Greetings!

My name is Andrew LaVogue and I am the campaign organizer for Environment Maine. This fall we are looking to hire a few interns to help us run our campaigns, and gain real world experience. One thing I can say is we involve our interns in our decisions, to empower them and teach them the non-profit world, and teach them what the political organizing world is like.

Our main campaign priority is building grassroot support in the state around the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and the Clean Power Plan, this means also getting leaders in the state to step up and take action on climate change and global warming. We know Maine has a rich history of environmentalism and we also know that our state feels the negative affects of global warming because of how fragile our environment is to the slightest change. Casco Bay, a gem of our region is the fastest warming body of water in the world, which threatens the biodiversity of our region and puts our state at risk of sea level rise.

This fall we are hiring interns for two main realms

Media Internship: Intern will compose Letter to the Editors, contact media about events we are having and organize volunteers to also write Letter to the Editors and Op-Eds

Political Intern(s): Intern will assist lead organizers with lobby visits with key politicians in our area. Track legislation from our key targets. Mobilize grassroots and local leader support on our issues.

I am hoping that you could forward these opportunities to your students, and I was also wondering if there was time in a class period for me to give a quick class pitch about our opportunities.
If any students are interested in jobs after graduation:

Jobs with Impact
Make Your Impact for Our Environment, Our Democracy and Our Future

If you are interested in joining a team of passionate people to make an impact on issues like global warming, clean water, big money’s influence over our democracy and other issues that matter to our future, consider a job with Impact.

Impact is a non-profit program of leading advocacy organizations, including Environment America and USPIRG, that runs grassroots campaigns. It’s a full-time, two-year commitment to work for our environment, our democracy and our future.
Impact is now accepting applications to join our team in August 2017! Our early application deadline is September 25th.
You can learn more and apply on our website or reach out to our Recruitment Director, Katie Otterbeck at [email protected].

All the best,
Andrew LaVogue
Campaign Organizer, Environment Maine
Work – (207)-253-1965
Cell – (330)-429-3319