Center for Community Change Summer Internship

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The Center for Community Change Summer Policy Intern will play a role in helping to research, develop and advance policy and legislative proposals relating to existing and future priority areas identified by CCC and grassroots groups around the country. Current priorities include poverty reduction, immigration reform, Social Security, and addressing the crisis of mass incarceration. S/he will be part of the Policy Team at CCC which is responsible for working with other CCC staff and local organizations to advance CCC’s legislative agenda before Congress and the Administration, as well as supporting CCC and local groups’ efforts to advance policy initiatives at the state and local levels.  Work will be done in close coordination with CCC’s communications and organizing staff and will also involve work with other DC-based national organizations that are working on priority issues.

This position may do occasional work for CCC’s sister organization, the Center for Community Change Action.

Principal Responsibilities:

  • Conduct policy and legislative research in support of CCC and partner initiatives to impact national, state and local policies.
  • Track national, state and local policy and legislative developments and activities relevant to CCC priorities.
  • Work closely with Policy Team staff on a range of projects relating to research and development of policy issues and campaigns at the state or local level.
  • Help keep CCC staff and partner groups updated on relevant policy/legislative developments.
  • Help develop and disseminate relevant information to national and local partners, policy makers, the media and communities.

Qualifications:

  • Commitment to CCC’s mission of helping low-income people develop the power and capacity to improve their communities and bring about broader social change.
  • Experience in policy and legislative research.
  • Excellent research, writing, and oral communication skills.
  • The ability to work under deadlines, and produce consistent, quality work in a fast-paced environment.
  • Well organized and attentive to details.

This position reports to: Director of Public Policy or the Deputy Director of Public Policy

To apply, please submit a letter of interest/cover letter, a resume, and a writing sample to Ferentz Lafargue Director of the Davis Center by Thursday, April 7th.

About the Center for Community Change

The Center for Community Change is a national social justice non-profit organization headquartered in Washington, D.C.  Founded in 1968 to honor the life and values of Robert F. Kennedy, our mission is to build the power and capacity of low-income people, especially low-income people of color, to have a significant impact in improving their communities and the policies and institutions that affect their lives.

The Center for Community Change is committed to help build powerful and dynamic movements in diverse communities across America that will be the impetus for creating a society in which everyone has enough to thrive and achieve their full potential.  Inspired by a belief in the dignity of all people, the Center has been instrumental in the fight for comprehensive and fair immigration reform, a push for a bold jobs agenda, and protecting essential retirement security programs. The Center played a major role in recent positive changes to immigration laws that will keep thousands of immigrant families together. Our Housing Trust Fund Project has helped bring affordable housing to millions of people.

For further information please visit our website at: www.communitychange.org