Volunteer or Intern at Food & Water Watch
We are currently seeking volunteers and interns interested in fighting for safe food, clean water, and healthy oceans.
Be a part of major victories for safe food, clean water, and healthy oceans, while challenging the corporate control and abuse of these essential resources.
Volunteer
Donate a little bit of your time. Every minute makes a difference. Sign up to volunteer!
Intern
Great working environment and opportunities for
advancement and job placement.
We are currently seeking interns interested in fighting for safe food, clean water, and healthy oceans. Hours are flexible in a relaxed office environment.
Internships are available during any of the following terms:
Spring, Fall: This position may be full- or part-time (~15 hours per week minimum). Spring dates are January-May. Fall term dates are September – December.Summer: This position is full-time and runs for 10 weeks during May-August. Small stipends may be available for summer interns.
Available Internships:
Social Media Internship
Washington, DC
Your successfully completed internship should provide you with an excellent portfolio of deliverable projects you can use to demonstrate your social media savvy to potential employers. The Social Media Intern is part of the communications department and reports to the Deputy Communications Director/Chief Digital Strategist.
Grassroots Organizing & Research Internship, New York
New York, NY
Protect our marine environment while challenging the privatization of ocean resources. Campaign for safe seafood and support local fishing communities. Protect water as a public resource rather than a commodity sold to the highest bidder. Campaign for more support for our public water systems, while exposing the myths and dangers of the bottled water industry. Challenge factory farms and other industrialized agriculture, and promote local, sustainable food systems.
Legal Internship
Washington, DC
We are currently seeking a legal intern who will assist the organization’s staff attorney by doing research, writing, and litigation, advocacy, and lobbying support for all of Food & Water Watch’s programs. Responsibilities will be both legal- and policy-oriented work in the fields of marine-resource protection, food safety, as well as water, administrative, and open-government law.
Communications Internship
Washington, DC
The Food & Water Watch communications staff is responsible for developing and implementing new and traditional media outreach strategies for national, regional and local issue campaigns. We are accepting applications for a hands-on position that will offer great opportunities for developing skills and experience in public interest issue advocacy.
Research Internship – International Program
Washington, DC
The international intern will work directly with members of the international team to provide information, analysis and written materials to support Food & Water Watch campaigns.
Research Internship – Water Program
Washington, DC
The water research intern assists the water research team with providing information, analysis and written materials to support Food & Water Watch Clean Public Water campaigns.
Grassroots Organizing & Advocacy Internship – Water Program
Washington, DC
Our Water Program fights to protect water as a public resource rather than a commodity sold to the highest bidder. The water program intern will assist in the campaign for more support for our public water systems, while exposing the myths and dangers of the bottled water industry.
Seafood & Fisheries Management Research Internship
Washington, DC
As an intern with the fish team, you will be working directly with experienced researchers, organizers, policy experts and lobbyists to research emerging issues and create advocacy materials in support of grassroots campaigns. You will also increase skills to translate complex information into written and online outreach materials and learn methods of investigative research, advocacy writing and strategic thinking.
Seafood & Fisheries Management Advocacy Internship
Washington, DC
As an intern with the fish team, you will be working directly with experienced researchers, organizers, policy experts and lobbyists to research emerging issues and create advocacy materials in support of grassroots campaigns. You will also increase skills to translate complex information into written and online outreach materials and learn methods of investigative research, advocacy writing and strategic thinking.
Advocacy and Research Internship – Food Program
Washington, DC
The advocacy and research - food program intern will work directly with the food team to challenge factory farms and other industrialized agriculture, and promote local, sustainable food systems. Additionally, the intern will work closely with the grassroots organizing team on our 2009 Child Nutrition Reauthorization campaign.