Gun Violence Prevention Internship
Summer Internship with WAVE
June 16, 2025 – August 6, 2025
For more information contact Savanna Lee
slee@waveedfund.org
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WAVE (Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort) Educational Fund is a grassroots, statewide, non-profit organization dedicated to preventing gun violence, injuries, and deaths.
If you are passionate about preventing gun violence and fall between the ages of 14-21, we encourage you to apply for WAVE’s 2026 paid summer internship.
WAVE’s Summer Internship will help you reach your full potential as a leader and change agent by providing you with the opportunity to create public-awareness events, increase advocacy and lobbying skills, learn about non-profit leadership, build community-based collaborations, and direct peer-to-peer gun violence prevention training. Additionally, this program provides the space to build long-lasting relationships with other young people.
The 2026 Internship will be based in Brown Deer, WI, and will be in-person on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12:30 pm to 3:00 pm. We will also plan and attend events in communities within the greater Milwaukee area. Some of these will be in the evenings or on weekends.
2026 Summer Intern Duties:
- Build expertise on community-based solutions to gun violence.
- Develop an understanding of Wisconsin’s gun laws and how stronger gun laws save lives.
- Complete weekly skill-building activities.
- Learn and teach strategies that help mobilize people to take action to prevent gun violence.
- Expand knowledge of peacebuilding and conflict resolution techniques.
- Work with other interns to plan and execute a large-scale public awareness event or virtual campaign.
- Help increase awareness among youth and their families about the impacts and nature of gun violence, as well as the importance of community and political engagement to address the problem.
- Create and update a social media presence related to your gun violence prevention activities.
- Attend a minimum of 50 hours to successfully complete the internship.
Skills Required:
- Qualified interns must be positive, energetic, reliable, responsible, mature, and willing to engage and interact with diverse populations.
- Experience with social media platforms, including Facebook and Instagram, is strongly desired.
- Comfort navigating online softwares such as Google Suite on a tablet, cell phone or computer.
- Interest in, or experience, with social justice, customer service, or political organizing is preferred.
Additional Requirements:
- Must read, sign, and adhere to WAVE’s Youth Protection Policy.
- Must be capable of providing own transportation (public transportation, self-arranged transportation, or a valid driver’s license and auto insurance required), and must be able to travel around the greater Milwaukee area to attend possible events that occur on days, nights, or weekends.
Compensation:
- This is a paid internship and will require an average of 6.5-7.5 hours per week.
- Upon successful completion of the internship, a stipend of no less than $350.00 will be awarded.
- WAVE Ed Fund can also assist interns in providing school/service credit for this internship.
*Although this internship will be in-person, we strongly suggest that appropriate communicable-disease safeguards be followed (i.e., mask-wearing when experiencing symptoms and timely notification of the onset of symptoms or exposure.) Your personal safety, and the safety of our community members, will be the top priority.
Please complete the application by MAY 18th, 2026: Apply Here
WAVE is proud to celebrate diversity, and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all. If there is a part of the job description that would lead you to require accommodations, please let us know.
