Apiary in the Sky, LLC, located in Newark, New Jersey, is dedicated to enhancing residents’ quality of life through beekeeping, farming, and sustainability efforts. They transform vacant lots into vibrant urban green spaces, offer educational programs, and share resources. The internship program covers responsibilities like beekeeping, research, event facilitation, scheduling, physical labor, community engagement, grant writing, social media, marketing, and professional development opportunities.

The Greater Newark Conservancy, a private, non-profit agency founded in 1987, is dedicated to promoting collaboration in our community at the intersection of environmental, food, and racial justice. Their mission is to improve the health and well-being of Newark residents by addressing systemic racism through access to green spaces, nutritious food, wellness education, and youth development programs. The scope of work includes grants writing, administration, IT development, biodynamic garden work, education, and community outreach. Responsibilities involve reviewing and enhancing curriculum, leading children’s programs at our Urban Environmental Center, mapping educational standards, maintaining learning gardens, and supporting community outreach efforts.

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is dedicated to helping individuals affected by conflict, disaster, and the climate crisis survive, recover, and regain control of their futures. Operating globally in over 40 countries and 20+ U.S. cities, IRC provides essential services in social work, economic empowerment, health, and resettlement. Responsibilities include family reunification, community partnerships, service assessments, case management, ESL classes, immigration aid, housing support, health appointments, benefits enrollment, school orientation, and client check-ins, all aimed at empowering those we serve to rebuild their lives and thrive.

The Kevin Rohan Memorial Eco Foundation commemorates the life of Kevin Rohan Gurung, who passed away on December 21st, 2008. During his 7 years of life he brought warmth and joy to everyone around him. Although he is not physically with us anymore, he is our inspiration to continue working to enrich the lives of others. We honor him by providing opportunities for impoverished communities to thrive through cultivating a deeper connection with the earth and to each other. In doing so, Kevin’s memory is preserved in the warm smiles of the people whose lives have been touched by our work.

Kroka Expeditions, a non-profit wilderness expedition school in Marlow, New Hampshire, integrates consciousness and altruism through nature and community. Responsibilities encompass wilderness education, expeditions, farming, and administration, supporting 400 summer program students. Tasks include customer communication, financial transactions, photography, design, farm work, visitor management, and community care for a diverse multicultural community of staff and students.

The New Jersey Alliance for Immigrant Justice is the largest immigration coalition in the state, comprised of groups that span labor, faith, policy, community-based, and grassroots organizations. Together, we use the power and strength of our membership to position immigrants as leaders in campaigns that advance justice, inclusion, and belonging. It is through this broad-based movement that we hold policy and decision makers accountable to win our fair share of resources, access to services, and promote strategies that keep communities whole, empowered, and active agents of civic and social change.

The Orange Tree Foundation is a Non-Profit, Strategic Organization dedicated to empowering young people, particularly women and girls, in leadership roles to address social and economic poverty and inequality. Inspired by the United Nations’ “Orange The World” campaign, which aims to end violence against women and girls, OTF drives positive change through grants writing, IT development, research, digital presence shaping, content development, youth development, women’s empowerment strategies, marketing, social media, and data collection initiatives.

Urban Agriculture Cooperative began as a farmers’ market program arm of the non-profit Planting Seeds of Hope in 2014 lead by Alexandra Payne and the team at SWAG Project Farm. PSH was creating community gardens to help clean up and restore vacant, blighted lots and grow food, and only in the infancy of distributing food to the community at pop-up stands and giveaways. Co-founders Jamie and Emilio met and formed an friendship around improving the soils, productivity and safety of the farming happening around our City.