Dear Colleagues,
Do you know any students who want to make the world a better place but don’t know where to start? Do they care about democracy, inclusion, climate, civil and workers’ rights?
If so, please let your students know about our AFT Guild Student Internship Program opportunity beginning in the Fall 2025 semester. If you have students who are interested in unions and/or social justice, please refer them to us as you all are our best resource for finding good candidates. This popular and paid internship program is our way of introducing our students to the union movement, local social justice work, and planting seeds for a better future. The details are below. Please feel free to copy/paste and send this to your students in an email or Canvas announcement.
The American Federation of Teachers Guild, Local 1931 is hiring student interns for the 2025-26 school year. The AFT Internship is an intensive introduction to union and social justice work. Beginning in the Fall semester, every intern takes a Labor Studies course and does a wide range of social justice work through the end of the semester. The internship then continues in the Spring semester with another Labor Studies class for those who want to do a full year. AFT is involved in union solidarity actions, political campaigns, racial and gender justice work, environmental activism, and more. Interns learn how to organize, phone bank, and craft activist campaigns. While we are primarily focused on SDCCD and GCCCD students, the AFT internship is also open to all San Diego area college students, both full and part time.
More specifically, AFT interns:
- Attend a weekly meeting from 3-4pm every Monday in the AFT office in Mission Valley.
- Enroll in a Labor Studies course on M/W 11:10-12:35 at SD City College.
- Perform 4 hours of paid union/political/community work in addition to the meeting and class time.
The pay for the meeting and 4 hours is $25.00/hour and the costs and enrollment fees of the class are reimbursed upon successful completion of the course.
***Please contact Jim Miller at jmiller229@icloud.com and Kelly Mayhew at kellysm99@icloud.com if you are interested in interviewing for a position.***
We hope to hear from you soon.
In Solidarity,
Jim Miller and Kelly Mayhew
AFT Guild, Local 1931