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Summer Internship 2026

Calling Up Justice Internship
Call for Applications 2026

“If you have come here to help me you are wasting your time, but if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together.”   ― Lilla Watson and aboriginal sisters

Through this hybrid experience, interns join Calling Up Justice’s Digital Placemaking Team, helping design and produce accessible online events, performances, and cultural programs while learning how justice-centered organizations collaborate across communities.

Onboarding virtual Mid-May, In person June – September 2026

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What you will LEARN

Training includes practical skills in livestream production, event facilitation, digital communications, arts administration, accessibility coordination, and collaborative project management. 

  • Gaining hands-on experience, mentorship, and practical skills in accessible creative production.
  • Paid, disability-centered professional development opportunity for emerging creatives interested in arts, technology, justice, and community leadership
  • Career readiness, experience producing accessible events, technical training and skills, such as OBS Studio, Zoom, Discord, Twitch, YouTube, and GatherTown 
  • Receiving mentorship from experienced producers, artists, and access leaders.

What you will DO

The tentpole project of the internship will be Accessible Virtual Pride, a large-scale online celebration centering Disabled LGBTQIA+ community, creativity, pleasure, and connection.

  • Support Accessible Virtual Pride
  • Hybrid and in-person events
  • Digital Production
  • Accessibility Coordination
  • Communications
  • Audience Engagement
  • Creative programming

What you will PRODUCE

Each participant develops a. Interns leave with real-world experience, professional references, and tangible accomplishments.

  • Résumé
  • Professional bio
  • Portfolio materials 
  • An individualized career pathway plan connected to employment or freelance opportunities in creative industries

Eligibility

Requirements

  • Must Identify as Disabled
  • Applicants 21-30 years old
  • Available Mid-May for virtual onboarding
    • Able to attend Virtual meetings
  • Be based in the Bay Area (preferred) must be in the U.S. to apply
  • From June through September 2026
  • Be able to participate in some in-person activities as part of the internship
    • Able to attend In-person events (masked) minimum of One (1) event per month 
    • Able to attend In-person meetings with fellow interns
  • Communicate accommodation needs with us so we can support access
  • We are committed to providing accommodations and creating an accessible environment. There is no minimum lifting requirement for this internship.

We are especially interested in applicants who are:

  • BIPOC, queer, trans, and historically marginalized applicants encouraged to apply
  • Emerging creatives interested in arts, technology, justice, and community leadership 
  • Strong communicators or eager to grow communication skills
  • Reliable and able to follow through on commitments
  • Interested in arts, justice, accessibility, digital culture, or event production
  • Collaborative and respectful in group environments
  • Excited by disability justice, equity, and community-centered values
  • Interested in learning producing skills and supporting public programs

What is COVERED

  • Interns receive $200 per week for approximately 10 hours per week over 4 months.  May – Sept. 2026
  • Flexible scheduling 
  • Some Remote participation 
  • Generated Closed Captioning 
  • Individualized accommodations
  • Consent-based workflow 

What is NOT Covered

This is primarily in the Bay Area in California. 

  • Travel to get to the Bay Area if you are not local is not covered. 
  • Housing in the Bay Area if you are not local is not covered. 
  • Meals during in-person events are not covered.
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Application – Calling Up Justice Paid Internship

Thank you for your interest in the Calling Up Justice Paid Internship Program, created in collaboration with Black Arts Movement House, San Francisco Disability Cultural Center, L.C. and Lillie Cox Haven of Hope, and supported through the VSA Program of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Required Materials

To apply, please submit the following materials, via form below:

1. Resume, CV, or Production CV

Please send a current resume or curriculum vitae outlining your work experience, education, creative practice, volunteer experience, or community leadership. This does not need to be a traditional or professional if you don’t have one already made, please send a document that shows past work/experience in creative projects in arts, technology, justice, and community leadership.

2. Digital Portfolio Link
 Share a link to examples of your work. This can include:

  • Personal website
  • Social media page
  • Google Drive or folder
  • Creative samples
  • Event work
  • Writing, video, design, organizing, or production examples

We welcome many forms of experience and expression. If you are a stage manager or other arts admin you can list projects you have worked on. 

3. Personal Letter
 Please write a short letter sharing:

  • Why this internship interests you
  • What is your current level of digital production skills
  • What skills or experiences you hope to grow
  • How this opportunity would be empowering to you and your identities

4. Two Professional References

Please submit two letters or contacts for professional references from people you have worked with such as supervisors, teachers, collaborators, mentors, organizers, or colleagues.

Please do not use relatives or family members as references.

Our Values

We are seeking interns who align with Calling Up Justice producing values: care, collaboration, accessibility, creativity, accountability, and justice.

Submit via Form

Deadline Application Due May 2, 2026 12pm Pacific

Read More >  CallingUpJustice.com/Summer-Internship-2026 
Application Form: https://forms.gle/T5t1DLMDd3rN8e5F6

Summery

The Calling Up Justice Internship is a paid, disability-centered professional development opportunity for emerging creatives interested in arts, technology, justice, and community leadership for applicants 21-30 years old. Interns receive $200 per week for approximately 10 hours per week over 4 months, gaining hands-on experience, mentorship, and practical skills in accessible creative production.

This internship is presented in collaboration with Black Arts Movement House, L.C. and Lillie Cox Haven of Hope, and San Francisco Disability Cultural Center, with support through the VSA Program of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. VSA is an international initiative dedicated to expanding access to the arts, arts education, and creative career pathways for Disabled people. Through internship and workforce development programs, VSA helps connect Disabled emerging professionals with real-world paid employment opportunities in the creative economy.

Through this hybrid experience, interns join Calling Up Justice’s Digital Placemaking Team, helping design and produce accessible online events, performances, and cultural programs while learning how justice-centered organizations collaborate across communities.

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