Title: Community Events Intern Location: Santa Monica, California Posted Date: 2026-09-23T20:29:35.848Z Employment Type: Intern
Company Description: OUR NATIONAL CONVERSATION (ONC) seeks to reduce partisanship and promote effective solutions to America’s challenges. Powered by America’s youth, we host a media outlet, produce educational materials and facilitate dialogue intended to make America a better country.
Job Description: The Community Events Intern contributes to ONC’s mission of providing nonpartisan news, opinions, and policy solutions by networking, planning, and hosting speaker series for ONC interns as well as the external community. This intern is also responsible for developing the College Campus Initiative at ONC which fosters conversations on college campuses that spotlight political tolerance and tangible solutions. This includes reaching out to and communicating with mentors in various fields, ONC advisors, college clubs, and college campuses. The Community Events intern will network and conduct outreach with potential speakers and schedule the logistical details of events. This position is remote, with work primarily conducted over Zoom and Slack, so applicants must be comfortable coordinating in a remote environment and are expected to maintain a high level of communication. This intern must commit to at least the end of the semester. However, many people choose to extend their internship past the amount of time they initially committed to, provided their performance meets the required standards.Benefits: Flexible schedule, college credit, professional networking, and resume-building experience.Compensation: This is not a paid position.Responsibilities:Assist with the planning and execution of ONC booths and networking opportunities on College campuses.Collaborate with the Director of Community Events, Chief Operating Officer (COO), and CEO to plan out ONC College Chapters.Complete deliverables and ensure that team milestones and deadlines are reached.Network and complete outreach with potential mentors and experts in their field.Handle all scheduling for Community’s Speaker Series that will be broadcast internally and externally.Update ONC Eventbrite with event information and schedule through our Zoom.
Qualifications: The Community Events Intern should have the following skills, education, and experience: Interest in Event Management or working towards a degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Public Relations, Political Science or other related fieldsExcellent written and verbal communication skills (English) are requiredResponsive, consistent, and effective communicator, even during conflictAbility to work remotely and on their own schedule in order to make deadlinesEventbrite experience preferredGoogle Workspace experience preferredAbility to attend weekly Organization-wide meetingsAbility to attend weekly Community Department meetingsMust be authorized to intern in the U.S.Include a one-page Cover Letter submitted with application
Additional Information: All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
About Our National Conversation (ONC)
Our National Conversation is a non-profit organization based in Los Angeles. Founded in 2021, the group produces educational materials and operates a media outlet to address political partisanship. It employs 82 people. The organization focuses on promoting solutions to national challenges through public dialogue.
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