Internships » Human Services & Social Work
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Access Living
Access Living is a cross-disability organization governed and staffed by a majority of people with disabilities. Access Living fosters the dignity, pride and self-esteem of people with disabilities and enhances the options available to them so they may choose and maintain individualized and satisfying lifestyles. To this end, Access Living offers peer-oriented independent living services; public education, awareness and development; individualized and systemic advocacy; and enforcement of civil rights on behalf of people with disabilities. Access Living recognizes the innate rights, abilities, needs and diversity of people with disabilities, works toward their full integration into community life and serves as an agent of social change.www.accessliving.org
Alternative Schools Network
The Alternative Schools Network (ASN) is a not-for-profit organization in Chicago working to provide quality education with a specific emphasis on inner-city children, youth and adults. Since 1973, the ASN has been supporting community based and community-run programs to develop and expand training and other educational services in Chicago’s inner-city neighborhoods. www.asnchicago.org
Alternatives, Inc.
Alternatives, Inc. is a not-for-profit youth and family service agency established in 1971, serving Chicago’s northeast communities of Uptown, Edgewater, Rogers Park, Lakeview, North Center, Lincoln Square and West Ridge. The agency’s mission is to facilitate personal development, strengthen family relationships, and enhance the community’s well being.www.alternativesyouth.org
Amnesty International, USA
We are people from across the world standing up for humanity and human rights. Our purpose is to protect people wherever justice, freedom, truth and dignity are denied. We investigate and expose abuses, educate and mobilize the public, and help transform societies to create a safer, more just world.www.amnestyusa.org
Apna Ghar
Apna Ghar (Our Home) provides culturally-appropriate, multilingual services, including emergency shelter, to survivors of domestic abuse with a primary focus on the South Asian and other immigrant communities.www.apnaghar.org
Center on Halsted
In a safe and nurturing environment, Center on Halsted serves as a catalyst for the LGBT community that links and provides community resources, and enriches life experiences.www.centeronhalsted.org
Children’s Place Association
The mission of The Children’s Place Association is to improve the present and secure the future for children, youth and families confronted by HIV/AIDS or other life-changing health conditions.www.childrens-place.org
E.M. Branch & Associates
E.M. Branch & Associates was established in order to provide culturally-relevant services to individuals, families, and communities impacted by the injustices of poverty and racism. Our program uses a strength-based approach in order to empower individuals and communities to overcome oppression. The center believes in a systematic approach to address client concerns.www.embranch.org
Pilsen Environmental Rights and Reform Organization
P.E.R.R.O is a grassroots community group of Pilsen residents that formed in 2004 to fight the disproportionate amount of pollution in the Pilsen neighborhood. PERRO believes all people have the right to live in a clean and healthy environment, regardless of their race and class. Its mission is to spread awareness about this concept of environmental justice and make Pilsen a healthier place to live, work, and raise children.www.pilsenperro.org
Rainbow PU$H Coalition
Rainbow/PUSH is a non-profit organization formed as a merger of two nonprofit organizations — Operation PUSH (People United to Save Humanity) and the National Rainbow Coalition — founded by Jesse Jackson. The organizations pursue social justice, civil rights, and political activism.www.rainbowpush.org
Sunlight African Community Center
SACC was started in order to provide our children with a place of their own- somewhere to learn, socialize and have fun. Through our use of mentors and tutors we offer homework assistance after school, instruction in literacy, art, music, computers and more.www.sunlightafricancommunitycenter.org