Project Democracy is an exciting national initiative to train and mobilize young people to get involved and make student voices heard in the US .  Project Democracy has trained hundreds of students from across the country, and registered and educated nearly 30,000 voters on campuses nationwide.  Previous campaigns include a nationwide GOTV campaign for the fall 2004 elections, in which nearly 100,000 students were contacted to vote, and a national Clean Energy campaign to fight for a sensible energy policy in the United States .

Interns will work to organize students on campus to participate in Project Democracy programs, from campus voter registration and education, to voter mobilization.  Specifically, interns will:

• Recruit students to run Project Democracy programs on campus
• Work with leading progressive organizations to help coordinate advocacy work on issues that matter to student voters, like environment, good jobs, and affordable tuition
• Build infrastructure to run Project Democracy issue campaigns on campus as well as voter registration and mobilization campaigns for local or state elections.
• Register students to vote and work to increase student voting access on campus.

Project Democracy is looking for enthusiastic students who are willing to work hard to make democracy happen on your campus.  Here are some qualities we are looking for:

• Strong communication skills
• Interest in politics, elections, the environment, and/or other progressive issues.
• Demonstrated leadership abilities
• Strong organization skills
• Team spirit
• Belief that organizing can create social change
• Willingness to work hard

$1,500  per semester

To apply, send a resume and cover letter to seth_fiur@lcv.org.  Interviews and hiring will be conducted on a rolling basis. For more information call 202-454-4557.