General Intern
Location: Remote or hybrid, Washington DC
Salary: $17.95 per hour
The Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth is hiring an intern for the Summer 2025 term! Founded in 2009, the CFSY works to ban juvenile life without parole in the United States, and create opportunities for those directly impacted by extreme sentencing to thrive and lead. Interns work up to 19 hours a week in a part-time position for a 12-week term, and assist the CFSY staff by responding to letters from incarcerated individuals, assisting with communications projects, and performing program support and administrative tasks. College credit eligibility can be provided upon successful completion of the internship. Over the course of the employment period, interns will become familiar with national and state efforts to end juvenile life without parole and other extreme sentences for children.
The Summer 2025 Internship will be remote or hybrid.
The intern reports to the Outreach & Advocacy Associate and works across each department over the course of their term. This internship is separate from our legal internship, but law students are encouraged to check back for future opportunities.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Work with the legal team to respond to letters and inquiries from individuals who are incarcerated (Note: Some letters and inquiries from individuals who are incarcerated may contain graphic subject matter, including descriptions of traumatic experiences and sexual violence.)
- Perform administrative tasks such as filing, data entry, working within Salesforce, Microsoft Word & Excel, and Mailchimp
- Represent the CFSY at various virtual or in person juvenile and criminal justice meetings/events
- Assist with donor prospect research
- Support communications, strategic partnerships, and movement building team projects
- Provide research support for legal/policy team
- Assist with event planning
- Perform other duties as assigned
