Community Engagement and Programming Intern
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, United States
Community Engagement and Programming Intern
Interrupting the Incarceration-Poverty Pipeline Project
The Interrupting the Incarceration-Poverty Pipeline Project is collaborative project between UWM, Marquette, and partner organization “The Community.” This endeavor seeks to bring attention to the impacts of incarceration and re-entry, especially amongst the UWM and Marquette Campus communities. The project encompasses public facing programming happening between November 3rd and November 7th, 2025, as well as research to explore the programming’s impact on participant empathy. As part of this project, we will collect feedback and stories from programming / event attendees.
The Community Engagement and Programming intern will support all aspects of event planning, execution, and assessment. They will have a major focus on attending the events and gathering participant experiences at the event. Other responsibilities include:
Support planning and development of event logistics.
Assist in event marketing and recruitment.
Assist in the creation and execution of a plan for capturing, recording, and sharing out stories.
Engaging with participants at events to capture their experiences.
This is meant to be a work-based learning internship experience. Therefore, interns must enroll in an concurrent internship course offered in their academic department or through the Center for Student Experience and Talent. As part of this course, the interns must participate in the December 2025 experiential learning showcase where they will highlight the learning that they experienced during the internship.
Required/Preferred Qualifications Interns should have an interest in community engagement and public facing programming. Interns should be excited by the prospect of highlighting and sharing the stories of individuals who attend the events. In addition, interns must be understanding and empathetic towards all individuals, including those with varied backgrounds, prior involvement in the criminal-legal system, and those with a variety of other types of lived experiences.
Skills students will use and develop include critical thinking, written and verbal communication, collaboration, problem solving. Students will be collaborating with a diverse group of stakeholders including UWM faculty and staff, nonprofit leaders, and members of the Milwaukee community.
This position will require a consistent schedule of 3-4 hours/day at least 3 days/week. Interns must also be available to work during all of the major programming events from November 3rd to November 7th.
Panther Edge competencies interns will develop in this role Critical Thinking Interns will assist in the development and execution of all project-related program. They will need to exercise critical thinking to solve the inevitable changes and challenges that arise in this kind of work.
Communication Interns will work with each other and a direct supervisor. This will develop communication skills as they will not always be working the same schedules yet will need to be working towards a shared goal.
Interns will work collaboratively with multiple stakeholder groups and learn to navigate working towards a broad set of goals.
Equity and Inclusion The program focuses on advancing equity related to the impacts of incarceration. Interns will be exposed to this work and gain an experienced based understanding of how this issue impacts individuals and communities.
Professionalism Interns will work within the nonprofit and higher education sectors and gain a basic understanding of professionalism in these contexts.
Community Engagement Interns will work within the context of a community‑engaged public facing project. They will be exposed to basic partnership concepts of reciprocity, iterative planning, and shared goals.
Tech Savviness Interns will work with SET and other entities on campus to aid in the creation of marketing materials and products disseminating findings from this project. Interns will be exposed to best practices for sharing marketing, findings, and other types of information in various forms (including online platforms) to reach a diverse audience.
Leadership At times, interns will need to work independently to execute projects, this will require self‑directness and initiative. These are two aspects of leadership developed through this role.
Interns will create a product for the experiential learning showcase. Within this product, the intern will highlight not only what they learned from this project, but also how this project will direct their future paths of learning, action, and community engagement.
#J-18808-Ljbffr
The Interrupting the Incarceration-Poverty Pipeline Project is collaborative project between UWM, Marquette, and partner organization “The Community.” This endeavor seeks to bring attention to the impacts of incarceration and re-entry, especially amongst the UWM and Marquette Campus communities. The project encompasses public facing programming happening between November 3rd and November 7th, 2025, as well as research to explore the programming’s impact on participant empathy. As part of this project, we will collect feedback and stories from programming / event attendees.
The Community Engagement and Programming intern will support all aspects of event planning, execution, and assessment. They will have a major focus on attending the events and gathering participant experiences at the event. Other responsibilities include:
Support planning and development of event logistics.
Assist in event marketing and recruitment.
Assist in the creation and execution of a plan for capturing, recording, and sharing out stories.
Engaging with participants at events to capture their experiences.
This is meant to be a work-based learning internship experience. Therefore, interns must enroll in an concurrent internship course offered in their academic department or through the Center for Student Experience and Talent. As part of this course, the interns must participate in the December 2025 experiential learning showcase where they will highlight the learning that they experienced during the internship.
Required/Preferred Qualifications Interns should have an interest in community engagement and public facing programming. Interns should be excited by the prospect of highlighting and sharing the stories of individuals who attend the events. In addition, interns must be understanding and empathetic towards all individuals, including those with varied backgrounds, prior involvement in the criminal-legal system, and those with a variety of other types of lived experiences.
Skills students will use and develop include critical thinking, written and verbal communication, collaboration, problem solving. Students will be collaborating with a diverse group of stakeholders including UWM faculty and staff, nonprofit leaders, and members of the Milwaukee community.
This position will require a consistent schedule of 3-4 hours/day at least 3 days/week. Interns must also be available to work during all of the major programming events from November 3rd to November 7th.
Panther Edge competencies interns will develop in this role Critical Thinking Interns will assist in the development and execution of all project-related program. They will need to exercise critical thinking to solve the inevitable changes and challenges that arise in this kind of work.
Communication Interns will work with each other and a direct supervisor. This will develop communication skills as they will not always be working the same schedules yet will need to be working towards a shared goal.
Interns will work collaboratively with multiple stakeholder groups and learn to navigate working towards a broad set of goals.
Equity and Inclusion The program focuses on advancing equity related to the impacts of incarceration. Interns will be exposed to this work and gain an experienced based understanding of how this issue impacts individuals and communities.
Professionalism Interns will work within the nonprofit and higher education sectors and gain a basic understanding of professionalism in these contexts.
Community Engagement Interns will work within the context of a community‑engaged public facing project. They will be exposed to basic partnership concepts of reciprocity, iterative planning, and shared goals.
Tech Savviness Interns will work with SET and other entities on campus to aid in the creation of marketing materials and products disseminating findings from this project. Interns will be exposed to best practices for sharing marketing, findings, and other types of information in various forms (including online platforms) to reach a diverse audience.
Leadership At times, interns will need to work independently to execute projects, this will require self‑directness and initiative. These are two aspects of leadership developed through this role.
Interns will create a product for the experiential learning showcase. Within this product, the intern will highlight not only what they learned from this project, but also how this project will direct their future paths of learning, action, and community engagement.
#J-18808-Ljbffr