ABOUT CITIZENS FOR GLOBAL SOLUTIONS
Vision: Citizens for Global Solutions envisions a future in which nations work together to abolish war, protect our rights and freedoms, and solve the problems facing humanity that no nation can solve alone. This vision requires effective democratic global institutions that will apply the rule of law while respecting the diversity and autonomy of national and local communities.

Mission: We are a membership organization working to build political will in the United States to achieve our vision. We do this by educating Americans about our global interdependence, communicating global concerns to public officials, and developing proposals to create, reform, and strengthen international institutions such as the United Nations.

ABOUT THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM *

We offer substantive internships to undergraduates, graduate students and recent graduates in our National Office in Washington, DC. All our internships are hands on and challenging.

With over 17,000 members nationwide and over a 55 year history, Citizens for Global Solutions staff, interns, and member activists carry out advocacy on issues within our program areas:

• U.S. Global Engagement: Promoting a multilateral foreign policy. Proposing reforms to make international decision-making more effective, transparent, accountable, and democratic.
• Communications: Drafting Press Releases, News Articles, Letters to the Editor on Program Issues and Pertinent Events
• Government Relations:
• International Law and Justice: Strengthening laws and institutions that protect human rights and help nations resolve disputes peacefully.
• Health, Poverty and Environment: Supporting global cooperative efforts to confront environmental and public health challenges.
• Outreach and Advocacy:

Under these program areas we have specific projects on Connecting the Global to Local Project, the World Federalist Institute, the International Criminal Court, Peace Operations, UN Reform, Community of Democracies, the Urban Environmental Accords and Responsibility to Protect.

Duties include:

• Attending coalition meetings
• Attending meetings with Congressional staffers on Capitol Hill.
• Writing press releases, fact sheets, and/or briefing papers
• Analyzing the voting patterns of Congress in regards to select international related votes
• Following election campaigns & Communicating with candidate election committees
• Creating, writing, and backstopping electronic advocacy initiatives (on-line petitions, etc.)
• Updating the Global Solutions website
• Helping with membership development (mailings, some phone work, etc…)

Requirements:

• Passion for learning and an interest in international issues
• Knowledge of U.S. politics and/or international affairs and/or journalism OR
• Interest/training in Electronic Advocacy/IT technology
• Excellent writing and oral communication skills
• General computer skills, some knowledge of HTML or FrontPage is a plus but not required

In addition to the many duties listed above, interns will learn much about current events and issues within each of our five major program areas. In addition, interns can learn about and work on the Citizens for Global Solutions Political Action Committee. This PAC is a nonpartisan membership-based advocacy organization that gets into the thick of things during a congressional election year. Staff and interns also regularly lobby members of the U.S. Congress and the Administration to support issues such as timely payments of U.S. assessments to the U.N., U.S. participation in U.N. peacekeeping missions, support for increased U.N. conflict prevention action capabilities, and U.S. participation in the International Criminal Court.


How to Apply

To apply, provide a cover letter (should include your days-per-week availability, as well as your start and end dates if you know them), resume, and a 3-5 page writing sample (this can be a portion of a larger paper and can be on any issue).

Send applications to:

internships@globalsolutions.org

Or by mail:

Citizens for Global Solutions
Att. Internship Program
418 7th St SE
Washington, DC 20003

Additional questions? Call: 202-546-3950