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Internships For Peace Studies Students

Every Peace Studies major is required to do an internship for credit as part of their program.  Each student chooses an appropriate internship in consultation with the Director of the Peace Studies program.

Students may do a part-time internship during a fall or spring semester, or may use the January term or summer break to do a full-time internship.  Students are also invited to consider a semester-long internship in Washington, DC, or as part of a Study Abroad Semester.

Students looking for internships should consider the following resources:

1.  Professor Groarke has created a web list to help students find internships working in the public interest. This page  also has useful basic information on internships.  Be sure to check this page out  -  it may have some opportunities of interest to you.

2. Many non-profit organizations list their internships on Idealist http://www.idealist.org.  You can search for internships geographically, or by issue area (human rights, environmental, etc.) or by skills needed.

3. Consider some of the organizations other Peace Studies major have recently interned at.  These include:

• September Eleventh Families for Peaceful Tomorrow, http://www.peacefultomorrows.org
• City at Peace,   http://www.cityatpeace.org
• NYU Center for War, Peace and the News Media  http://www.nyu.edu/cwpnm

4.  Many significant organizations working on issues of peace and justice are located in the New York City area.  Amnesty International, Doctors      Without Borders, Human Rights Watch, the War Resisters League, Pax Christi and MADRE all have New York offices.  Many non governmental organizations at the UN accept interns (apply early).  The Fellowship of Reconciliation, an interfaith peace organization, is located not far away in Westchester County.  If there's an organization whose work interests you, look them up and see if they might be able to host you as an intern.

5.  You don't necessarily have to do your internship in the New York City area.  Consider spending a summer or semester elsewhere in the country or the world, working on an internship or field project.

6.  Talk to Professor Groarke about your interest.  If you can tell me what issues are of particular interest to you, or what kind of career path you would like to explore, I may be able to help you find the right internship.

7.  Be sure you are on Professor Groarke's mailing list of peace majors and minors.  As opportunities arise, I use this list to notify you of them.  If you don't ever get e-mails from me, you probably aren't on the list. E-mail:  margaret.groarke@manhattan.edu

 

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