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The Colvin Internship

The Colvin Internship will allow the Alabama Rivers Alliance to hire an intern each summer to assist in water policy research, organizing and implementing advocacy campaigns, assisting with citizen water monitoring trainings and other citizen organizing activities, and assisting with organization development needs.  With only four full time staff, an internship program can greatly increase the ability of the Rivers Alliance to achieve their goals and ensure healthy water resources for all Alabamians for generations to come. 

"The summer internship program with Alabama Rivers Alliance was by far the most incredible experience I had as an undergraduate at the University of Alabama. This internship benefitted me not only academically, allowing me to practice textbook lessons in a real-world organization, but it also benefitted me both personally and morally. Alabama Rivers Alliance is such a special organization, made up of caring, passionate people who truly showed me the importance of nonprofit public relations. As I learned more about Alabama Rivers Alliance, I soon found that my internship was not just an internship anymore. This experience had quickly become an outlet to express my passion for the career in which I will soon professionally practice."

Meeting this goal will allow us to hire a summer intern for 8 weeks to help with the work of achieving the goals of the Alabama Water Agenda.  Specifically in 2012, an intern is needed to do research, promote advocacy efforts, and/or fundraise for water management policy in Alabama.  This important effort will ensure that Alabama's rivers and streams are protected in the face of the threats of increasing water demands from interstate competition, population growth, increase irrigation opportunities for farmers, as well as pervasive drought conditions and unpredictable weather patterns.  Educating the state leaders and citizens about water use and water management policy is a big job and an intern can help greatly increase the capacity of our small staff.