Become an FCNL Intern
We offer eleven month internships in our legislative and campaigns programs. Interns change public policy by attending hearing and coalition meetings, writing articles and action alerts, mobilizing supporters, and producing communications materials. They have professional supervision and freedom to branch out. The internship is a full-time commitment, starting in early September each year. Interns receive subsistence-level salary, health benefits, vacation, and sick leave.
More information about the internship.
How to Apply
The internship application for 2012-2013 internships is now available. We begin accepting applications on January 1, 2012, and all application materials are due to FCNL no later than March 12, 2012.
If you have any difficulty accessing the forms, please contact Will McKindley-Ward at FCNL.
Frequently asked questions about applying for an internship
What Are the Interns Up to?
Past and current program assistants at FCNL's Annual Meeting in 2011.
Meet the 2011-2012 class of interns at FCNL!
April Mays
Bergin Parks
Kathy Zager
M. Lena Garretson
Melanie Fox
Tim Cullen
Patrick Lozada
Emily Temple
See the latest from the interns' blog, Of Peace and Politics.
Feb 10, 2012
Semper Fidelis-often shortened to Semper Fi-is a Latin phrase meaning "always faithful." It's most commonly known as the motto for the United States Marine Corps. The phrase has taken on a new meaning for me as details about the poisoning of Marines and Marine Corps families who lived at Camp Lejeune, the United States' largest Marine base, have come to light. For decades, the Marine Corps dumped toxic waste in Lejeune which leached into the groundwater, affecting as many as one million Marines and their families.
For me, this story is more than an abstraction. I was born at Lejeune in the 1980s. My father joined the Marines to help pay for college, and he served for four years as an officer before returning to Harvard to get a second (and eventually a third) degree. My dad was stationed in Lejeune in 1989, and I was born on July 4th of that year--a fitting start for a Quaker peace activist. When I first read about this story in The Washington Post, it hit me right in the gut. Is this me? Could I be sick? How could this happen?
Feb 9, 2012
The House Energy and Commerce Committee has approved legislation that would reverse President Obama’s rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline. Politicians and pundits alike have been promoting the pipeline because there is a lot of profit to be made. However, in order for the project to be approved they have to convince the American people of all of the hollow benefits that the pipeline would provide. Every single one of those benefits is a deception. Let’s take a closer look.
Feb 8, 2012
This weekend Matt Southworth and I packed our bags and took our excitement about the upcoming young adult Spring Lobby Weekend on the road, touring the Tri-College Consortium of Bryn Mawr, Haverford, and Swarthmore.
At Swarthmore, we worshipped with young Friends in a beautiful meetinghouse, and Matt shared the story of his first experience lobbying--at Spring Lobby Weekend 2006, lobbying to end the Iraq war, in which he fought. Speaking about Spring Lobby Weekend after meeting for worship brought a gravity and a power to the conversation that sometimes can get muffled in an office environment.
