Crossroads Health Equity Intern
About The Position
The Youth as Changemakers Project trains and empowers young people to address issues impacting their health and wellbeing while strengthening community health in Dorchester and Fields Corner. Through leadership development, organizing, and community engagement, youth gain the skills to advocate for their communities and lead meaningful change. The Fields Corner Crossroads Collaborative supports youth leadership through the Crossroads Youth Board (CYB) and Crossroads Youth Council (CYC), where young people lead initiatives such as student organizing campaigns, a $100,000 participatory budgeting process, health access projects, and peer-to-peer mental health workshops. Interns receive professional and personal development opportunities that build leadership, facilitation, project management, and community organizing skills while working directly on initiatives that impact their communities. The Health Equity Intern position was created to engage post–high school and college-age young adults in meaningful community health and organizing initiatives, increase the capacity of the Crossroads administrative and backbone teams to support collaborative projects and partnerships, expand the leadership structure of the Crossroads Youth Board by creating more defined roles and responsibilities, create opportunities for mentorship, specialization, and career development within youth leadership spaces, and support youth-led projects that center health equity, community wellness, and systems change.
Requirements
- Graduated high school or currently in senior year of high school
- Enrollment in a trade/technical program, college, or university preferred
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Passion for health equity, youth leadership, and community organizing
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a team environment
- Interest in public health, advocacy, civic engagement, or nonprofit/community-based work preferred
Responsibilities
- Support and mentor Crossroads Youth Board members
- Assist Youth Coordinators in developing youth leadership initiatives and programming
- Help facilitate Crossroads Youth Board and Youth Council meetings, workshops, and activities
- Support youth engagement, outreach, and leadership development efforts
- Attend community meetings, events, and outreach activities
- Represent and uplift Crossroads initiatives within the community
- Assist with event planning, coordination, and facilitation
- Support the design and implementation of the Crossroads Participatory Budget process
- Assist with student organizing initiatives focused on issues impacting young people in schools and communities
- Co-design and support peer-to-peer mental health workshops and wellness initiatives
- Support communications, outreach, and administrative tasks connected to collaborative projects
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
