Winter 2026 Community Organizing Youth Internship – Rogue Valley

January 16th – March 13th, 2026

Rogue Climate and Rogue Action Center (RAC) are hosting a winter Community Organizing Youth Internship open to all youth ages 14 – 28 located in the Rogue Valley.

Apply by December 5, 2025 for the opportunity to attend weekly workshops, learn hands-on community organizing skills, and join local campaigns for climate and social justice.

Participants will recieve a $500 stipend upon completion of the program.

This program runs every Friday from 5:00PM – 7:30PM from January 16th-March 13th, 2026. Workshops will include Community Organizing 101, Climate Justice, Power, Privilege and Oppression, Campaign Planning and more. Interns will also participate in a project group. No prior experience is necessary, and interns will recieve a stipend for their participation.

Program Requirements:

• Interns will commit to participating in the full program from January 16 – March 13.
• Hours: Interns will commit to working with Rogue Climate and RAC for 3 – 5 total hours per week. Organization hours will be flexible to accommodate school and work schedules!
• Weekly Training: 2.5 hours per week will be spent in a weekly internship workshop to learn more about community organizing, strategic planning, and social justice.
  • • Attendance at all training sessions is required unless other arrangements are made.
    • Please let us know if you will miss a session so we can make accomodations.
    • Attendance of each training and work session will count towards your stipend.
    • Masks are welcome and available at indoor sessions.

Project Groups:

0.5 – 2 hours a week will be spent developing organizer skills by participating with either the Rogue Climate Action Team or Artivism with RAC. This may include: canvassing, outreach at community events, phone banking, and group or class presentations.

• Rogue Climate Action Team (RCAT): RCAT is a group of youth working on local climate action campaigns.
• RAC Artivism: A combination of art and activism, artivism is the use of creative and artistic methods of expression to denounce, cultivate awareness, and motivate change in socieety. Join RAC staff in exploring a variety of art skills for campaigns including zines for future internship cohorts and even the internship logo.

Weekly Workshops:

Every Friday, 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM

• Week 1: Orientation
• Week 2: Organizing 101
• Week 3: Climate Justice
• Week 4: Power, Privilege and Oppression
• Week 5: Vesper Meadow‘s Fire Ecology workshop
• Week 6: TBD
• Week 7: Campaign Planning 1
• Week 8: Campaign Planning 2
• Week 9: Closing Celebration
  

Application Information:

If you are interested in applying, please submit your application by December 5th, 2025.

People of Color, trans and gender nonconforming people, people from poor and working-class backgrounds, disabled people, and women are encouraged to apply.

If you have questions about the internship program or need support with the application, please contact Blanca Gutierrez at Blanca@rogueclimate.org or Alex Auzas at alex@rogueactioncenter.org.