INTERNSHIPS

EASTSIDE LEADS & SELF HELP GRAPHICS YOUTH ARTIVISM INTERNSHIP

The Youth Artivism Internship Program is aimed at integrating more art and youth voices into our coalition housing justice advocacy. This program is open to youth ages 18-24 living in Los Angeles interested in advocacy, activism, the arts, and strong ties to the community.

This program provides participants with the experience of using art as a tool for social action and addresses issues set by our coalition. The interns work closely with Self Help Graphics and Art’s Community Engagement and Youth Programs Manager and our coalition staff to inform and help develop art projects, activations, and exhibitions responding to the issues our coalition addresses such as displacement and gentrification.

Participants receive training and guidance on civic engagement, how to lead programming, artivism, and issues of their individual interest in relation to their communities. The interns commit to dedicating 20 hours per month during a 8-month term.

This internship includes a stipend for participation.

The application window for our Artivista Internship Program is currently CLOSED. Please come back in April of 2026!

LEARN MORE about the opportunity: https://www.selfhelpgraphics.com/opportunities

EASTSIDE LEADS SOCIAL MEDIA ADVOCATES (SMA) INTERNSHIP

The Eastside LEADS Social Media Advocates (SMA) internship aims to develop youth digital organizers who use social media as a tool for tenant advocacy, housing equality, and land access as a fundamental human right. The SMA’s work in coalition with our partner organizations to support the creation of community led developments in Boyle Heights that aim to advance affordable housing, school and youth development, local business support and expansion, job creation, and community health and wellness without the displacement of long time residents.

SMA’s will meet on a weekly basis to communicate and contribute to the development of a collaborative communication strategy that works to amplify Eastside LEADS on our social media platforms. SMA’s will have the responsibility of designing four translated graphics and/or posts with captions per month on Facebook, Threads, Instagram, and Tiktok, that educates our audiences about our campaign work, partner campaigns, and our core coalition aims that include the promotion of community mobilization that supports restorative housing.

SMA’s will also engage with our partner organizations on our platforms (liking, sharing, and reposting) to build social media organizational outreach, support with the documentation of platform engagement, and host our monthly Tenant Power Hour (TPH) Live Series on our social media platforms featuring guests from our partner organizations to discuss housing and tenant protection updates to equip our audiences with information regarding their rights as tenants.

The Interns will commit to dedicating 20 hours per month during a 9-month term.

This internship includes a stipend for participation.

*The application window for this internship is currently closed.