Are you interested in building your resume with civic engagement experiences? There are currently two partnerships with UWM that offer paid opportunities for UWM students.
Andrew Goodman Foundation – Vote Everywhere Ambassador
Vote Everywhere is a national, non-partisan, civic engagement movement of student leaders and university partners. The flagship program of the Andrew Goodman Foundation provides extensive training, resources, as well as a peer network to support its Andrew Goodman Ambassadors while they work to register voters, bring down voting barriers, and tackle important social justice issues on their college campuses.
Overview
Vote Everywhere, a program of The Andrew Goodman Foundation (The AGF), activates youth civic engagement by connecting social issues to the ballot box. The Andrew Goodman Ambassador is an on-campus representative, advocate and champion for civic engagement. By inspiring and organizing peers, Andrew Goodman Ambassadors help students contribute their voice and build a healthier democracy.
The Ambassadorship is an internship for emerging leaders. The Ambassador receives ongoing leadership training and support from The AGF and the college Campus Champion. The AGF provides the Ambassador with $1,000 scholarship and a $1,000 activities budget per group, per year to engage students in voter education and registration initiatives as well as social issue activism.
Andrew Goodman Team Leaders and Ambassadors are representatives of the Andrew Goodman Vote Everywhere program on their campus. Vote Everywhere Ambassadors develop the leadership skills, confidence and strategic problems solving necessary to affect change on campus and beyond.
Ambassadors receive leadership training in the following areas:
• Voter engagement and outreach
• Campus organizing, coalition building, and volunteer management
• Public policy and/or advocacy strategic campaign development
In addition, Ambassadors have the opportunity to attend the annual Andrew Goodman National Civic Leadership Training Summit (“NCLTS”). The NCLTS will be open to one student per campus,with preference given to the Team Leader. AGF expects and strongly encourages at least one member, typically the Team Leader, of each campus team to attend the NCLTS. At the NCLTS, students will learn about civil and voting rights history and further develop their leadership, management, voter engagement, advocacy, organizing, and outreach skills. In 2021, this summit will be virtual.
Selection Process: Ambassadors must be a currently enrolled college students, maintain a 2.5 GPA or higher, and will be selected by Campus Champion, Alyssa Conrardy ambc@uwm.edu.
Terms of Service: June 2021 – May 2022
Total Payment: $1,000 ($500 per semester)
Hours Per Week: Approximately10-15 hours per week (minimum of 10)
Campus Election Engagement Project Fellowship
Campus Election Engagement Project (CEEP) is a national nonpartisan organization that helps America’s colleges and universities get as many of their 20 million students as possible to register, volunteer in campaigns, educate themselves and turn out at the polls. We teach administrators, faculty, staff and student leaders to use their institutional resources to engage students in federal, state and local elections.
Overview
The fellowship is a 28-week leadership program for currently enrolled college students and is designed for students of all ages who are interested in engaging their peers in the electoral process. Engagement Fellows organize and execute a variety of direct engagement activities focusing on institutionalizing voter engagement on their campuses. Focus areas include, but are not limited to, voter registration, voter education and getting out the vote.
Program Logistics
Terms of Service: Aug. 30, 2021 to April 29, 2022
Timeframe: 28 weeks throughout a school-year long program
Payment: $1,000 leadership stipend
The stipend will be paid in two installments and is dependent on the completion of activities and reports detailed below. A minimum of four election engagement activities must be completed by Nov. 19, 2021, and an institutional project must be underway, to be eligible for the first installment. A minimum of another four election engagement activities must be completed by April 22, 2022, and an institutional project must be completed, to be eligible for the second and final installment. Failure to meet these requirements may result in full or partial loss of the stipend amount.
Year-Round Timeline:
- Aug. 20, 2021: Application deadline
- Aug. 27, 2021: Hiring deadline
- Aug. 30, 2021: Agreement begins
- Sept. 3, 2021: Hiring paperwork is due
- Nov. 2, 2021: Election Day
- Nov. 19, 2021: Final reports and all activities are due
- Dec. 6, 2021: First stipend installment is paid
- April 22, 2022: Final reports and all activities are due
- April 29, 2022: Agreement ends
- May 2, 2022: Second and final stipend installment is paid
More information and application.
Questions regarding either position can be directed to Alyssa Conrardy at ambc@uwm.edu.