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WANW 2023 YOUTH AGAINST NUCLEAR WEAPONS INTERNSHIP

Start date: April 2023

Length of internship: 3-6 months

Compensation: $600/month stipend

Hours: 5-10 hours per week

Supervisor: WPSR Nuclear Weapons Abolition Program Organizer

Internship Position Description:

The mission of WPSR’s Nuclear Weapons Abolition program is to reduce and ultimately eliminate nuclear weapons and the threat they pose to human health and survival. We do this primarily through building a grassroots, coalition-based anti-nuclear movement that can effectively influence Members of Congress on our nuclear weapons policy priorities. We engage health professionals in this work, and play a key leadership role in a broad-based coalition across Washington State that mobilizes and organizes local communities to take action on the gravest threats to human health, including nuclear weapons. As preparation for the internship, our interns participate in monthly task force calls and do pre-reading to begin to learn background information issues related to nuclear weapons.

YANW is a youth movement dedicated to creating a safe and sustainable world that is free of nuclear weapons and their dire health consequences. Ending nuclear proliferation is a complex, multi-faceted problem, necessitating an intersectional approach led by frontline communities such as the Marshallese. We draw from both the long history of anti-war movements in the U.S. and the diverse perspectives of youth who will personally experience the consequences of future nuclear policy to inform our mission. Our purpose as the WANW Youth Front is to make the nuclear weapon abolition movement truly intergenerational; through coordinated actions, direct advocacy with elected representatives, and accessible educational material generation we amplify diverse youth perspectives to help prevent future nuclear violence.

To learn more, please visit the YANW Website. 

Qualifications:
Successful candidates will demonstrate:

  • Excellent communication skills

  • Initiative, resourcefulness, and the ability to be a self-starter

  • Willingness to proactively engage with and learn program content

  • Stellar people skills and the ability to work with diverse members of the Youth Against Nuclear Weapons group, and support participants in this grassroots movement

Duties:

  • Coordinate weekly meetings of YANW

  • Support the YANW committees including 1) outreach 2) pre-health and others that emerge

  • Serve as the primary liaison with Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility (WPSR) and Washington Against Nuclear Weapons (WANW) Coalition, attending meetings or coordinating with the staff of either group.

  • Support communication to the members of the youth front, including sending out resources and information and reminders for meetings

  • Support growing YANW, helping to give presentations about the YANW to other interested people, classes, clubs, and recruit new members to join

  • Report regularly on activities and progress 

How to apply:

  • To apply, please send a resume to wpsr@wpsr.org with a brief statement of your interest in the position. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and the position will remain open until filled. No phone calls please.

We seek to recruit and retain talented applicants from a diverse candidate pool. We especially welcome applicants who support our organization’s core values: science, sustainability, compassion, peace, justice, and equity. WPSR provides equal employment opportunities with no discrimination against any individual with respect to compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment because of race, color, age, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, or disability.

Thank you for your interest! To learn more about our organization, please visit www.wpsr.org.