Internship Programs

For students who are interested in high-impact and practical learning, CUNY SLU offers two academic internship programs. Both initiatives support career-building opportunities to help students solidify their interests in either labor studies or urban and community issues. For those students looking for a deeper understanding of the labor and urban studies disciplines, they can get a sense of what the major is like, test their interest in the field, and make professional connections through the following two full-time internship opportunities:

New York Union Semester  and Community Semester are one of a kind academic internships that combine rigorous academic study with first-hand experience within the labor movement and community organizing.

Students in the programs are paired with unions, worker-rights organizations and community organizations to gain practical skills and learn first-hand the strategies these organizations use to fight for workers’ rights and empower communities throughout New York City.

Union Semester has successfully connected social changemakers with dynamic labor organizations. This unique semester-long program combines rigorous academic study with first-hand experience within the labor movement. Undergraduate and graduate students from across the country and around the world are paired with unions and worker-rights organizations to gain practical skills and learn first-hand the strategies these organizations use to fight for workers’ rights. Find out more.

Community Semester is a full-time, intensive academic and service-learning program that provides students with an opportunity to put their passion for social justice to work. Students learn first-hand how community-based organizations fight for environmental justice, housing rights, immigrant rights, tenants’ rights, economic justice, youth engagement, neighborhood resilience, civic justice, and community empowerment by contributing to the movement themselves. Find out more.