Student Internship Opportunity!

Spring 2017 Internship Application

Students Promoting Empowerment and Consent (SPEAC)

Women’s Resource Center (WRC)

Sexual Violence Prevention Program

The University of Arizona

About the WRC Sexual Violence Prevention Programming

The Women’s Resource Center (WRC) is home to the SPEAC internship which is a program that aims to support and educate students, staff, and faculty on sexual violence prevention in the UA and Tucson community. SPEAC interns facilitate workshops that engage the campus community in prevention efforts designed to challenge rape-supportive social norms; and activate bystanders against sexual and relationship violence.

SPEAC’s Mission: SPEAC is a social justice-oriented student group dedicated to raising awareness about sexual violence. Through education and outreach, SPEAC aims to advocate for survivors, inspire action within the UA student community, and challenge the culture and social structures that perpetuate sexual violence.

SPEAC Internship Description

Responsibilities of SPEAC interns for Spring 2017 includes but is not limited to:

●      Receive training to facilitate SPEAC prevention workshops

●      Facilitate SPEAC workshops to groups in the UA community

●      Foster relationships and identify opportunities for collaboration with student and professional organizations across campus. Collaboration can include but is not limited to the FORCE, TMP, LGBTQ Affairs, AASA, NASA, APASA, Guerrero Center, ASUA, Residence Life, Fraternity and Sorority Programs, etc. 

●      Attend two (1 hour) business meetings a week

Minimum Qualifications: 

• UA undergraduate student (all majors welcome)
• 2.0 cumulative GPA
• Available to complete at least 10 internship hours per week
• Detail-oriented, organized, timely
• Good interpersonal skills,  Self-motivated 
• Able to work independently as well as in groups
• Interested in activism, social justice, and/or feminism

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with public speaking, presenting, and or program facilitation in front of groups
• Knowledge of sexual assault, relationship violence, and stalking

Requirements and Expectations:

• First semester SPEAC interns must be enrolled in course credit. This course credit can include but is not limited to the following : PSY 393, EDL 293A, LASC 393, CPH 493A, GWS 393, FSHD 393, or another department. Check with your advisor for questions regarding which internship or course credit is applicable to your major.
• Attend both mandatory WRC and SPEAC orientation sessions. Orientation dates are TBA. 
• Attend mandatory, weekly SPEAC meetings twice a week on Mondays & Wednesdays from 12pm 1pm. These hours are included in the minimum 10 hour/week commitment. Interns may miss a total of three meetings per semester and must give advance notice to SPEAC Program staff.
•  Check email daily for internship updates and respond promptly to internship-related emails.
• Complete a weekly hour log by Friday at 5 pm.
• Applications are due by 5pm on Friday, December 2, 2016

Please submit completed applications and resumes to Alyssa Contreras ancontreras@email.arizona.edu or deliver them to the Women’s Resource Center located in the Center for Student Involvement and Leadership (CSIL), Room 404 of the Student Union.