Internship/Fellowship
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights- Voting Rights Fellow
Opportunity Details
We seek a Voting Rights Fellow to join our Government Affairs Department for 18 months. The ideal candidate will have experience in voting rights litigation, legislation, or policy and will be knowledgeable about a wide range of voting rights issues, including discriminatory barriers and other measures reducing access to the ballot. The Voting Rights Fellow will seek to elevate the importance of voting rights as a critical civil rights issue for all communities and work to secure, protect, and expand voting rights through legislation and policy. This position works in collaboration with interdepartmental disciplinary teams and with national, state, and local coalition partners to formulate, coordinate, and lead a legislative advocacy strategy to strengthen voting rights. The position provides support for the Voting Rights Task Force and seeks to strengthen its intersectional approach to protecting democracy.
This position will report to the Sr. Director, Voting Rights and is part of the collective bargaining unit.