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bridges Intern / Volunteer Program

UC Berkeley students have the opportunity to do student-initiated outreach and retention work on and off campus. The intern and volunteer program provides a structured space for students to assess the educational pipeline and develop an analysis about systematic inequality. (Students also have the option to recieve academic credit - Ethnic Studies 97/197)

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Click here to download an internship application

Facilitators

• Gloria Hernandez: TBA
  bridges Organizing and Community Development Director
• Hylda Terezon: TBA
  bridges Operations Director

website: http://bridges.berkeley.edu | email:bridgesinfo@berkeley.edu

Course Overview:
UC Berkeley students have the opportunity to do student-initiated outreach and retention work on and off campus. The intern and volunteer program provides a structured space for students to assess the educational pipeline and develop an analysis about systematic inequality. bridges Multicultural Resource Center at UC Berkeley aims to:

• Empower pre-college students with critical educational skills.
• Demystify higher education to historically underrepresented students.
• Ensure that newly admitted and current students of color have the opportunity and support to excel at Cal.
• Increasing communication across color lines on common issues.
• Centralize general information about individual university and student groups that affect bridges and our affiliates.

Purpose of Internship:
bridges is looking for enthusiastic and innovative interns to help coordinate core projects and to help establish new ones. This internship program has the following goals:

• To gain a broad knowledge of what bridges is and what the organization does;
• To better understand the issues individuals and communities of color face in higher education today;
• To positively impact and educate the campus community through activist work and program development;
• To identify, develop, and train future leaders dedicated to bridges’ goals.

Areas where hours can be completed:
1. Attendance at any/all bridges sponsored events
2. Office Hours
3. Becoming an assistant in any bridges committee
4. bridges Meetings, Mondays, 7pm, 242 Chavez
5. Mandatory intern meetings, Thursdays, 7pm bridges office

Logistics:

• Service project hours include: time needed to complete tasks for bridges, intern office hours, bridges Sponsored Events etc., RRC sponsored events.
• Interns may also suggest new ideas or projects to contribute to bridges, which may be eligible for hours
• If you cannot make a meeting time, contact us and we can work something out.
• And a final prompt and evaluation (3 pages) will be given to be turned in on Thursday, December 7, 2006.
• A completed time sheet with all approved hours should be turned in by December 7, 2006.

Grading Policy: Satisfactory completion of the above requirements will result in a passing grade. All missed hours should be discussed with the internship program coordinator ASAP.

Hours required per semester:
1 unit…………………………..45 hours/semester
2 units………………………….90 hours/semester
3 units…………………………..135 hours/semester

Each meeting will consist of:
Check –in / Updates
Director Presentations / Exercises
Intern Presentation / Exercises
Closing

Topics to be covered (tentative):
Week 1 (September 14th): Introductions (mandatory for all directors)
Week 2 (September 21st): History of bridges
Week 3 (September 28th): Outreach Training
Week 4 (October 5th): One Week Preparation Meeting
Week 5 (October 12th): One Week Community Dinner and Photo
Week 6 (October 19th): Students of Color Conference Worknight
Week 7 (October 26th): Prop 209 Training
Week 8 (November 2nd): University Power Structure
Week 9 (November 9th): Multicultural Organizing Training
Week 10 (November 16th): Intern Run Meeting - Allies Meeting
Week 11 (November 23rd): TBA
Week 12 (November 30th): Closing and Evaluations
Week 13 (December 7th): Final hours are DUE