The Reproductive Rights Activist
Service Corps (RRASC) is a 10-week paid summer internship program sponsored by
the Civil Liberties
and Public Policy Program at Hampshire College. Undergraduate students
intern at reproductive rights and social justice organizations around the
country. Organizations work on a wide array of issues from reproductive health,
economic justice, immigrant rights, rights of indigenous peoples, LGBTQ rights,
human rights, intimate partner abuse, and mass incarceration.
Some of the participating
organizations include: Advocates for Youth, Sadie Nash Leadership Project,
National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, National Domestic Workers
Alliance, Political Research Associates, HealthRight International, Justice
Now, the Audre Lorde Project, Stonewall Youth, SisterSong Women of Color
Reproductive Justice Collective, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children,
Law Students for Reproductive Justice, Native American Women's Health
Education Resource Center, Tewa Women United, Religious Coalition for
Reproductive Choice, Prison Birth Project, National Latina Institute for
Reproductive Health, National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum, and the Sylvia
Rivera Law Project.
Locations include: Washington, DC,
New York, NY, Boston, MA, Atlanta, GA, Chicago, IL, New Orleans, LA,
Montgomery, AL, San Francisco/Oakland, CA, Los Angeles, CA, Denver, CO, Santa
Fe, NM, Lake Andes, SD, Olympia, WA, Amherst, MA, Burlington, VT
Internship stipend is $3300.
Eligibility requirements
- Must currently be an undergraduate student at a US college/university
- Must not be graduating in Spring/Summer 2015
- Must be able to attend the CLPP Conference in Amherst, MA, April 10-12, 2015 (CLPP will cover all travel costs for students who live outside of Western Massachusetts)
More information and an
application are available at: http://clpp.hampshire.edu/internship
Application deadline: January 15,
2015.
