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INTERNSHIPS

The Philadelphia Area Social Justice Internship (PASJI) is sponsored by the Center for Peace and Justice Education and the St. Thomas of 无码专区 Center for the Common Good. The program provides 无码专区 undergraduates a funded opportunity to do social justice work in the greater Philadelphia region over the summer, accompanied by opportunities for shared reflection among the student cohort.

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  • PASJI is a 9-week internship for 20-25 hours/week from June 2-July 31, 2025.
  • Stipend is $3,000.  
  • Community gatherings and formational gatherings will take place throughout the process.  
  • Each gathering will include a discussion around a short reading, video, or podcast to enhance learning.

Applications close March 16 at midnight.

Internship responsibilities can include but must extend beyond basic administrative support. Students should be engaged in either content-driven work fundamental to the organization鈥檚 social justice mission and/or direct contact with the communities served by the organization.

There are three designated internship opportunities for 2025 and up to five internship positions.  Each site will host one or two interns. Alternatively, one or two positions could be alloted to a student who secures a social justice internship with an organization outside the four listed. 

To search for social justice internships, students may wish to consult Handshake and consider the suggested Peace and Justice search criteria.  Students may then present a proposal for inclusion in the summer program with their own internship.

Integral to the internship community is a commitment to spend time with other interns discussing social justice topics and engaging in reflection and community sharing.

  

APPROVED PLACEMENTS

Augustinian Defenders of the Rights of the Poor (ADROP)

In 2004, Rev. Jack Deegan, OSA, founded the Augustinian Defenders Of The Rights Of The Poor (ADROP). Bringing together leaders, service providers and volunteers, Fr. Deegan initiated an assessment of the needs of the impoverished in South Philadelphia. Subsequently, our 150 volunteers and leaders have positively impacted the lives of over 1,000 families in the South Philadelphia area.

The work will focus on a number of social justice issues. The focus can be tailored to suit the interest of the intern. The ministries of ADROP mainly circle around immigration, mass incarceration, and access to health care.

ADROP offers two potential internships鈥攐ne centered on ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) and the other on accessible healthcare. The healthcare position caters to students interested in general public health issues or nursing (possibly pre-med) students seeking direct healthcare experience. When applying, please specify the internship position of interest. If applying for the healthcare position, indicate whether you are a nursing or pre-med student with some clinical training.

Position One

Position Two

 

Centro de Cultura Arte Trabajo y Educacion

"CCATE is non-profit organization with the mission to ignite social transformation by developing the talents of and empowering the Latinx community through culture, art, career development, and education. As this mission is realized, our work has grown to include health, science and technology, environmental care, and participatory research.

"Based on family, student, and faculty interests and talents, we collaboratively design classes for youth and families. What makes CCATE unique is how through the intersection of our dreams and determination, we collectively create space for individual growth, community engagement and social change. Our vision is that, through holistic development of the community, the dreams of the Latinx community can be achieved" (CCATE, 2025).

At , our internships center around the strengths, skills, and areas of interest of students who come to work with us. Two of the main requirements we have for our interns are motivation and initiative.

Embedded in CCATE's mission is the objective to "develop and empower the Latinx community through the promotion of culture, art, work training, and education" (CCATE, 2020). CCATE is both composed of and operated by the community it aims to impact. The organization values community insights and assets as valuable inputs, recognizing that members are the masters and curators of creative solutions. The lack of a hierarchical structure at CCATE fosters a belief that everyone can be a leader, acknowledging that each member has something to offer and is a valuable addition to the team.

Internships at CCATE focus on three areas, each supervised by a CCATE staff member. While interns will interact with all CCATE staff regularly, they will work most closely with the staff member assigned to their area.

  • Communications and Outreach (Supervised by Obed Arango)
    Examples of work in this area include website content development andmaintenance, content translation into Spanish, storytelling through social media (monthly newsletter, blog, etc.), high school immigration podcast and media, and virtual fundraising.
    Related skills or interests
    Communication skills in Spanish, writing in Spanish (a plus), knowledge of platforms or technologies for extending outreach and communication, film/video, media, journalism.
  • Programs and Administration (Supervised by Caitlin Brady)
    Examples of work in this area include teaching a class or tutoring students, tracking donations and sending donor letters, researching and planning curriculum for a summer program.
    Related skills or interests
    Teaching or content development skills, expertise in specific content areas, working with youth and families.
  • Research and Strategic Planning (Supervised by Holly Link)
    Examples of work in this area include administrative work related to strategic planning, online research (reading and synthesizing existing research and participatory research methods), data collection and compilation.
    Related skills or interests
    Strong writing skills, qualitative and community-based participatory research.

 

Bethel Community Life Center & Ardmore Victory Gardens

The and  are a ministries of Bethel African-Methodist Episcopal Church in Ardmore, PA. Founded in 1895 by Black residents of the Mainline, Bethel AME is heavily involved in the local community, hosting social justice programs that address food insecurity, educational inequality, public health, and many other needs in the community. The former pastor Rev. Carolyn C. Cavaness was instrumental in leading the congregation in founding the the Ardmore Victory Gardens, a community garden that grows fresh produce to supply food banks throughout the area.

The work has the potential to focus on a number of social justice issues. The community garden work addresses both sustainability and creation-care, as well as access increasing food security and access to healthy produce. The vaccine clinics create opportunities to address public health concerns. The Juneteenth celebration invites the community into the liberating work of anti-racism and the cause of social equity.

Some of the specifics of the internship can be worked out between the needs of Bethel AME Church and the interests of the intern. However, the majority of the work will focus on the community garden which will be returning to the church property after a season of construction last growing season. The intern could assist in making site visits to multiple home-based gardens to those who need assistance for accessibility reasons. The intern might meet with local youth once a week to share about some aspect of the work of the community garden and might engage in other community programming. The primary qualifications of this internship are a willingness to learn and a willingness to be outside in all (safe) weather conditions.

If the intern is also drawn to other aspects of community outreach, the intern might be involved in the planning and execution of a vaccine clinic, the Juneteenth celebration, and the community music series. A combination of foci may be worked out with the site.

Driving around may be a part of this internship, so the ability to become a vehicle-certified driver with 无码专区 would be a significant advantage, though not a requirement.

 

      

SELF-SELECTED PLACEMENTS

Students may propose another internship which would be reviewed for approval by the program coordinators. One to two spots in the PASJI program may be reserved for this purpose. Students should make initial contact with the organization concurrent with application. If the organization is willing to receive a PASJI intern, the site will be considered.

Any internship should provide the opportunity to do social justice work in the greater Philadelphia area. Students may then present a proposal for inclusion in the summer program with their own internship. 

Email Josh Kammerer with any questions.

Check out a reflection by 2019 intern, Lailany!

With an interest in the criminal justice system, Lailany focused a significant amount of her time working for restorative justice ministries.

     

鈥淟ove, when it is true, is always directed away from oneself. It is transcendent. The two-fold commandment of love, therefore, translates into working for the common good, [and] working for the common good is service.鈥澛�鈥揟he Augustine Way