If you are seeking an internship, you should look for businesses and organizations around Harrisonburg or in the area where you plan to be during that time, (like Northern Virginia for example), and make some preliminary contact with them to see if they take interns and if the organization is the kind of thing you want to do.  There are even possibilities in other countries.

If you would like some help in finding placement, CAI has some contacts that may be of interest to you. Some of them are listed below.

Buxton Initiative Fellowship 2010-2011 Application

As of March 15, we will be accepting applications for a class of Buxton Fellows for the 2010-2011 year! Read below for a description of the position and to learn how to apply. Learn more about the fellowship and previous Buxton fellows here.

Buxton Fellowship Description

September 1, 2010 – May 31, 2011

Fellows Program Description:

The Buxton Initiative is an inter-religious organization led by young Christian, Jewish and Muslim leaders dedicated to building understanding between their respective faith communities. Buxton Fellows provide nearly all the staffing for Buxton’s programs. Fellows are typically recent college graduates who represent the Jewish, Christian and Muslim faith traditions. By working together on a daily basis for nine months, they continue building upon the legacy of interfaith friendship begun by Buxton’s founders, Ambassador J. Douglas Holladay and Dr. Akbar S. Ahmed. When Ambassador Holladay, a Christian, and Dr. Ahmed, a Muslim, met shortly after September 11, each was in search of someone with whom to explore ways to avoid what Samuel Huntington saw as the inevitable “clash of civilizations”. They decided to meet regularly to better understand each other’s faith. As mutual trust grew, they expanded their conversations to include others, including ambassadors, senators, CEOs, generals, and academics. The Buxton Initiative emerged from these gatherings and continues the work of creating safe environments in which people from various faith traditions can engage one another honestly and learn from each other.

Qualifications:

Ideal candidates will possess excellent organizational, writing, and interpersonal communication skills. They should demonstrate a strong desire to improve relations among different faith communities through friendship and dialogue. Fellows should be knowledgeable of their faith tradition in order to contribute to discussions and writings. Interest in journalism, photography, and social media is valued. Most importantly, strong candidates will express a willingness to work closely with the other members of the Buxton team, particularly the other fellows. Because of the interfaith makeup of the Buxton fellows, genuine collaboration is dependent on their openness to learning about each other’s faith.

Duties:

Buxton Fellows work a normal business day (9am-5pm) five days a week. On occasion they may be asked to participate in events that take place after normal business hours. Duties will include but are not limited to: planning and coordinating events at the office and off-site, writing and editing online publications, contributing to the operations of the office, assisting with strategic planning, and establishing partnerships with local leaders and young professionals who are interested in contributing to the Buxton Initiative’s programs.

Compensation:

A monthly stipend of $2,000 will be awarded to each fellow during the nine-month fellowship period. Additionally, they will be provided with benefits and office space.

How to Apply:

If you are interested in applying for this position, please send your resume, a writing sample (500-1,000 words), and a completed Buxton Fellow Application (below) to info@buxtoninitiative.org no later than March 15, 2010. Should you have any additional questions or concerns feel free to contact Mac Skelton at (202) 467-2077 or by email at mac.skelton@buxtoninitiative.org.

2010-11 Buxton Fellow Application – Jewish Fellow

2010-11 Buxton Fellow Application – Muslim Fellow

The application for the 2010-11 Christian fellowship has closed. If you are interested in applying for the following year (2011-12), you must apply through the Falls Church Fellows Program and specify your interest in the Buxton Initiative for your part-time internship. The Falls Church fellowship is a nine-month program for young Christian leaders that explores the relationship between faith and vocation. Each year one Falls Church fellow is selected to commit to a three-day/week internship at the Buxton Initiative, thereby serving as Buxton’s Christian Fellow.

Community Mediation Center, Harrisonburg Virginia  (540) 434-0059

Restorative Justice Initiatives (RJI) is a multi-benefit, victim/offender conferencing program of the CMC. Restorative Justice Initiatives:

        - focus on the harms of wrongdoing beyond the rules that have been broken

         - work toward the restoration of victims by empowering them and responding to their needs as they see them

         - support offenders while encouraging them to understand, accept, and carry out their obligations to the victim(s)

         - provides opportunities for dialogue (direct or indirect) between victims and offenders as appropriate

    - involve and empower the affected community through the justice process, and increases their capacity to recognize and respond to community bases of crime

 CVRJ   /   750 Harris Street, Suite 207, Charlottesville, VA 22903   /   phone 434.220.3737   /   fax 434.979.4038

http://www.centralvirginiarj.org/about.html

OUR PRINCIPLES:  When seeking justice, the people most affected should be given a chance to have a say in what happens. So we engage the offender, the victim, their supporters, and other community members in a process that asks:

        What harm occurred? To whom?

        What needs to be done to repair the harm?

        How can offenders be held constructively accountable?

        Who is responsible for this repair?

Sometimes we hear that this process is simply a “common sense” approach to working with crime in communities. This is true, but working through the concepts of harm, needs, and repair in an explicit way means that we draw a direct line between the event of crime and the people who were affected, rather than between the event of crime and the laws or rules that were broken.

OUR VALUES

In all our encounters – whether with offenders, victims, or community members – we value respect, honesty, integrity, responsibility, and accountability.

INTERNSHIPS

Every year, the program hosts an undergraduate intern interested in gaining "real world" experience in the non-profit sector. Typically, the intern spends ten hours per week aiding program staff in projects ranging from correspondence and research to database development and case support. If you are interested in an internship, especially if you are intrigued with justice issues, please send us an email.

From: A. Blanton Massey <abm.vaattorney@verizon.net>
Date: Tue, Mar 2, 2010
Subject: Internship

I'm thinking of hiring a recent graduate in conflict resolution or communication at $30,000 per year plus health insurance as a mediation intern/administrative assistant. (I would hope the turnover would be not more than every two years.)  I have used many University of Mary Wash. interns over the years, so maybe there could also be opportunities for JMU students as well from time to time, depending on what happens with the paid long-term internship.

My websites are www.vamediation.com and www.CommonwealthCoaching.net.

Email me at a.blanton.massey@verizon.net or call my cell phone at 540-809-8683.
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A. Blanton Massey
1119 Caroline Street
Fredericksburg, VA 22404
540-373-1818
540-373-5306 fax

JMU Contact

For more information please contact Dr. R. Leppington, leppinrx@jmu.edu