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Sisters in Strength Youth Organizing Program:

Sisters in Strength Youth Organizing is a year-long internship for teen girls of color living in low-income communities to learn grassroots organizing skills, develop their leadership abilities, and think critically about social justice issues and how to create social change. SIS confronts the multiple layers of individual and institutional discrimination that threatens the safety of girls and women through five core components:

1. Youth Leadership: Building and utilizing skills in grassroots organizing to address the multiple barriers to young women living lives of self-determination
2. Community Service: Mentoring middle school girls and boys to learn professionalism, build leadership skills, and increase community connection
3. Consciousness Raising: Challenging one’s self and influencing others to think critically about systems of oppression and the roles individuals and communities play in these systems
4. Social Growth and Identity: Gaining support in daily struggles while defining and working toward future goals
5. Education and Career: Asserting the importance of education and making education more accessible for young women of color

Job Title: SIS Intern

Objective: Objective: Girls for Gender Equity is seeking young women, ages 16-19 years old, to apply for a part-time, paid Community Organizing Internship (July 2009-June 2010) with our Sisters in Strength program. The internship will focus on Youth Leadership, Consciousness Raising, Social Growth and Identity, Education and Career, and Community Service. Interns receive a stipend of $8/hour to work up to 8 hours/week throughout the duration of the internship. Please email Vanessa at organizing@ggenyc.org with questions or to download the internship application CLICK HERE.

Applications are due in GGE’s office by 5pm on June 12, 2009. Late applications will not be accepted.



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