Youth Activism
REMOTE INTERNSHIP
TurnUp Activism is a non-profit organization dedicated to strengthening our democracy through increasing youth civic engagement. We have registered 400,000 young voters since 2019.
Interns work in remote teams of mission-driven young people from around the country to help amplify youth civic engagement and participate in activism on many issues that you care about.
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ABOUT THE PROGRAM
The TurnUp Internship program is fully remote.
We start new interns at the beginning of each month.
We accept high school, college, and graduate students who apply.
We understand our community lives busy lives, so we allow our interns to have flexible time commitment. We ask interns to work between 5-30 hours/week.
Internship hours can count towards community service OR school credit.
We encourage interns to meet with and engage with our network of expert speakers and leading figures from a variety of fields.
SKILLS INTERNS DEVELOP
Interns develop more effective communication skills, professional leadership skills, critical thinking and writing expertise, equal and balanced collaboration across teams, public oration, and grassroots organizing techniques.
ABOUT THE CURRICULUM
Interns will perform functions in grassroots teams, participate in local voter registration and turn out projects, write summaries and reflections to share across teams and departments, and conduct research into the history of activism, civics, and social justice issues.
OUR BENEFITS
Interns will earn valuable letters of recommendation from team leaders and those they worked closest with, become eligible to win prizes and awards for inductees and widen their networking scope with a national organization.