We are dedicated to providing students with meaningful experiences that include but also go beyond traditional classroom and research settings. We offer direct, hands-on opportunities, both paid and unpaid, aimed at kickstarting students’ participation in the dynamic world of climate justice. Through these opportunities, students will learn the skills necessary to become effective professionals and climate justice leaders.
Current Leadership Opportunities
These paid interns support Climate HQ’s operations and outreach and event production. They create engaging content for our social media platforms, capture photos and videos at Climate HQ-related events, and design innovative marketing content. They also organize and plan climate justice events, attend meetings, table, and support the operations of the student lounge. These paid interns help shape annual SFSU events like our Earth Week Celebration, Film Festival and speaker events from conception to fruition while gaining meaningful resume-building experiences and community connections. Interns work on event planning and production, community and campus engagement and outreach, student organizing, graphic design, and communications, among other things. Join our mailing list for announcements and news on when these internships become available.
This paid fellowship, open to undergraduate and graduate students across all fields of study, provides financial support, mentorship, and community for students to engage in creative activities, research, outreach, or educational projects related to climate change and climate justice. Students apply in the spring semester for projects they would implement the following year.
SFSU Climate HQ’s Climate Justice Internship Program places 15 undergraduate students in a semester-long paid internship with partner organizations committed to climate justice. Selected students will be matched with an organization to complete a project that advances that organization’s work and gives students the opportunity to learn from seasoned organizers, activists, advocates, and other professionals. We expect to match 2-5 students at each organization. Currently, students apply in fall semesters for internships in spring semesters.
Student representatives on the Climate Change Certificate Steering Committee ensure this Certificate best serves our student community. Reps receive a stipend for their work and serve as full voting members on the Steering Committee while gaining professional work experience gain leadership skills.