SEMINARY
SUMMER 2008: JUNE 8 - AUGUST 15
A
partnership between Interfaith Worker Justice and the AFL-CIO and
Change to Win unions, Seminary Summer involves 35 to 50 future
religious leaders in a ten-week, paid internship program of faith
and action.
Since
2000, more than 250 seminary, rabbinical,
and Muslim students have spent their summers
educating and organizing the religious
community around involvement with worker
issues through campaigns that enhance the
wages, benefits, and dignity of workers.
Seminarians,
rabbinical students, Muslim graduate students
and novices are eligible to apply. For
questions on eligibility, please contact Summer
Internships,
or call 773-728-8400 x21.
The
Seminary Summer/IIWJ internship combines education, action, and
reflection for students interested in becoming more knowledgeable
about issues faced by organizing workers.
Education:
The
program begins with a one-week training about
organizing skills, labor history,
union structure, religious denominations,
and workers’ rights.
Students learn about the relationship
between faith teachings and worker justice.
Action:
Students are assigned to unions or allied
groups engaged in progressive organizing
campaigns, putting their faith into action.
Through hands-on experiences student help educate
and mobilize the religious community to
stand with workers on issues and campaigns that impact them.
Reflection:
During the ten weeks, most students meet
with a theological mentor who helps them
to integrate their work and their theological
beliefs. At the end of the summer, students
are brought back together to reflect together
on their experiences and plan ways in which
they can incorporate what they have learned
into their lives and vocations.
Students
are carefully selected based on both phone interviews and written
applications.
The application can be downloaded below.
This
program has proven to be highly effective. Seminary Summer/IIWJ
students have gone back to their schools and organized Seminarians
for Worker Justice groups, taught classes with faculty about worker
justice, and encouraged the school’s staff to teach more about
the issues.
Deadline for early acceptance is March 15, 2008. Applications will
be considered on a rolling basis after that as space is available.
Download Flyer and Application
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