Organizing Internship
The Kalmanovitz Initiative Organizing Internship places student leaders in paid internships with top local community and labor groups advocating for working people.
Through hands-on experience in activism, organizing, and research, students will support ongoing campaigns, contribute to important projects, and develop both their organizing and research skills. This program introduces students to key issues affecting the labor movement and the working poor, allowing them to gain a deeper understanding of worker justice in the broader social justice context.
The program seeks to:
- Introduce students to a range of issues impacting the labor movement and worker justice.
- Develop both organizing and research skills.
- Positively contribute to the efforts of community groups working towards social and economic justice.
- Strengthen the connection between Georgetown and local communities.
By participating in the program, students gain valuable skills for future work in movements and organizations dedicated to creating social change.
Applications for Spring 2025 can be found HERE
Our current partner organizations include:
- Many Languages One Voice (MLOV)
- Latino Economic Development Center (LEDC)
- ONE DC
- The Washington Lawyers Committee’s Worker Rights Clinic (WLC)
- Collective Action for Safe Spaces (CASS)
- DC Jobs With Justice
- Restaurant Opportunity Center DC
- AFL-CIO
- What Does it Profit?
- Bill Fletcher Jr.
Meet Our Organizing Interns
2024 Fall
Yazan Alhamdan, Dung Tran, Venetia Smith, Annie Flatt, Paige Benish, Matt Dame, Brooklyn Ramierez, Falyn Staknacker, Ian Crowley, Keiran Green, Eden Beech, Fiona Richards, Emma Chang, Jason Zhu, Andy Feng
2018 Summer
Mizraim Belman, Taylor Davis, Chris Dunn, MacKenzie Foy, Mariel Mendez
2017 Summer
Dyzhanay Burton, Derrick Little, Dan Zager, Ruby Vega, Sonia Adjroud
2017 Spring
Vincent DeLaurentis, Citlalli Velasquez, Esmeralda Huerta, Patrick Bylis, Sophie Bauerschmidt Sweeney
2016 Summer
Vincent DeLaurentis, Esmeralda Huerta, Citlalli Velasquez, Pam Escalante, Angie Valenzuela, and Bria Wade
2015 Fall and 2016 Spring
Mia Campbell, Candace Milner, K Me, DK Yun, and Bria Wade
2015 Summer
Mia Campbell, Clara Mejia, Kevin Ruano, Chris Wager, and DK Yun
2014 Fall
Esmeralda Huerta, Maurice McCaulley, Candace Milner, and Sidney Wells
2014 Summer
Andrea Guerrero, Diondra Hicks, Suzy Jivotovski, Yanely Perez, and Marisha Wickremsinhe
2014 Spring
Nick Dirago, Jess Hardin, Carly Rosenfield, Josh Zeitlin, and Marina Zhou
2013 Summer
Citlalli Alvarez, Nick Dirago, Megan Griffin, Johanny Lopéz Domínguez, and Kimberly Portes