04/19/2022
Dear RAES students,
Please check out these 2 *paid* summer internships with the National Park Service at the Booker T. Washington National Monument in Hardy, VA (near Roanoke). These are great opportunities to put Race and Ethnic Studies learning into practice, particularly if you are graduating this semester.
As some of you may know, Booker T. Washington was one of the most important leaders of the African American community in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The monument commemorates his place of birth. The internships run from May through August, 2022 and pay $600/week to cover living expenses.
Link to NPS page / application: https://jobs.silkroad.com/ConservationLegacy/Careers/jobs/3292
From the position description:
Gain real world experience assisting the Interpretation and Resource Management staff at Booker T. Washington National Monument in providing educational opportunities for visiting public of all ages, caring for living exhibits such as farm animals and gardens that help tell Booker T. Washington's amazing story, and protecting treasured cultural and natural resources for future generations to experience, learn from, and enjoy!
This national treasure commemorates the birthplace of Booker T. Washington – America’s most prominent African American educator, orator, and influential statesman of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The park comprises 239 acres, including most of the to***co plantation's original 207 acres, as well as a recreated 1850's to***co farm with farm buildings. Demonstrations of farm life in Civil War Virginia help bring to life the setting of Washington's childhood. Visitors are invited to step back in time and experience firsthand the life and landscape of people who lived in an era when slavery was part of the fabric of American life.
Link to NPS page / application: https://jobs.silkroad.com/ConservationLegacy/Careers/jobs/3292
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