SHIP, Sacred Heart Internship Program, is an eight week internship program in Washington, DC, designed by two graduates of the Academy of the Sacred Heart in Bloomfield Hills, MI, with the support of the Society of the Sacred Heart. This program is for Sacred Heart Alumnae finishing their first or second years of college or university.
The goals of the program are:
- To provide young people with the opportunity to be transformed through an immersion experience in a social justice agency, a community living experience, and dialogue and theological reflection both with RSCJ and those actively engaged in social justice work.
- To provide young people with the opportunity to learn how to build bridges of understanding between those engaged in social justice work and those being served as well as with other young people.
- To provide an experience that will serve as an impetus for participants to actualize their participation in a global community and build their lives upon this realization.
- To expand the reach of the Society of the Sacred Heart work on the Chapter Priorities on Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation and Young People through the internship immersion experience and the advocacy project.
Internship Components:
The twelve month program includes an eight week internship in Washington, DC, followed by a 10 month joint advocacy project on an issue developed by the interns. The interns live together at the Center for Educational Design and Communication in a communal setting with shared resources and reflection. The dates for summer 2012 are June 13-August 5.
The components of the program include:
-Direct service experience
-Theological Reflection
-Social Analysis
-Mentoring
-Community
-Advocacy Project
-Technology
-Research, workshops and seminars
-Exploring Washington
These components are integrated to provide interns with the opportunity to build community and learn from participants in programs at their internship sites. Interns also learn the elements of designing, implementing and evaluating an advocacy project from both the administrative and participant perspectives.
If you are a Sacred Heart alumnae in your first or second year of college or univeristy, and are interested in SHIP (Sacred Heart Internship Program), please click here for more information.
