2023–2024 Student Activity Fund
UU Faith in Action
Applications will soon be open for LIAC's Student Activity Fund (SAF) internship program for summer 2023 and the 2023–2024 school year.
Don't miss out on this great opportunity to earn money for school while helping nonprofit organizations in your community and beyond. You receive an hourly stipend from the SAF grant program, and there is no cost to the nonprofit where you intern.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: MAY 18, 2023
The Intern
Eligibility
To participate in the SAF program, you must be:
- Under age 25 on June 1, 2023
- A member or child of a member in good standing at a LIAC UU congregation
AND one of the following:
- A high school senior in fall 2023
- An undergraduate college or continuing-education student
- A gap-year student
- A spring 2023 college graduate
REsponsibilities
- Fill out the online application form below by Thursday, May 18, 2023.
- Find a nonprofit to intern for (see eligibility guidelines below).
- Attend the mandatory orientation/leadership seminar via Zoom on Thursday, May 25, 2023, at 7 p.m.
- Display UU values while working at the internship.
- At the end of the internship, submit the nonprofit evaluation online form and write a personal reflection about your experience (see essays by past interns).
Hours and stipend
- Up to 35 hours/week (7 hours/day) during summer
- High school seniors: $13/hour
- College, continuing-education & gap-year students: $15/hour
The Nonprofit
eligibility
To be eligible for the SAF internship program, the nonprofit organization must have one or more of the following goals:
- Directly aimed at alleviating inequity, injustice, and discrimination
- Encouraging the formulation and implementation of public policies that promote world peace or ecological responsibility
- Designed to preserve and protect civil liberties
- Related to the direct provision of needed services to disadvantaged sectors of society
Note: Students cannot receive SAF award money as a volunteer for a political candidate or party campaign, according to SAF’s guidelines as a religious nonprofit program.
How it works
If your organization has been chosen by an SAF intern and approved by SAF, please fill out the forms below (one before the internship and one after).
If your nonprofit is interested in being added to the list of approved SAF internship placement options, email SAF Program Director Crystal Berger at the link below.
The Internship
Ideas for internships
- Agencies advocating for social justice
- Civil rights organizations
- Soup kitchens & food pantries
- Get Out the Vote initiatives
- Sustainable-living think tanks
- Environmental organizations
- Nutrition & wellness services
- Community gardens/farms
- Community camp programs
- Assisted living, hospice & community clinics
Finding a good match
If SAF interns would like guidance in finding an appropriate nonprofit to approach, they are encouraged to contact SAF Program Director Crystal Berger at SAFProgramDirector@gmail.com.
Click below for a list of nonprofits where past SAF interns have worked.
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SAF Program Director
Crystal Berger
“I look forward to making a greater contribution to future generations in every place I can, with all the zeal I can, for as long as I can."
SAF is thrilled to welcome Crystal Berger as Program Director, a role she began in March 2023, bringing over a decade of experience coordinating student internship programs. The Elmont native was previously Deputy District Director for New York State Senator Anna Kaplan. While working as a Field Organizer for the Nassau County Democratic Committee, she coordinated with teachers and administrators across the county to implement an internship program for more than 70 high school and college students, many of whom she is still in touch with today. She considers it a privilege to witness not only their academic and professional journeys but also their personal growth. Click here for her full bio.
Crystal Berger, SAF's new Program Director