Currently, SEEC is working with ENGAGE to implement a network-wide internship program in the summer of 2010. Interns have been selected and many are already in place! The ENGAGE locations and their interns are listed below.
Washington DC (ENGAGE Network Coordinating):
Althea Smith
Kentucky (ESCR-US in collaboration with Kentuckians for the Commonwealth):
Liz Aeschlimann
Becky Goncharoff
Cecily Howell
New Orleans (with Our School at Blair Grocery):
Ana Kostioukova
Dan Hebert
South Carolina (with Spartanburg Educators for Empowered Communities):
Cash Nigro
Phil Mangis
Wisconsin (Regional organizing around food sovereignty):
David Noto
SEEC is very excited to have Cash and Phil working here in South Carolina this summer! Pictures coming soon!
The application is still linked below and contains more information on the program.
2010 ENGAGE Internship Common Application– Send this application to mandy@engagetheworld.org by MARCH 12, 2010.
2010 ENGAGE Internship Program– Introduction of the program, information about bases, and contact info for the application
Below, we encourage you to read more about the experience of SEEC interns. While each base’s interns will have a different experience, here is what some of our previous interns had to say about working with a local base of ENGAGE.
Caitlin Ryan, Intern Summer 2009
“Working with SEEC this summer, I was excited by the opportunity to see how organizing within a community really happens, and be part such an early stage of that type of work in Glendale. It was an invaluable experience to be part of a team and really feel able to take on significant responsbility and be considered a vital part of shaping the emerging goals, strategies and values that come into play when working with a community. As I think ahead to how I will build on the experience I had this summer, I know that through my experience with SEEC, I have been equipped to be not only a doer but an initiator of change in my own realms of influence.” –Caitlin Ryan
Stephanie Teatro, Summer Intern 2008
“Like most folks, when I returned from Thailand my head was spinning with questions and fears about what came next–where and how I wanted to work, when I’d be able to get back to Thailand, and the like. By working with SEEC and learning from their model I was able to more deeply understand and appreciate the power of staying in one place and organizing where we come from. ENGAGE internships allow returning students and interns to learn from those who’ve come before and see the different ways we can organize and build bases locally.” –Stephanie Teatro
