community engagement intern
WOCArchive Community Engagement Intern
The Community Engagement Intern will support all programs and projects at WOCArchive in the conceptualization, creation, and facilitation of our social media accounts and annual WOCArchive Art Exhibition & Workshop.
The Women of Color Archive (WOCArchive) is an intergenerational visual & aural based project that seeks to preserve the stories of our matriarchs of color in New York City and beyond.
This position will play an exciting role in our new community-based initiatives, including programming developed for the expansion of our collage + oral based workshops, as well as the production of notable women of color interviews, digital exhibition walkthroughs, cataloging archival interviews, creating social media content and more.
Ideal candidates will have experience creating social media content and facilitating workshops.
To apply, please send a brief paragraph summarizing your relevant credentials, and a short response (no more than 100 words) to your connection to women of color histories, along with links to 1-3 work samples to
wocarchive [at] gmail [dot] com
by Friday April 7th.
Internship Terms
Term dates: June 5th to August 12, 2023
Unpaid internship with flexible 20 hour work week*
*hours will vary on scheduled workshop across the five boroughs
Role and Responsibilities
The person in this role will be rotating through programming, our communications, and our executive/development coordinator to acquire a comprehensive understanding of the ways these positions work individually and collectively to support the WOCArchive. In the last half of the term, the intern will self direct and manage an independent project with support and collaboration of team members.
The role will also support the ongoing development of WOCArchive programs in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to:
General network administration and communications
Pitch ideas for fall programming and support the creation and facilitation of the annual art exhibition and workshop
Research social media trends and connect with community based organizations on: oral histories, art, and femme/women stories
Coordinate and facilitate at least one collage + oral history workshop
Ideate and execute social media strategy
Qualifications
Our ideal candidate is a visionary self-starter, who loves to work from theory to praxis. Our best interns have proposed and designed their own bold initiatives in response to our mission and core values.
Some qualifications include:
Must be a currently enrolled college student or a high school student graduating in the Spring of 2023
Experience ideating, creating, and producing social media content
Ability to organize many moving parts and maintain a legible and transferable note-keeping and status update system
A fun and willing attitude to get into both the ideas and gears of the WOCArchive mission and vision
Patience and grace when working with our talented and diverse community members
