Internships

Suggestions for Internships (WMST 300)

ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, is the nation's largest community organization of low- and moderate-income families, working together for social justice and stronger communities. ACORN's accomplishments include successful campaigns for better housing, schools, neighborhood safety, health care, job conditions, and more.
http://www.acorn.org/

Amos House provides direct assistance to people in need by offering resources that help them achieve greater stability and self-reliance in their lives.
http://www.amoshouse.com/

Elizabeth Buffum Chace House provides services for individuals and families affected by domestic abuse, through safe shelter, individual and group counseling, 24 hour crisis hotline, court advocacy, in-school programming and professional training and education.
http://www.ebccenter.org/

Domestic Abuse Advocacy Project (DAAP) places volunteers in a women's shelter and in the Providence district court as advocates for survivors of abuse. Shelter volunteers staff the shelter crisis line. Court volunteers work as advocates for women whose abusers are in the court system.

Dorcas Place assists low-income adults in realizing their full potential through literacy, employment, advocacy, and community involvement. Dorcas Place Parent Literacy Center helps parents, primarily single parents, develop the basic literacy skills necessary to live more self-directed lives. Teachers, instructors, college interns, and trained volunteers provide individual tutoring and classroom instruction.
http://www.dorcasplace.org/

Genesis Center is a multi-service organization offering a full range of services to immigrants and refugees from twenty-six countries. It assists South East Asian, Latino, and Eastern European refugee and immigrant adult learners.
http://www.gencenter.org/

International Institute of Rhode Island is an independent non-profit, serving immigrants and refugees, one family at a time, since 1921. It serves as a first-stop, full-service immigration referral center providing educational, legal, and social services to immigrants and refugees throughout Rhode Island and southeastern New England.
http://www.iiri.org/

Rhode Island Department of Health, Office of Women's Health, works to improve the health status of Rhode Island women and girls by advocating for resources and services which address women's health issues across the lifespan.
http://www.health.state.ri.us/disease/owh/index.php

Planned Parenthood of Rhode Island affords high quality and confidential family planning services, as well as reproductive health care, counseling and education to women and men of all ages.
http://www.ppri.org/

Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence assists and supports Rhode Island's shelters for battered women in statewide planning and development. The Coalition strives to provide comprehensive and cooperative solutions to the problems of homelessness and housing through advocacy, education, and selected direct service.
http://www.ricadv.org

The mission of the Rhode Island Commission on Women is to support women in achieving full equity in all areas of life, through the promotion of rights and opportunities for all women.
http://www.ricw.state.ri.us/

Sexual Assault and Trauma Resource Center of Rhode Island deals with issues of sexual assault as a community concern. Its mission is to address the issues of sexual assault and trauma through a comprehensive range of services, including intervention, treatment, education and prevention.
http://www.satrc.org/

Sojourner House is dedicated to furnishing support and advocacy to victims of domestic abuse.
http://www.sojourner-house.org

The Women's Center of Rhode Island provides safety and support to women and their children who are experiencing interpersonal abuse or homelessness due to personal crisis. It provides a comprehensive range of services that include residential, transitional and community based programs that provide opportunities for personal transformation.
http://www.womenscenterri.org/index.htm

WE LEARN promotes women's literacy as a tool for personal growth and social change through networking, education, action, and resource development. WE LEARN has received a $10,000 grant for 2006-2007 from the Women's Fund of Rhode Island to support Women Leading Through Reading Discussion Circles in the Providence area.
http://www.litwomen.org/welearn.html

Youth Pride offers support, advocacy and education for youth and young adults impacted by gender identity and sexual orientation.
http://www.youthpride-ri.org/youth/default.asp