The Center for Community Problem Solving welcomes energetic, hard-working, and talented people to join our efforts in improving problem solving available to low-income, of color, and immigrant communities. Our internship positions offer challenging work, good people, and room for considerable growth.

Currently, we have full- and part-time internship positions available for the following projects:

Spanish Translators

The Center for Community Problem Solving at NYU is currently in the process of translating the first edition of its 2005 Re-entry Guide to Spanish. In order to make this resource available to a greater number of people coming out of jails, their families and communities, CCPS is presently forming a team of enthusiastic and capable translators to undertake this project.

We are currently seeking linguists, students, translators, researchers, or technical writers who are bilingual in English and Spanish to intern.

Requirements:

• Provide evidence of fluency in both English and Spanish.
• Availability to volunteer at least 10 hours per week during the semester or 15 hours during the summer period.
• Excellent writing skills in both languages.
• Commitment.
• Familiarity with legal, medical and advocacy vocabulary a plus.

Responsibilities include:

• Translating, proof-reading, editing and correcting organization profiles, narratives and descriptions of service providers to low-income, color and immigrant communities in six neighborhoods of New York City.
• Conducting test-drives and focus groups with selected audiences in order to collect feedback and suggestions from the intended readers of the Re-Entry Guide.

For more information or to apply, please ailun.ku@nyu.edu or call AiLun Ku at (212) 998-6437. Please note that to ensure that you qualify for the internship, you will be asked to translate a sample document of the material you will be working with on a regular basis. You will have a 48-hour period to return the completed translation, so make sure you state your availability to do so before receiving the sample task.

For the past four years, we at the Center for Community Problem Solving have been studying problems faced by and resources available to residents in six of NYC’s low-income, of color, and immigrant neighborhoods (Bushwick, Bed-Stuy, Harlem, East Harlem, Chinatown, and the Lower East Side). Already, we have conducted over 2,000 telephone interviews with neighborhood residents and over 1,000 in-person interviews with service providers throughout NYC. We are continuing to work with residents and service providers to gather, analyze, and share the information we collect to improve the quality of available problem solving.

We’re looking for interns who will help us (1) conduct in-person interviews with service providers offering various problem-solving help (in particular to people with criminal records and their families, immigrant populations, young people, and those at risk of homelessness) throughout NYC, (2) help to draft, edit, and distribute comprehensive guides, manuals, and service directories to community residents and service providers, and (3) conduct in-depth research about a wide range of topics.

For more information or to apply, please email ailun.ku@nyu.edu or call AiLun Ku at (212) 998-6437.

This posting is from Fall 2004. It will give you a good idea of past opportunities and those to come. We will post an updated description when internships become newly available. Meanwhile, if you are interested in working with the project, we would love to have your resume on file. Please see the contact information included below.

Mexicans are the largest immigrant group in the U.S. and the fastest-growing group in New York City. But very little research has assessed the problems or experiences of Mexican immigrants here – or in any U.S. metropolitan area, for that matter. Through this Pilot Study, we at the Center for Community Problem Solving and our partners at the Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies are initiating the first-ever study of Mexican immigrants’ health. We hope to use the information we collect to guide future research and interventions better suited to help Mexican immigrants tackle the problems they face.

We’re looking for fluent Spanish-speaking interns who will help us “hit the streets” to administer surveys to Mexican immigrants at diverse venues in communities with high concentrations of Mexican immigrants (Port Richmond, Astoria, Bushwick, Sunset Park, Williamsburg, Elmhurst, North Corona, Jackson Heights, East Harlem, the Lower East Side, Chelsea, and the South Bronx). Interns working on this Study will recruit participants, speak directly with Mexican immigrants about their health experiences (including with language, social networks, employment, remittances, immigration, the criminal justice system, substance abuse, gambling, and more), and complete other tasks as they arise.

For more information or to apply, please email ailun.ku@nyu.edu or call AiLun Ku at (212) 998-6437.