Campus Social Justice Organizing

Create and lead a paid, non-partisan Democracy Matters (DM) club on your own campus to Help America Vote and protect our democracy. Intern-led DM clubs register voters,  and work on social justice issues like voter suppression, voting rights, and big money in politics. They link these "democracy" issues to climate change, racial justice, poverty, the cost of higher education, gun violence, reproductive choice etc.  No prior experience necessary - just your passion for social change.

Since 2001, on hundreds on campuses throughout the country, DM students have created on-campus programming like speaker panels, "pizza and politics" discussions, poetry slams, film screenings, poster and petition campaigns, interactive tabling, open mics, and more. DM clubs lobby politicians, create campus coalitions with other clubs, celebrate Black and Women's history months, and Earth day.  DM clubs join with other DM campuses to push back attacks on our fundamental rights and our democracy.

DM supports this internship with a $500 stipend each semester, on-going training and mentoring by experienced staff, an annual student conference, brainstorming with other DM interns, materials like banners, pins, and stickers, monthly ENews and bi-weekly information bulletins, and connections with local and national social justice organizations.

DM interns learn leadership and organizing skills that enable them to make a difference now and and in the future, We join Martin Luther King in believeing "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”

UNDERGRADS AT EVERY COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY ARE ELIGIBLE!