GRADUATE & UNDERGRADUATE INTERN OPPORTUNITIES

ABOUT THE PROJECT: The Bloomingdale Civic Association’s Bloomingdale Village Square (BVS)
“Taking Village History to Our Youth”. Bloomingdale is a gentrifying residential neighborhood in
mid-city DC. Through use of history, architecture & design, and civic engagement, BVS seeks to
ensure that the neighborhood is distinguished by its stability, diversity and inclusiveness. Thus the
Youth History project seeks to a) increase neighborhood middle and high school youth’s
connectedness to and engagement with the neighborhood, and with other diverse youth, b) enable
youth to exhibit civic leadership by using neighborhood history as a tool for increasing youth
engagement and voice in issues of neighborhood change, and c) create a pipeline for future cohorts
of inclusive neighborhood leadership
MAJOR PROJECT ACTIVITIES: These include: development, teacher training, and use of a
curriculum and related resource materials based on the BVS booklet on Bloomingdale History
Timeline: 1800-2015 (available at www.bloomingdalecivicassociation.org/villagecenter); community
exploration expeditions to libraries, research institutes, neighborhood churches, civic & political
organizations; expert guest lecturers on various historical & contemporary aspects of changing
communities & neighborhood; and students’ development and implementation of collaborative small
group projects (in the format of a history, narrative, visual/media arts, or perormance ) that explore the
past, current or future impact of one event in the Bloomingdale History Timeline.
INTERN COMPENSATION: 2 TO 3 interns are needed (1 or 2 UNDERGRADUATE interns & 1
GRADUATE intern). Preferred applicants will be majors in psychology, sociology, urban
studies/planning, social work, or related disciplines. At this time, there is insufficient funding to pay
Undergraduate Interns. However, in the absence of receipt of additional funding, the project’s intern
supervisor is willing to coordinate with the appropriate faculty (as she has done in the past) to ensure
selected undergraduate interns will receive course credit for their efforts. The Graduate Intern will be
paid $15 per hour. All interns are expected to provide assistance to the project for 10 to 15 hours per
week -- with most efforts occurring in Bloomingdale neighborhood settings (e.g., schools, youth
organizations, churches, libraries, research institutes) or off-site (e.g., at home). Personal local travel
expenses will be reimbursed to the extent possible.
INTERN BENEFITS AND TASKS:
 Benefits: Interns will gain experience and knowledge with program design & implementation;
program documentation, monitoring and process & outcome evaluation procedures; civic
engagement & mobilization; community psychology principles and methods; and data analysis.
 Duties of Undergraduate Interns: a) develop, distribute, collect, & analyze program
monitoring forms (e.g., student attendance, brief program activities descriptions) for each
project site; b) secure & maintain contact information & hours of effort for all project
participants (e.g., students, teachers, guest lecturers, volunteers etc.); c) organize logistics
(including transportation & snacks), identify key contacts, secure & maintain electronic/paper
files of date/place/focus, and materials & handouts for all community exploration expeditions;
d) assist with student & site recruitment; e) attend bi-monthly project staff
meetings/conference calls; f) attend at least 2 or 3 Project Steering Committee. Meetings; g)
develop & conduct the project’s marketing & community outreach efforts; h) other duties as
assigned.
  Duties of Graduate Intern: a) develop the project’s process, performance, & outcome
program evaluation instruments e.g., 5-pt. Likert scales, brief open-ended questionnaires,
secondary analysis of neighborhood demographic data; pre- & post- assessment of student
experiences & perceptions of gentrification and related indicators of community
connectedness & knowledge of neighborhood history; participating school/organization
leaders’ assessment of project’s strengths & weaknesses, etc.; b) with the guidance of Project
Steering Cmte, identify, schedule, and secure & maintain electronic/paper files of all contact
information, date/place/topic of presentation, and teaching materials & handouts of all
classroom guest lecturers; c); secure, organize & maintain copies of all classroom materials &
handouts; d) staff Project Steering Committee; e) develop drafts of periodic reports and final
report to funder; f) develop draft of project brochure; g) attend bi-monthly staff
meetings/conference calls;; h) coordinate & schedule project photographer/videographer
efforts; i) develop & implement a project media strategy; j)engage in student & site recruitment;
k) other duties as assigned..
SUPERVISION: All interns will be supervised by Bertha Holliday, PhD, a community psychologist with
a history of employment focused on program development and administration, teaching, research and
program evaluation in academic, government and non-profit settings. Bertha is a Fellow of the
American Psychological Association.
REQUIRED APPLICATION MATERIALS: Submit a) a current vita/resume including your contact
information and current academic status, ,b) a brief statement (maximum of 250 words) that
describes why you are interested and qualified for this internship, and c) the contact information for 3
references – 2 of which have taught you at your current institution. Deadline for receipt of
applications is FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 2019. Submit completed application to the Project Co-Director,
Bertha Holliday, PhD at bhollidaypsy@gmail.com After review of applications, an interview may be
requested.

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