Socially Responsible Jobs, Internships, and Volunteer Programs

The Sustainable Careers Institute is an organization that promotes socially-and environmentally-responsible career choices. Pledge Advisory Board member Melissa Everett is the Chairperson and Executive Director of this fine organization.

Social Welfare Jobs:

  • Social Service Jobs - List of social service jobs by state.
  • Student Jobs - Employment opportunities with the federal government, also links to other government job databases.
  • The Community Development Society - Offers free job listings related to community development in fields such as social services, education, and citizens' groups, as well as a resource list for further job searching.
  • George Warren Brown School of Social Work - Offers comprehensive job listings in fields such as social work and social services, social and economic development, child and family services, and community development.

Nonprofit Jobs:

Environmental Jobs:

 Human Rights Jobs:

  • The Feminist Career Center of the Feminist Majority Foundation - link to a number of job banks for nonprofit and progressive organizations
  • Human Rights International -opportunities for employment with human rights organizations around the world.
  • Cool Jobs - Offers free listings of job opportunities in activism, campus organizing, and more, including links to AmeriCorps and the Peace Corps.
  • Union Job Clearinghouse - Offers listings of organizing, regional coordination, and other jobs with hundreds of labor unions across the country.
  • http://www.hri.ca/jobboard/joblinks.shtml - A list of job boards at other human rights-related sites on the World Wide Web

Political Jobs and Public Service Jobs:

Volunteer Programs:

  • Americorps - AmeriCorps is a network of national service programs that engage more than 50,000 Americans each year in intensive service to meet critical needs in education, public safety, health, and the environment.
  • USA Freedom Corps - As a Coordinating Council housed at the White House and chaired by President George W. Bush, the USA Freedom Corps are working to strengthen our culture of service and help find opportunities for every American to start volunteering.
  • Peace Corps - Volunteers make a 2-year commitment to meet international human needs. Emphasis placed on communication between cultures.
  • Brethren Volunteer Service - A program of the Church of the Brethren, BVSers work to meet four basic goals: serving basic human needs, working for peace, advocating justice, and maintaining the integrity of creation.
  • Lutheran Volunteer Corps - This program asks for a one-year commitment and lists its goals as Working for Social Justice, Simplifying Your Lifestyle, and Living in Intentional Community.
  • Mennonite Voluntary Service - Mennonite Voluntary Service provides a way for people to live out their faith through deeds of service in more than 20 communities throughout the United States.
  • Catholic Network of Volunteer Service - Catholic Network of Volunteer Service has as its Mission to be a bridge between people thinking about volunteering and member programs, over 230 of which offer volunteer opportunities.
  • Action Without Borders - The links on this resource guide are the most useful information we have found on the Web for individuals interested in volunteering in their communities.
  • The Internet Public Library - Looking for a way to serve your community or a community somewhere in the world and need help finding opportunities? If yes, this guide is designed to help you do just that.
  • www.volunteermatch.org - Where volunteering begins.