Internships, East Park Revitalization Alliance

Posted by on November 05, 2012

East Park Revitalization Alliance (EPRA), a community-based 501(c)3 non-profit in Strawberry Mansion, is looking for help starting a prenatal nutrition program.   EPRA is collaborating with a Philly-based Doula to provide comprehensive prenatal nutrition education and family planning services to women in our neighborhood, free of charge.  EPRA is planning to run a weekly workshop to improve the health of mothers in our neighborhood and increase the well being of newborns and family members.  We need help getting this exciting project rolling!

Strawberry Mansion, a neighborhood of North Philadelphia, is 96% African American and 47% of the population is below poverty level. We value leadership from our community and are looking for students excited to be neighborhood allies through this work.  We prefer that students have some awareness of race and class dynamics and we will support them as they learn through this project.

Media/Documenting

• Looking for student studying media, film, and/or communications to help us document our pilot program:
o Potential documentary/short filming
o Blog series for mothers and families
o Outreach to community
o Prenatal nutrition newsletter

Fundraising

• Looking for someone to help with grant searching and writing
o Experience or interest in fundraising for community based events focused on health and well being

Public Policy

• Looking for a public policy student focusing on health care reform, preferably in the field of maternity health
o Knowledge of current midwifery or doula policy
o Extensive knowledge of health care reform policy

Event Planning/Community Outreach

• Student with expertise in event planning and recruitment
o Make sure all details are planned for workshops
o Help plan events to gain publicity and neighborhood awareness

Website

• Student with expertise in web site development
o Set up website using Content Management System so that it can be maintained by others

If interested, contact Julie Goldberg at juliehannahg@gmail.com.