The responsibility of these interns will be centered around general projects of the Rumi Forum, most of which include event planning and organization of our various conferences, seminars, international trips, evening events, community events, and social responsibility projects.
Rumi Forum was founded in 1999 with the mission to foster intercultural dialogue, stimulate thinking and exchange of opinions on supporting and fostering democracy and peace and to provide a common platform for education and information exchange. The Forum contributes to this ultimate aim by means of conferences, panel discussions, community engagement, luncheons, publications and other activities. In particular, the forum has an interest in issues regarding pluralism, peacebuilding and conflict resolution, intercultural and interfaith dialogue, social harmony and justice, civil rights and community cohesion.
Requirements
Applicant must be pursuing (or have recently graduated with) an undergraduate degree in International Relations, Public Policy, Political Science, Sociology, Journalism, Communications, or other related fields.
Duties may include the following:
- Reach prominent government, corporate and media officials, opinion-makers, academics, diplomats, clergy and other civic leaders for event collaboration opportunities
- Email marketing
- Promote events by developing and executing a social media strategy
- Maintaining contact database
- Conduct site selection research
- Work with the photographer and the cameraman
- Edit speeches and interviews, preparing news updates for the website
- Follows events in Washington DC related to the field of Rumi Forum
- Assists with updates on the website
All internships are unpaid. Dates and hours are flexible and negotiable.
If you have any questions, email [email protected].