Intern with ANSWER Chicago
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Learn valuable organizing skills interning with us this summer or fall. Be a part of building an independent people's movement to stop war, racism and all forms of oppression. Help organize to end colonial occupation in Iraq, Palestine, Afghanistan, Haiti, and everywhere.

Join the struggle for social justice in our communities and all over the world. This winter, spring and beyond ANSWER will continue to organize and support a wide variety of progressive actions, including protests against the war in Iraq. ANSWER is involved in the people's movement in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Washington DC, all over the US and all over the world.

ANSWER uses a diversity of tactics and strategies to build, sustain, expand and deepen the new anti-war, anti-racist, pro-justice movement that has emerged. In addition to helping build protest marches, interns have the opportunity to gain experience through organizing various ANSWER projects, including:

* Monthly ANSWER Chicago Forums
* Labor, Community, and Youth Organizing
* The ANSWER Chicago Outreach Committee
* Coalition Organizing
* Internet Organizing
* Public Speaking
* Research
* Office Management

Qualifications
Passion to work with others to build the social justice movement. No experience required. Experience in multicultural and diverse gender environments is helpful. Bilingual skills are helpful, but not necessary. General knowledge of computers and community organizing experience is helpful. Applicants of all ages are welcome.

Time Requirements
We encourage interns to commit to 8 to 25 hours a week for a 4 to 6 week minimum. We are, however, pretty flexible. ANSWER is a volunteer based organization. This internship is unpaid.

About the ANSWER Coalition
ANSWER’s national steering committee represents groups that have campaigned against U.S. intervention in Latin America, the Caribbean, the Middle East, Asia and Africa, and for social and economic justice for workers and poor people in the U.S. ANSWER is the leading anti-imperialist coalition in the U.S. anti-war movement.

ANSWER has been key in organizing the historic anti-war demonstrations of the last 4 years.

ANSWER counts dozens of international affiliates. From the inception of the coalition, our strategy has been to link with movements in other countries, to create, sustain and expand a united front of local, national and international dissent and opposition to the US government and corporate elite's drive for racist war and occupation and more assaults on civil liberties. For a list of prominent endorsers of the coalition or its initiatives, see the ANSWER website.
 
Building Community Activist Leaders
ANSWER’s internship program includes a mentoring system and programs to raise awareness among activists of historical and current political developments, fighting racism and all forms of bigotry, the struggle for self-determination for oppressed peoples and how these issues affect our society and impact the struggle for peace and social justice.