Internships
Chicago internships and volunteer opportunities related to women's studies:
Gender and Poverty
- American's Second Harvest – Ending Hunger: www.secondharvest.org
- Housing Opportunities and Maintenance for the Elderly: www.homeseniors.org/main
- The Enterprising Kitchen: www.theenterprisingkitchen.org
- Azafady: http://www.azafady.org/
- American Friends Service Committee: http://www.afsc.org/
- Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights: http://www.heartlandalliance.org
- Inspiration Corporation: http://www.inspirationcorp.org
- Mercy Housing Lakefront: http://www.mercyhousing.org
- Tax Assistance Program (It Adds Up): http://www.taxassistance.org
- URBAN ART RETREAT & Sisters' Place: http://www.urbanartretreat.com
Gender, Law and Leadership
- Chicago NOW: http://www.chicagonow.org/volunteer.php
- Pro-Bono Advocates – Civil Court Clinic for Orders of Protection: http://www.probonoadvocates.com/
- Feminist Majority Foundation: http://www.feminist.org/intern/
- Chicago Foundation for Women: www.cfw.org/indexn.htm
- YWCA: www.ywca.org
- Cook County Commission on the Status of Women: www.cookcountygov.com/agencyDetail.php?pAgencyID=36
- Congressional Internship: http://www.internships usa.com/Cong01/cong0506.htm
- Access Living: http://www.accessliving.org/
- US Justice Dept’s Office on Violence Against Women: http://www.usdoj.gov/ovw/
- ATHENA International: http://www.athenainternational.org
- Chicago Area CodePink: http://www.codepinkalert.org/chicago
- Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago: http://www.lafchicago.org
- YMCA of Chicago: http://www.ymcachgo.org/content/home.aspx
Gender and Education
- Chicago Metro History Education Center: http://www.chicagohistoryfair.org
- Chicago Women's Liberation Union Herstory Project: www.cwluherstory.com
- Chicago Books to Women in Prison: http://www.chicagobwp.org
Gender and Health
- Y-Me National Organization for Breast Cancer Information and Support: http://www.y-me.org/volunteer/default.php
- Access Living: http://www.accessliving.org/
- Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health: http://www.cwluherstory.com/CWLUArchive/caucus.html
- Planned Parenthood: http://www.plannedparenthood.org/chicago/
- Health and Medicine Policy Research Group: www.hmprg.org
- Illinois Campaign for Better Health: http://www.cbhconline.org
- Chicago Abortion Fund: http://www.chicagoabortionfund.org
- Girls on the Run-Chicago: http://www.gotrchicago.org
Gender and Labor
- Women Employed Institute: http://www.womenemployed.org/index.php?id=78
- Unite Here: http://www.unitehere.org
- Chicago Women in Trades www.chicagowomenintrades.org/women_in_trades/faq/index.php
- The Enterprising Kitchen: www.theenterprisingkitchen.org
- Service Employees International Union (SEIU): http://www.seiu880.org
- Spanish Coalition for Jobs: http://www.scj-usa.org
GLBTQ Outreach Programs
- Center on Halsted: http://www.centeronhalsted.org/coh/calendar/home.cfm
Local Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Prevention Agencies
- Amnesty International - Stop Violence Against Women: http://web.amnesty.org/actforwomen/index-eng
- Apna Gahr: http://www.apnaghar.org/indexnew.shtml
- Between Friends: www.afriendsplace.com
- Battered Women’s Network: www.batteredwomensnetwork.org/
- Casa Central: http://www.casacentral.org/
- Chicago Abused Women Coalition: http://www.cawc.org/
- Chicago Metropolitan Battered Women's Network: http://www.batteredwomensnetwork.org/
- Deborah’s Place: www.deborahsplace.org
- Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence: http://www.ilcadv.org/
- Korean American Women in Need: http://www.kanwin.org/en/index.htm
- Life Span: http://www.life-span.org/
- Mujeres Latinas: http://www.mujereslatinasenaccion.org/
- Metropolitan Family Services: http://www.metrofamily.org/
- Rainbow House: http://www.rainbow-house.org/
- Sarah’s Circle: http://www.sarahs-circle.org/
- Stop Family Violence: http://www.stopfamilyviolence.org/sfvo/index.html
- US Justice Dept’s Office on Violence Against Women: http://www.usdoj.gov/ovw/
- Northwest Center Against Sexual Assault: 1- 847-806-6526
- Rape Victim Advocates: http://www.rapevictimadvocates.org/
- Women’s Counseling Center: www.hullhouse.org
- Northwest Center Against Sexual Assault www.skokienet.org/naarape1/
- Child Assault Prevention: http://www.teamwv.org/Pages/cap_new.html
Other Organizations
- Albany Park Community Center: http://www.apcc-chgo.org
- Fund for Public Interest Research: http://www.fundcareers.org
- Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights: http://www.icirr.org
- In These Times Magazine: http://www.inthesetimes.com
- Indo-American Center of Chicago: http://www.indoamerican.org
- Inner-City Teaching Corps: http://www.ictc-chicago.org
- McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum: http://www.freedommuseum.us
- Metropolitan Family Services Midway Center: http://www.metrofamily.org
- National Runaway Switchboard: http://www.1800RUNAWAY.org
- Notre Dame AmeriCorps: http://www.ndmva.org
- TEFL Institute: http://www.teflinstitute.com
- US PIRG: http://www.uspirg.org/jobs
- Voices for Creative Nonviolence: http://www.vcnv.org
