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Local
Internships
Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture
Bradley Natural Childbirth Courses
Contact jane Purcell 828-964-2356
The Playhouse
Contact: Cathy at 828.263.0011
400 Tracy Circle; Boone, NC 28607
website
Responsibilities: Intern will work on existing programs and develop new ones; will also gain valuable knowledge about life choices and parenting.
WNC Woman Magazine
Contact: Julie Parker at 828.689.2988
Asheville, NC
website
Responsibilities: Work on PR or Advertising. Possibly create a link between ASU and the magazine in order to further circulation and submissions.
Women's Studies
Program at ASU
Contact: Dr. Martha McCaughey,
Director, Women's Studies Program
(828) 262-7603
email
website
Responsibilities: An academic internship.
The Women's
Center at ASU
Contact: Suzette Patterson
Nolichucky River Room
First Floor, Plemmons Student Union
(828) 262-6744
email
website
Responsibilities: Serve the students of Appalachian State University
Children's Council of Watauga County
Contact: Charisse Cuthberson at 828.262.5424
290 Queen Street; Boone, NC 28607
website
Responsibilities: Serve the children of the High Country through educational programs.
OASIS
(Opposing Abuse with Service, Information, and Shelter, Watauga County)
Contact: Shelley Wainscott at 828.264.1532
PO Box 1591; Boone, NC 28607
email
Watauga Youth Network
828.264.5174
155 Wyn Way; Boone, NC 28607
website
Responsibilities: Work with Women's Studies graduates on programs geared toward children perhaps on domestic violence or sexual assault.
Our Voice
Contact: Barb Anderson at 282.252.0562
Asheville, NC
email
Responsibilities: Work with sexual assault survivors through outreach, education and prevention at this 24 hour rape crisis center.
League of Women Voters of Asheville - Buncombe County
Contact: Cathleen Balogh at 828.251.6169
221 Miles Bldg; 2 Wall St.; Asheville, NC 28806
email
Responsibilities: Help the organization impress upon women the importance of voting.
NC Council for Women - Domestic Violence Commission
828.251.6169
website
Responsibilities: Contact the commission for more information as new projects arise daily.
The University of North Carolina Semester in Washington, DC
Contact: Dr. Neva Specht at 282.262.6879
ASU Campus - 204 Whitener Hall
website
Interns may be placed with a Women's Studies organization in Washington, DC.
Watauga County Project on Aging
Contact: Lois E. Harrill at 828.265.8090
132 Poplar Grove Connector; Boone, NC 28607
website
Responsibilities: Help develop a program dealing with elderly women's health issues.
Girl Scout Council of Catawba Valley Area
Contact: Mary Rigney at 1.800.328.8388
530 4th Street SW; Hickory, NC 28602
email
Responsibilities: Work as a summer camp counselor or a troop leader.
Appalachian District Health Department
828.264.4995
website
Responsibilities: Contact the department for information on women's health related opportunities in Watauga, Ashe and Avery Counties in North Carolina.
The Hospitality House
Contact: Ian Mance
Boone, NC
Responsibilities: Develop a program to show at the local shelter against sexual harassment.
Asheville Chapter of Links Inc.
Contact: 828.684.7555
Asheville, NC
Links Inc. is a service organization focused on cultural and economic survival of African Americans. Contact the Asheville chapter for internship descriptions.
Maverick Farms
Contact: Sara Safransky at 828.963.4656
Valle Crusis, NC
email
website
Responsibilities: Interns will be involved in all aspects of operating a small farm and non-profit educational organization, including: planting, tending and harvesting vegetables, herbs and fruit; preparing for the weekly farmer's market; prepping vegetables for sale to restaurants and for the Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA); cooking and preserving food using traditional techniques; composting; planning youth education days on the farm. Interns will definitely get their hands dirty, get leadership experience, and be part of a unique cooperative organization. Internships are available year-round.
Appalachian Voices
at 828.262.1500
703 West King Street; Suite 105
Boone, NC 28607
Email
Website
Appalachian Voices is a nonprofit organization working to protect and restore Appalachian ecosystems and communities. We promote direct involvement of communities and he general public in the important environmental decisions that face the people of our region. As the only regional conservation organization addressing a broad range of environmental concerns in the central and southern Appalachian Mountains, Appalachian Voices focus on three of the most important environmental issues in the region: air pollution, sustainable forestry, and mountaintop removal mining. An internship could, for example, look at women's roles in West Virginia who are fighting mountaintop removal, especially the women whose families and homes are threatened by this devistation. This internship would earn up to three credit hours, nine hours each week.
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