Barakat
http://barakatworld.org/Get-Involved/Volunteer-or-Intern.html
Barakat exists to strengthen the fundamental human rights to education in South
and Central Asia by providing exemplary basic education, increasing access to
higher education and advancing literacy, particularly for women and children.
(Other categories: International)
Better Lesson
http://betterlesson.com/
BetterLesson was founded by a group of teachers from Atlanta and Boston public
schools to connect educators and help them create, organize, and share their
curricula. We are focused on aggregating and scaling the most innovative content
and practices from high-performing teachers across the country.
Cambridge Community Services
http://cambridgecommunity.org/internship.htm
Cambridge Community Services (CCS), established in 1938, is a private non-profit
community-based organization. Its mission is to identify human service needs in
Cambridge, and to develop innovative strategies and programs that can be
instituted as ongoing resources in this and other communities. The agency's
current emphasis is on youth education and employment.
(Other categories: Community)
Center for Teen Empowerment
http://www.teenempowerment.org/opportunities.html
The mission of the Center for Teen Empowerment is to empower youth and adults as
agents of individual, institutional, and social change.
(Other categories: Community)
Educators for Social Responsibility
http://esrnational.org/
Educators for Social Responsibility (ESR) works directly with educators to
implement systemic practices that create safe, caring, and equitable schools so
that all young people succeed in school and life, and help shape a safe,
democratic and just world. Founded in 1982, ESR is a national leader in
school reform and provides professional development, consultation, and
educational resources to adults who teach young people in preschool through high
school.
Environmental Justice Action Media
http://www.ejmedia.org/
EJAM is a Boston based network of students, teachers, and activists working for
environmental and social change with media as our tool. Our programs combine
media literacy, research skills, and environmental education to produce youth
created projects that can be used to inform others.
Youth are not just knowledge consumers, we are knowledge producers.
(Other categories: Environment, Arts & Media)
Operation Partners in Education and Community Enrichment (P.E.A.C.E.)
http://www.operationpeaceboston.org/getinvolved.html
Our mission is to educate and enrich family and community life in the Fenway
area through educational, language and technology resources. Our services
include basic-to-advanced computer training, extensive job and skill-building
workshops, an After School program, and English as a Second Language (ESL)
courses for our linguistically-diverse community.
(Other categories: Community)
Roca
http://rocainc.org/help_volunteer.php
Roca's mission is to help disengaged and disenfranchised young people move out
of violence and poverty. Roca can see a different future- a future in which
young people leave the streets and gangs to take responsibility for their
actions and have jobs. Young immigrant mothers will raise their children in
safety and be recognized for their contributions to society. Our communities
will have the ability to keep young people out of harm's way and, in turn,
thrive through their participation and leadership.
(Other categories: Community)
Somerville High School Peer Mediation Project
http://www.somerville.k12.ma.us/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?sectiondetailid=17557&pagecat=126&PHPSESSID=6f45907f8f4c85d7b54be330ee2e65ff
The Somerville Mediation Program provides mediation, conflict resolution and
crisis intervention services to the Somerville Public Schools.
The program promotes peaceful resolution of conflicts, racial
understanding, cooperation and tolerance through group work, activities and
classroom workshops.
(Other categories: Community)
The Food Project
http://thefoodproject.org/volunteer
Since 1991, The Food Project has built a national model of engaging young people
in personal and social change through sustainable agriculture. Each year, we
work with over a hundred teens and thousands of volunteers to farm on 37 acres
in eastern Massachusetts in the towns and cities of Beverly, Boston, Ipswich,
Lincoln and Lynn. We consider our hallmark to be our focus on identifying and
transforming a new generation of leaders by placing teens in unusually
responsible roles, with deeply meaningful work.
(Other categories: Community, Environment)
The Medical-Legal Partnership for Children
http://www.mlpboston.org/join-us/internships
Medical-Legal Partnership | Boston is an interdisciplinary team of health care
staff, attorneys, and paralegals who integrate legal assistance into the medical
setting as a vital component of patient care.
(Other categories: Health)
The Right Question Project
http://rightquestion.org/
The Right Question Institute (RQI) is a non-profit educational organization
offering what many people consider to be the simplest, most powerful strategy
available for helping people in low and moderate-income communities learn to
advocate for themselves, participate in decisions that affect them and partner
with service-providers and public officials. RQI's innovative methods are
delivered through educational, health care, social service, community-based
organizations and public agencies all over the country and beyond.
UN Association of Greater Boston
http://www.unagb.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29&Itemid=10
The United Nations Association of Greater Boston (UNA-GB) is dedicated to
building a grassroots network of global citizens in the Boston area. From middle
school students to business leaders, we facilitate dialogue and offer
educational programs in the community and in the classroom to a broad
cross-section of the New England community.
(Other categories: International)
Young People's Project
http://www.typp.org/
YPP uses Math Literacy Work to develop the abilities of elementary through high
school students to succeed in school and in life, and in doing so involves them
in efforts to eliminate institutional obstacles to their success. YPP envisions
a day when every young person — regardless of ethnicity, gender, or class — has
access to a high quality education and the skills, attributes, and community
support s/he needs to successfully meet the challenges of their generation.
(Other categories: Social Justice)
Youth Advocacy Department
http://www.youthadvocacydepartment.org/jobs/jobs-internships.html
For 17 years the Youth Advocacy Project's (YAP) mission has been to help
Boston's neediest children at some of the most challenging moments of their
lives. In October 2009, the Youth Advocacy Project became the Youth Advocacy
Department (YAD). With offices in Fall River, Hyannis, Lowell, Quincy, Roxbury,
Salem, Somerville, Springfield and Worcester, YAD will lead, train, and support
the entire Massachusetts juvenile defense bar. YAD's over arching purpose will
be to improve legal and life outcomes for youth by building the skills and
capacity of their advocates. YAD assists children in delinquency proceedings
with effective representation in court, educational advocacy, psychological
assessments, and individualized referrals to community resources. YAD's aim is
to ensure that a clients' involvement with YAD becomes their last encounter with
the criminal justice system by addressing their many life needs beyond simply
their immediate legal needs.
(Other categories: Social Justice)
Youth on Board
http://www.youthonboard.org/
Since 1994, Youth on Board (YOB), a program in the Education Department of
YouthBuild USA, has forged partnerships between youth and adults to create
positive communities in which young people are valued, engaged, and heard. Youth
on Board delivers direct programming, plays an active role in local, regional,
and national policy debates related to youth voice in decision making, provides
training and consultation, and publishes materials based on our work.
(Other categories: Community)