Overview
ILR High Road Ithaca Fellowship
Center for Transformative Action
ILR High Road New York is statewide program that aims to teach ILR students practical methods for civic & community engagement and leadership. The High Road Ithaca Program offers students paid community engaged internships with partner organizations committed to social and environmental justice, diversity and equity, access and education in Ithaca and surrounding areas during the fall or spring semesters. Students work 5-10 hours a week and participate in critical reflection activities throughout the semester.
The Center for Transformation Action (CTA) helps create communities that are socially just, ecologically sound and that work for everyone through its educational programs and by supporting over 35 system-changing projects with incubator and fiscal sponsorship services. Projects are in Ithaca, NYC, and some that work at the national level. They address a wide range of issue areas and use different modalities, but all of them work to transform the structures, as well as the habits of mind, that produce inequities in our communities, country and the world. Their courage, innovative thinking, and heartcentered approach show us what is possible. CTA supports change makers with the tools to build thriving, inclusive communities that work for everyone. CTA serves our projects, the public, and Cornell University by offering educational programs and strategic organizational resources. CTA employs over 65 people across all our projects.
Fiscal sponsorship is a common means by which individuals and organizations can start new, nonprofit programs without establishing a separate 501(c)3 organization.This alternative allows changemakers to seek grants and solicit tax-deductible donations under our taxexempt status. As the fiscal sponsor, CTA takes on the legal and fiduciary responsibility for our projects, which means that CTA is the employer, CTA manages the bookkeeping and accounting, holds the liability insurance, develops and signs all contracts, and pay all the bills for CTA projects, and accept all grants and donations.
Fellows at CTA will work on all/any of the following opportunities:
The intern will be working directly with CTA’s executive director to create an effective social media presence for CTA that tells the story of our projects and CTA as a whole. This will include creating Instagram videos featuring our projects and developing posts for our 55 Stories of Impact, which we are gathering in celebration of our 55th anniversary in April.
The intern will also help the ED plan programs for the 55th anniversary and associated outreach, publicity, and fundraising.
Skills and qualities requirements:
Experience developing social media, good communication skills, ability to work independently, and reliability are essential. The successful intern should be comfortable with problem-solving, investigating best practices, and recommending new ideas to the ED. They should be big-picture thinkers who can also work through the details. The intern should be enthusiastic about CTA and our mission. Experience working with nonprofits, social change initiatives, fundraising, or related fields is a plus.
The CTA office is located in Anabel Taylor Hall.
