Worked on a campaign to get congregations involves in issues faced by the working poor with Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice (www.cluela.org)
- Gathered community stories at Cornerstone Theater (www.cornerstonetheater.org), a multi-ethnic, ensemble-based theater company that exists to build bridges between and within diverse communities in L.A.
We have connections with many organizations who are doing good work and who are eager to help an intern learn by doing. For more information on L.A. Term internships, contact us.
