Applications Online Now!
Visit www.saf-unite.org to apply.
Applications are due by February 11, 2009
Spend your summer meeting and supporting the people who plant, harvest and produce the food you eat everyday! Through the Into the Fields Summer Internship you will support and organize farmworkers, get trained on the issues surrounding their lives and the broader context of the agricultural industry. Each summer, Student Action with Farmworkers places 30 college students to work full-time with organizations in the Southeast that serve, organize or advocate for farmworker justice including migrant
health clinics, legal aid, unions, community-based organizations and education programs. Interns also participate in a Theater Group or complete a Documentary Project with Farmworkers!
To Qualify
You must speak intermediate to advanced Spanish. SAF preferences college students from farmworker families and students from the Southeast.
Benefits
Benefits include $1250 total per diem, $1500 scholarship, free furnished housing, free trainings and some travel costs. Program runs June 1-August 9, 2009.
Need more Info or have Questions?
Check out www.saf-unite.org for the brochure and more information (available in November).
Contact Melanie Stratton Lopez, National Student Organizer
919-660-3652 or melanie....@duke.edu.
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