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The Communication Initiative
After nearly 28 years, The Communication Initiative (The CI) Global is entering a new chapter. Following a period of transition, the global website has been transferred to the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in South Africa, where it will be administered by the Social and Behaviour Change Communication Division. Wits' commitment to social change and justice makes it a trusted steward for The CI's legacy and future.
 
Co-founder Victoria Martin is pleased to see this work continue under Wits' leadership. Victoria knows that co-founder Warren Feek (1953–2024) would have felt deep pride in The CI Global's Africa-led direction.
 
We honour the team and partners who sustained The CI for decades. Meanwhile, La Iniciativa de Comunicación (CILA) continues independently at cila.comminitcila.com and is linked with The CI Global site.
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Africa Action - Public Education and Mobilization Internship

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Africa Action offers academic semester and summer internships for undergraduate and graduate students in Washington, DC, United States. Interns will develop a more comprehensive understanding of how an Africa advocacy organization utilizes policy analysis and organizing to affect national policy.

An internship at Africa Action will provide participants an opportunity to support the organization's current work, focused on three primary campaigns: to cancel Africa's debt; to end the HIV/AIDS crisis in Africa; and to support peace and justice in Darfur and all of Sudan. All Africa Action interns will have the opportunity to participate in meetings with a range of other non-profit organizations working on related issues.

Interns in this department will:

  • Support the department staff to implement Africa Action's national mobilization strategy
  • Help organize at least one public outreach event to raise awareness on Africa Action’s campaigns. This could be anything from organizing a public meeting, workshop, film screening, or concert, to a poetry slam
  • Edit and produce an issue of Just Action, the bi-monthly Africa Action Student Network newsletter. Interns will have an opportunity to gain experience in writing, editing, and conducting interviews for the newsletter
  • Develop an individual project and conduct research, with staff assistance, on a topic of interest and produce a short public education resource in a popular style such as a factsheet, set of talking points, or poster
  • Creatively use alternative media and internet tools such as Facebook, Youtube, Myspace, and blogging to further Africa Action's public education and mobilization goals
  • Assist staff in building the Africa Action Student Network and Religious Action Network constituencies

Fall/Winter internships run from September through December.
Winter/Spring internships run from January/February through May.
Summer internships run from June through August.

Click here for more information about these internships.

Source

Africa Action website, September 17 2010.