{"id":7030,"date":"2018-02-05T19:18:50","date_gmt":"2018-02-05T19:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/researchbdev.wpengine.com\/environmental-studies-newsletter\/?p=7030"},"modified":"2018-02-05T22:22:09","modified_gmt":"2018-02-05T22:22:09","slug":"summer-internship-environmental-health-internship-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/environmental-studies-newsletter\/internship\/summer-internship-environmental-health-internship-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Internship: Environmental Health Internship, accepting applications"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Environmental Health Internship<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourhealthyfuture.org\/\"> Environmental Health Strategy Center<\/a> is seeking talented, hard-working, passionate candidates to work on local and national campaigns to protect communities from chemicals linked with cancer, asthma, and other health problems. <\/em><em>\u00a0This is a great opportunity to get hands-on experience working in a fast-paced, multi-disciplinary, science-based policy organization and build your skills in community organizing, environmental health policy, and campaign advocacy.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><u>Activities may include:<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Work on local and national policy campaigns<\/li>\n<li>Build relationships with target constituencies such as cancer-affected communities, local businesses, and parent groups<\/li>\n<li>Organize outreach events such as films and workshops<\/li>\n<li>Recruit activists to join rallies and media events<\/li>\n<li>Reach out to supporters to take action through phone calls, emails, and social media<\/li>\n<li>Conduct outreach at fairs and festivals throughout the state of Maine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>Qualifications:<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Outstanding communication skills<\/li>\n<li>Demonstrated work ethic<\/li>\n<li>Strong team player<\/li>\n<li>Highly motivated and able to work independently<\/li>\n<li>Serious commitment to social justice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>Hours and compensation:<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Full and part time positions available. This is an unpaid position, however we are happy to work with students to secure institutional funding and\/or course credit. <strong>Bowdoin Career Planning Center may have funding for this internship.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Applications will be reviews on a rolling basis until positions are filled- the window to accept applications is usually January-March.<\/strong> Please send a resume and a cover letter detailing your interest, skills, and experience &#8212; we want to know who you are, what you\u2019re interested in, and what strengths you would bring to our work. Feel free to include a writing sample (optional). Send to Emily Postman at epostman (at) <a href=\"mailto:epostman@preventharm.org\">preventharm.org<\/a>. You can also feel free to contact me with any questions you have throughout the application process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Environmental Health Internship The Environmental Health Strategy Center is seeking talented, hard-working, passionate candidates to work on local and national campaigns to protect communities from chemicals linked with cancer, asthma, and other health problems. \u00a0This is a great opportunity to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/environmental-studies-newsletter\/internship\/summer-internship-environmental-health-internship-in\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":114,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fellowships","category-internship"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/environmental-studies-newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/environmental-studies-newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/environmental-studies-newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/environmental-studies-newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/114"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/environmental-studies-newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/environmental-studies-newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7030\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/environmental-studies-newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/environmental-studies-newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/environmental-studies-newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}