Work With HOPE

#FronteraDispatch Internship 

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The Hope Border Institute (HOPE) seeks highly motivated college and graduate students committed to social justice to join the #FronteraDispatch editorial team. The #FronteraDispatch is HOPE’s weekly take on the conversation about border issues and immigration from a borderlands perspective, reaching thousands of people each week. 

 

The #FronteraDispatch Intern will:

• Learn and develop a personal understanding of immigration and border policy

• Curate relevant published news at the intersection of immigration, border, and faith issues

• Participate in editorial meetings to determine the Dispatch’s priorities 

• Draft –as appropriate–, translate and review the Dispatch before publication 

 

Ideal candidates will: 

• Have completed at least two years of undergraduate studies or are graduate students

• Ability to work independently, collaboratively, innovatively and creatively

• Strong writing and critical thinking skills

• Temperament to work in a dynamic and fast-paced immigration policy landscape

• Great sense of humor and a can-do attitude

• Knowledge or openness to Catholic social teaching

• Passion and commitment to working for justice

• Bilingual candidates in English and Spanish are preferred but not required

 

This internship is fully remote and requires 5-10 hours per week. #FronteraDispatch interns report to the Policy and Research team at HOPE. 

 

Compensation 

Interns that are fully-funded by their universities, either through coursework or scholarships, are encouraged.​​​

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Questions

Please contact info@hopeborder.org with any questions (please do NOT submit applications to this email).

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How to Apply

Please fill out the application form here.

Communications Internship 

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The Hope Border Institute (HOPE) seeks highly motivated college and graduate students committed to social justice to join the team as our next Communications Intern. 

 

The Communications intern will:

• Support HOPE’s social media strategy, designing posts, editing messaging and uploading content

• Provide support for communications tasks for in-person and online events, including crafting and designing programs, taking pictures and videos and hospitality

• Support HOPE’s emailing strategy, creating contact databases, managing new registrants, aiding during the #FronteraDispatch publication process and brainstorming messaging for fundraising campaigns

• Support the Communications Officer with other strategic communications and fundraising tasks as assigned.

 

Ideal candidates will have: 

• Completed at least two years of undergraduate studies or are current graduate students

• The ability to work independently, collaboratively, innovatively and creatively

• Interest and/or some past experience in communications, social media or related areas

• Strong writing and critical thinking skills

• Strong knowledge of social media platforms

• Great sense of humor and a can-do attitude

• Knowledge of or openness to Catholic social teaching

• Passion and commitment to working for justice

• Knowledge of Canva and other design programs, as well as Mailchimp and Substack, is preferred 

• Bilingual candidates in English and Spanish are preferred 

• Candidates based in El Paso (TX) are preferred 

• Ability to cross the US-Mexico border is preferred but not required

 

This internship is hybrid in El Paso (TX) and requires 15 hours per week, with some in-person and occasional weekend work required. The Communications Intern reports to the Communications Officer at HOPE. 

 

Compensation 

Fully funded internships offered by universities, either through coursework/academic credit or scholarship support, are preferred. If hybrid, reimbursement of local transportation costs and other costs related to the internship will be handled on a case-by-case basis.

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Questions

Please contact info@hopeborder.org with any questions (please do NOT submit applications to this email).

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How to Apply

Please fill out the application form here.