Reporting to: Executive Director, North America
Location: Office is in San Francisco but interns can work remotely
Organization: JIMENA
The Organization:
JIMENA has been a leader of the Jewish multicultural movement since our formation in 2001. The organization's mission is to educate and advocate for the one million Jewish refugees from the Middle East and North Africa. Members of our Speakers Bureau have provided testimony at the UN Human Rights Council, US Congressional Human Rights Caucus, European and Italian Parliaments, Israeli Knesset, British Parliament and over 70 Universities in North America. JIMENA carries out its programs in college campuses, community centers, high schools, synagogues & churches, private homes & clubs, the internet, and public institutes in the Bay Area and in other North American regions and cities.
The Position:
JIMENA's Film and New Media internship program will provide teenagers, college students, and young adults the opportunity to gain experience working on an international Oral History and Digital Experience Project. Each intern will be able to create their own unique project utilizing JIMENA's 350 hours of film footage. Opportunities include: film editing, video-transcription, social media projects, digitizing and archiving, online curation, script writing, film-making. Interns will work with JIMENA staff in developing a project plan and will be responsible for carrying out the project independently.
Qualifications:
- Commitment to education and advocacy on behalf of Jewish refugees and religious minorities from Arab countries and Iran.
- Thoughtful, creative, and interested in socially conscious filmmaking with a project idea in mind
- Must have some experience
- Self-motivated and able to work independently from personal computer
Learn more by visiting: www.jimena.org
