“**Internship Description**
Grassroots organizing internships with OSPIRG and Environment Oregon. Every day decisions are being made at the state capitol, the Governor’s office, and Congress that impact our health, environment, economy and democracy. OSPIRG works to ensure the voice of the public is represented and fights to protect the public interest. Environment Oregon works to defend the environment in the face of special interests in our political system. We both start with hard-hitting research on the issues and make the case for reform to our decision makers through advocacy. However, just having the facts is often not enough, so we build power through grassroots organizing, coalition building, media work and public education to achieve tangible benefits for Oregon and overcome the opposition from powerful special interests.Interns working in our Grassroots Organizing Internships will work with our professional staff on a public interest issue—local, statewide, regional or federal—and then learn to develop a campaign, educate and mobilize the key constituencies, stakeholders, and the general public.OSPIRG’s priority campaign right now is to stop the overuse of antibiotics on factory farms. Antibiotics are pillars of modern medicine, but they are becoming less effective due to overuse. While stewardship of these drugs is important in the medical community, 70% of antibiotics sold in this country are used on farm animals. Many of these animals are not even sick and the drugs are used for industrial purposes. A bill banning the non-therapeutic use of these life-saving drugs on factory farms is coming up this year in the Oregon state legislature. We will be working to make sure that politicians take this threat seriously and factory farms are not allowed to endanger public health any longer. To apply to work to work on this campaign please submit an application here.Environment Oregon is working to harness the power from the sun by passing a series of bills that would help bring 500 times more solar power to the state. These bills would make solar power pencil out for more Oregonians and be the equivalent of covering 250,000 roofs with solar panels. The Oregon State Legislature will meet from February to July of 2015 — if we don’t pass these bills by July, we’ll have to wait another two years before we can try again. To apply to work on this campaign please submit an application here.
Grassroots organizing internships with OSPIRG and Environment Oregon. Every day decisions are being made at the state capitol, the Governor’s office, and Congress that impact our health, environment, economy and democracy. OSPIRG works to ensure the voice of the public is represented and fights to protect the public interest. Environment Oregon works to defend the environment in the face of special interests in our political system. We both start with hard-hitting research on the issues and make the case for reform to our decision makers through advocacy. However, just having the facts is often not enough, so we build power through grassroots organizing, coalition building, media work and public education to achieve tangible benefits for Oregon and overcome the opposition from powerful special interests.Interns working in our Grassroots Organizing Internships will work with our professional staff on a public interest issue—local, statewide, regional or federal—and then learn to develop a campaign, educate and mobilize the key constituencies, stakeholders, and the general public.OSPIRG’s priority campaign right now is to stop the overuse of antibiotics on factory farms. Antibiotics are pillars of modern medicine, but they are becoming less effective due to overuse. While stewardship of these drugs is important in the medical community, 70% of antibiotics sold in this country are used on farm animals. Many of these animals are not even sick and the drugs are used for industrial purposes. A bill banning the non-therapeutic use of these life-saving drugs on factory farms is coming up this year in the Oregon state legislature. We will be working to make sure that politicians take this threat seriously and factory farms are not allowed to endanger public health any longer. To apply to work to work on this campaign please submit an application here.Environment Oregon is working to harness the power from the sun by passing a series of bills that would help bring 500 times more solar power to the state. These bills would make solar power pencil out for more Oregonians and be the equivalent of covering 250,000 roofs with solar panels. The Oregon State Legislature will meet from February to July of 2015 — if we don’t pass these bills by July, we’ll have to wait another two years before we can try again. To apply to work on this campaign please submit an application here.
PROTECT THE PUBLIC INTEREST AND THE ENVIRONMENT! MAKE A DIFFERENCE:
• Gain firsthand experience into the political process
• Sharpen your communication skills by working with the media
• Learn to develop and run an effective campaign to influence decision-makers
• Gain experience recruiting and working with volunteers
• Learn to build a coalition and work with coalition partners
-- Charlotte Bromley Campaign Organizer | Environment Oregon Environment Oregon Research & Policy Center 1536 SE 11th Ave., Ste. B, Portland, OR 97214 Office: 503-231-1986 ext. 318 / Cell: 860-301-2153 Email: charlotte@environmentoregon.org Website: www.environmentoregon.org Follow Environment Oregon on Facebook & Twitter www.facebook.com/enviroregon www.twitter.com/enviroregon"