Dance 4 Peace is now recruiting Communications and Program Interns in Washington, DC and New York City for Spring 2012!

Dance 4 Peace (http://www.dance4peace.org) is an innovative, global nonprofit that uses dance to inspire youth to be leaders and peacemakers in their communities.

We are a fast-paced educational nonprofit that began in Bogota, Colombia during a dancer’s Fulbright Scholarship and now have programs in the United States in Baltimore, Newark, New York City and Washington DC and internationally in Colombia, Germany, and the Philippines. Our mission is to promote social and emotional learning skills in youth in a global context in order to prevent school violence and bullying and to build conflict resolution competencies and communities of peace.

Dance 4 Peace was recently awarded a Cordes Fellowship at the Opportunity Collaboration and named a Youth Leader by the Inter-American Development Bank. We are building a movement of intercultural exchange in peacebuilding and violence prevention through dance. Dance 4 Peace hubs share best practices in conflict resolution and social and emotional learning as part of the global PeaceMover network. Our program is creative, dynamic, completely movement-based and evaluated, and adaptable to specific cultures, communities and contexts. We envision a world where creative movement redefines how we build cultures of peace in schools.

We offer:
The ability to spend your time on high-impact work that is already defining the future of movement-based peace education
A fun, talented team that empowers you and gives you the freedom to be creative and help shape the organization


Responsibilities for Program Intern in Washington, DC or NYC:
Support two-day training on Dance 4 Peace curriculum and implementation best practices in D.C. the weekend of February 4th and 5th, 2011 (DC) OR February 11th and 12th, 2011 (NYC)
Research new potential educational partners in DC, Baltimore and NYC
Provide PeaceMover facilitator support in classrooms via best practice sharing portal
Research relevant peace education and arts education literature for PeaceMover Training Site
Compile, maintain and report program evaluation information on a weekly basis to assess strengths and areas for improvement


Responsibilities for Communications Intern in Washington, DC or NYC:
Support two-day training on Dance 4 Peace curriculum and implementation best practices in D.C. the weekend of February 4 and 5, 2012 OR in NYC the weekend of February 11 and 12, 2012
Contribute to D4P’s social media efforts
Manage and organize audiovisual media to demonstrate classroom activities
Organize Salesforce communication
Lead response to general inquiries
Develop and maintain D4P blog


Qualifications:
Local student in the field pursuing a BA or advanced degree
Strong communication skills, both verbal and written
Acute attention to detail
Strong independence and ability to take initiative in project follow-through
Desire to work on issues related to under-served communities around the globe


Application Procedure by Jan 10:
Apply by sending an email to move@dance4peace.org with subject line “2012 Spring Internship (Program or Communications) - Your Name”, resume, a letter to us describing why you want to join our team this semester, and a writing sample.

Join our movement online:
www.dance4peace.org
www.facebook.com/dance4peace
www.twitter.com/dance4peacenow