[Hiring] Graduate Intern, Affiliate Support and Nationwide Initiatives @ACLU - Internships

Role Description

The ACLU seeks a Graduate Intern for their Affiliate Support and Nationwide Initiatives Department's (ASNI) Organizational Management, Equity & Inclusion (OMEI) Team of the National ACLU Office in Washington D.C. This internship is remote and can be full-time or part-time. Qualifying applicants must currently be matriculated Graduate students and must be based in the U.S. for the entire duration of the internship.

The ASNI 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 programs, build organizations, and drive resources to key battles across the country, positioning the nationwide organization for future challenges. The Organizational Management, Equity & Inclusion (OMEI) team is a crucial partner to ACLU affiliates and other leaders in change management, leadership development, and organization capacity-building.

Our team (OMEI) strengthens affiliates’ organizational health and impact by providing training, coaching, resources, and learning communities that advance strategic and financial management, governance, leadership, and EDIB-centered culture—while helping affiliates effectively leverage multi-year investments to build long-term capacity and belonging.

What You’ll Do

• Collaborate with the OMEI team to ensure that the needs of the affiliate staff are met through learning programs, tools, and resources.
• Engage in strategic discussions on a nationwide scale, contributing to our commitment to fostering equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging.
• Research and share cutting-edge learnings to support a culture of learning and growth in the realm of Organizational Management, Equity, and Inclusion (OMEI).

Your Day to Day

• Resource Creation and Management:
  • Create, edit, organize, and maintain resources for effective communication of OMEI/SLIP programs and tools.
  • Maintain and update content on "the HUB," our intranet platform.
  • Help analyze data related to Hub usage and Sharedrive file organization.
• Administrative Support:
  • Assist in coordinating learning calls and webinars, support virtual workshops administration.
  • Support administrative tasks, such as taking notes for and assisting with the coordination of meetings related to working groups, learning communities, and other initiatives.
• Communication:
  • Draft preliminary language for deliverables, such as internal communications, brief summaries, and PowerPoint presentations, for different audiences.
  • Written correspondence to stakeholders across the nationwide organization.
• Virtual Meeting Involvement:
  • Attend critical meetings with ACLU affiliate staff and board members.
  • Draft follow-up summaries and communications, documenting key learnings and tracking next steps.
• Data Analysis and Reporting:
  • Identify and synthesize relevant data for Excel and PowerPoint reports.
  • Analyze and report on priority programming and learning community effectiveness.
  • Support survey data collection and analysis of results.

Qualifications

• Graduate student in related field.
• Word, PowerPoint, and Excel proficiency.
• Interest in organizational management, equity, inclusion, and belonging.
• Experience with project management and building resources.
• Ability to take initiative, think creatively, contribute innovative ideas, problem solve, work well under pressure, and take ownership of projects and assignments.
• Experience assisting with administrative tasks in an office setting, preferably a nonprofit.
• A commitment to civil liberties, civil rights, and social justice.

Internship Logistics

• Location: Remote or hybrid intern positions available from our Washington D.C. office.
• Time Commitment: Full-time (35 hrs/week) or Part-time (10, 15, or 20 hrs/wk).
• Internship Duration: Full-time internships span 10 consecutive weeks; Part-time internships span 12 consecutive weeks. Start date: Jan. 11th or Jan. 25th, 2027.
• Stipend: $24/hr for graduate and law students or equivalent experience.
• Priority Application Deadline: Friday, November 13, 2026.

Why the ACLU

For over 100 years, the ACLU has worked to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the United States. Whether it’s ending mass incarceration, achieving full equality for the LGBTQ+ community, establishing new privacy protections for our digital age, or preserving the right to vote or the right to have an abortion, the ACLU takes up the toughest civil liberties cases and issues to defend all people.

Our Commitment to Accessibility, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Accessibility, equity, diversity, and inclusion are core values of the ACLU and central to our work to advance liberty, equality, and justice for all. We are a community committed to learning and growth, humility and grace, transparency, and accountability. We believe in a collective responsibility to create a culture of belonging for all people within our organization.