Student Internships at the Metta Center

Dear Educators,

If internships or service learning are part of your semester, or if you are simply seeking to help your students find ways to put their learning into action, please consider the Metta Center for Nonviolence as a place where your students can volunteer. We offer students the unique opportunity to make meaningful contributions to the transition to a nonviolent future while expanding their own knowledge and understanding of nonviolence.

Internships may be conducted virtually (online) or at our office in Petaluma, CA, and may include projects such as:

• Nonviolence research (including history, science of nonviolence, etc.)

• Creating additional Peace Profiles for our series; involves research and writing

• Help develop nonviolence-related lesson plans and materials for educators – ideal for students in education programs!

• We are happy to tailor a project to match your students’ needs with our own.

Students may also visit our internships page to get additional ideas of how they may contribute.

The benefits that your students receive from this internship may include:

• Feeling good about the impact they have made

• Finding a deeper purpose in their lives

• Receiving training that can support them in future careers or service

• Meeting new people with diverse backgrounds and interests

• Exploring the nonviolent community through real life experience

• Obtaining valuable experience for their resumes and recommendations from a respected organization

• Taking an active role in establishing a sense of community through meaningful work

• Other benefits include: gaining a base of support, team building, and becoming part of an in depth nonviolence definition that is unique to the field we are in.

Please contact education@mettacenter.org with any questions. We look forward to working with your students!

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