Advocates for Human Rights
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Advocates For Human Rights 1. Briefly explain your organization and the general work done there. The Advocates for Human Rights is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and protecting human rights. Through cutting-edge research, education, and advocacy, The Advocates saves lives, fights injustice, restores peace, and builds the human rights movement in the United States and around the world. 2. What social issues does your organization address? The Advocates for Human Rights helps individuals fully realize their human rights in the United States and around the world. For over 25 years, The Advocates innovative programming has touched the lives of refugees and immigrants, women, ethnic and religious minorities, children, and other marginalized communities whose rights are at risk. The Advocates strengthens accountability mechanisms, raises awareness, and fosters tolerance. Adapting traditional human rights methodologies to conduct cutting-edge research, The Advocates has produced 75 reports documenting human rights practices in 25 countries. See: http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/Our_Programs.html for more information 3. How are volunteers/interns involved in your organization? The Advocates for Human Rights is a volunteer-based organization. As such, it relies upon hundreds of volunteers teachers, lawyers, artists, students, doctors, and community leaders who generously share their time, energy, and expertise each year. The Advocates for Human Rights also accepts interns for the spring, summer, fall, and shorter terms (months of August, December/January, and May) in each of its different programs. 4. What do you ask of volunteers/interns in terms of time, flexibility and commitment? Interns play an integral role by assisting with activities such as research, writing, client service, media development, translation, or event planning as well as administrative tasks in our projects and programs. Interns are asked to commit 8-12 hours per week (during the school year) or 20-40 hours per week (during summer). All volunteer positions are filled on an as-need basis. The Advocates internships do not offer financial compensation nor assistance with housing or transportation. Interns should thoroughly review The Advocates website and understand the different program areas before applying for an internship. Interns are asked to submit a resume, writing sample, and a completed internship application form (available on the website) by the internship deadline listed. We have fall, spring and summer internships that roughly follow school calendars.In Addition: we seek interns for the month of mid-December to mid-January and for the month of August. Interns can apply for these
internships specifically or extend them onto a fall, spring, or summer internship. If an intern is able to extend his or her internship, please note this on the application form. Internship applications are accepted on a rolling basis up until the deadline. Again, each program has its own internship deadlines; please check each internship description below to learn exact deadlines. Interns applying for an outside fellowship (i.e. he or she will have a source of outside funding while you intern at The Advocates) through their school or a fellowship program, such as the Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellowship or Equal Justice Works, must submit your application materials to The Advocates at least 4 weeks in advance of the deadline for the fellowship application. For example, if the fellowship application deadline is February 15th, then the prospective intern must have their application submitted to The Advocates by January 15th. If you are applying for a fellowship, please use the application form and note that you applying for a fellowship, both on the application and in the subject line of the email you send submitting your application. Proposed fellowships must be directly related to The Advocates' program areas. For more information see: http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/Internships_and_Fellowships. html 5. What skills do you look for in volunteers/interns? The skills The Advocates looks for in volunteers/interns varies, but in general, we seek interns with strong research, writing and analytical skills; an ability to work independently and as part of a team; be self-directed; professionalism and good interpersonal skills; strong organizational and leadership skills; sensitivity to diverse cultures; detail-oriented; able to meet deadlines; proficiency in a second language, such as Spanish, French, Amharic, Somali, and; a commitment and interest in human rights.
internships specifically or extend them onto a fall, spring, or summer internship. If an intern is able to extend his or her internship, please note this on the application form. Internship applications are accepted on a rolling basis up until the deadline. Again, each program has its own internship deadlines; please check each internship description below to learn exact deadlines. Interns applying for an outside fellowship (i.e. he or she will have a source of outside funding while you intern at The Advocates) through their school or a fellowship program, such as the Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellowship or Equal Justice Works, must submit your application materials to The Advocates at least 4 weeks in advance of the deadline for the fellowship application. For example, if the fellowship application deadline is February 15th, then the prospective intern must have their application submitted to The Advocates by January 15th. If you are applying for a fellowship, please use the application form and note that you applying for a fellowship, both on the application and in the subject line of the email you send submitting your application. Proposed fellowships must be directly related to The Advocates' program areas. For more information see: http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/Internships_and_Fellowships. html 5. What skills do you look for in volunteers/interns? The skills The Advocates looks for in volunteers/interns varies, but in general, we seek interns with strong research, writing and analytical skills; an ability to work independently and as part of a team; be self-directed; professionalism and good interpersonal skills; strong organizational and leadership skills; sensitivity to diverse cultures; detail-oriented; able to meet deadlines; proficiency in a second language, such as Spanish, French, Amharic, Somali, and; a commitment and interest in human rights.
