What I liked
- Incredibly friendly, supportive & collaborative work environment
- Field-based experience (i.e. voter registration at local festivals, "hot-spot" cafes, bars etc.)
- Opportunities to learn from staff members & volunteers about their professional experiences in one-on-one conversations in the field & in more formal settings.
- Leadership opportunities with volunteers & other interns
- Exposure to grassroots organizing and the political process (data entry, phone banking, interacting with local community members, learning effective language to reach out to people)
- New Era's mission to engage young people in democracy is one that I'm passionate about
- Educational component of the internship in weekly classroom sessions (i.e. What's on the CO ballot? How local & federal politics work, Digital Organizing etc.)
-Local engagement in my community
