Spring 2027 Undergraduate or Graduate Intern, Affiliate Support and Nationwide Initiatives - Program and Strategy

The ACLU seeks an Undergraduate or Graduate Intern for their Affiliate Support and Nationwide Initiatives Department's (ASNI) Program and Strategy Team of the ACLU New York National office . This internship is full-time and can be hybrid or remote. Qualifying applicants must currently be matriculated graduate or undergraduate students that will be rising seniors starting Fall 2027. Applicant must be based in the U.S. for the entire duration of the internship. The Team: The A SNI department builds state capacity and strengthens the connections between the ACLU and its network of 54 state affiliates and their 1,500 staff members across the country. The affiliates’ work constitutes an unparalleled bulwark defending and advancing our civil liberties and civil rights. ASNI staff lead efforts to build program, build organizations, and drive resources to key battles across the country, positioning the nationwide organization for future challenges. The Program & Strategy Team within ASNI works with ACLU affiliates to strategically align our chief program drivers – advocacy, communications, and legal – to bring the full power of ACLU affiliates to reach their goals, increase connectivity between national and affiliate staff, better drive nationwide strategies, and leverage the strengths of the whole nationwide enterprise. This team works with other ASNI teams, national office partners, and affiliate leadership to build programs and attend to the institutional and cultural work that is needed to operate successfully. As our intern, you will have the opportunity to gain valuable experience in program development and project coordination in a nonprofit setting. What You’ll Do: The intern will be responsible for: Project coordination and logistics planning assistance : Supporting multistate initiatives, including the Southern Collective (regional work with our 1 3 affiliates in the South) and the Battlegrounds Initiative (election safeguarding work) Supporting the Southern Legal Internship Program (SLIP) Supporting the roll-out of guides, toolkit s , playbooks, and other resources for affiliate knowledge and learning Supporting the experts on the team from the advocacy/legislative, organizing, legal, communications, and digital functional areas to ensure well-organized and efficient projects/programs including, but not limited to, the following projects: Program and Strategy Playbook Future of Organizing Retreat Affiliate Communications Excellence Guide <li data-leveltext="o" data-font="Courier New" data-listid="18" data-list-def