Sample Internship Placements for Gender, Leadership, and Public Policy Graduate Students

Learn about paid internship opportunities in nonprofit organizations, made possible by a grant from the Cummings Foundation.

To gain a deeper understanding of the political and policymaking process, graduate certificate students spend 160 hours over the two semesters as interns. Internship sites include state or federal legislative offices, government agencies, advocacy oriented nonprofit organizations, research centers and think-tanks, and private sector lobbying firms. Internships are meant to bridge the gap between where students are now in their careers and where they would like to be in terms of experience, skills, and professional networks.

State and Local Government Internship Sites

• Office of U.S. Senators, including Senator Elizabeth Warren
• Office of the Governor
• Boston Mayor's Office
• Massachusetts Caucus of Women Legislators
• Offices of State Representatives including Kay Khan, Elizabeth Malia, and Jay Kaufman and State Senators Therese Murray, Linda Dorcena Forry, and Sonia Chang-Diaz.
• Boston Redevelopment Authority
• Boston, Cambridge, and Somerville Women's Commissions
• Department of Public Health, Bureau of Substance Abuse Services
• Division of Health Care Finance and Policy
• Governor's Commission on Domestic Violence
• Jane Doe, Inc. (advocacy non-profit working to end domestic violence)
• MA Attorney General's Office
• MA Commission Against Discrimination
• MA Commission on the Status of Women
• MA Cultural Council
• MA Executive Offices of Administration of Finance; Elder Affairs; Labor; Public Safety; and Transportation
• MA Municipal Association
• MA Office for Refugees & Immigrants
• Quincy City Hall

Nonprofit and Advocacy Organization Internships

• Boston National Organization for Women (NOW)
• Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy at UMass Boston
• Child Care Resource Center
• Egleston Square Neighborhood Association
• Girls' Pipeline to Power
• Health Care For All
• League of Women Voters
• Massachusetts Eating Disorders Association, Inc.
• Mass NARAL
• Massachusetts Women's Political Caucus
• New England Aquarium
• Our Bodies, Ourselves
• Peace Watch Ireland
• Physicians for Human Rights 
• Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts
• Rosie's Place
• The Boston Foundation Indicators Project
• We Learn (Women Expanding/Literacy Education Action Resource Network)
• Women's Fund of Western Massachusetts
• YW Boston