Resources

Select from the following categories:

• Opportunities with deadlines soon approaching
  
  • ProWorld Volunteer and Internship opportunities
  • White House Internship Program
  • Local 21 seeks interns
  • San Francisco Housing Action Coalition Internship
    
  • Assemblymember Tom Ammiano Internship Program
    
•  Post-Graduate Opportunities
       - Graduate Schools
       - Jobs
       - Fellowships and Other Programs
• Miscellaneous Opportunities  
  • At The Crossroads seeks interns for Community Resources and Development
    
• FISP- Fellowship, Internships and Service Programs Database, Courtesy of the Haas Center for Public Service, Stanford University (for current and postgraduate opportunities)
  

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Civic Engagement Leading Organizations

• Civic Engagement Leading Organizations
  Association of American Colleges and Universities (AACU) provides a list of resources on civic learning.
  

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Post-Graduate Opportunities

There are a number of different preparations for careers in public service, with law schools being a popular path. Listed below are a number of other programs that may be appropriate depending upon your interest. It is far from an exhaustive list, but it does give you some idea of the choices that are available.

   Graduate Schools

• Graduate Programs at USF
• Policy Schools
  • Richard & Rhonda Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley
  • John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
  • Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs, University of Washington
  • Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin
  • Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, The University of Michigan
  • Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota
  • Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • School of Policy, Planning, and Development, University of Southern California
  • UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research
  • The Maryland School of Public Affairs, University of Maryland

   Jobs

• USF Career Services
• Federal Government's Office of Personnel Management
• National Conference of State Legislatures
  Job postings by state.
• Policy Jobs
  Jobs, scholarships, internships and fellowships in public policy worldwide.
• Guide to Careers in Child & Family Policy, University of Illinois

   Fellowships and Other Programs

• AmeriCorps/VISTA
  National volunteer and community service opportunities.
• Camp Wellstone in MN
  Conferences on grassroots advocacy and campaigning.
• Campus Compact
  Is a national non-profit organization dedicated to promoting community service, civic engagement, and service learning in higher education.
• Capital Fellows Program
  Post-graduate fellowships in the California State Senate, Assembly, and Judiciary.
• California Conservation Corps
  One year program that focuses on protecting and enhancing California's environment, human resources and communities.
• Catholic Campaign for Human Development
  CCHD is the domestic anti-poverty, social justice program of the U.S. Catholic Bishops
• City Year
  Unites young people (17-24) from all backgrounds for a year of full-time service, giving them skills and opportunities to change the world. 
• Congressional Hunger Center
  A non-profit, bi-partisan, anti-hunger leadership training organization in Washington, DC
• Coro
  Fellowships in public service, community development, and leadership.
• Emerge
  Political leadership training program for Democratic women in the San Francisco Bay Area.
• Idealist
  A global clearinghouse of nonprofit and volunteering resources, offering job listings and volunteer opportunities.
• Jesuit Volunteer Corps
  One-year volunteer program in social service focused on the tenets of social justice, community, simple living and spirituality.
• Network Social Justice Lobby
  Internships in faith-based, social justice lobbying.
• Peace Corps
  Volunteer program in developing countries.
• PIRG
  Public Interest Research Groups located in each state.
• Public Allies                                                                                                         Public Allies advances new leadership to strengthen communities, nonprofits, and civic participation.
• Teach for America
  A national teaching corps of recent college graduates who commit two years to teach in under resourced urban and rural areas in the U.S. 
• Vision New America
  Promotes the civic participation of underserved ethnic groups through internships and conferences.

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Miscellaneous Opportunities

Campus Progress Action Grants

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