API welcomes students who wish to complete an internship related to history, women's studies, communications or education. There are two areas of support needed, the Alice Paul Leadership Program and the API Heritage Program.

Alice Paul Leadership Program Support:
In keeping with its mission to empower and educate women and girls to take leadership roles, API has developed the Alice Paul Leadership Program (APLP), which provides adolescent girls, first with knowledge of successful women leaders in the past and present as role models for their own leadership styles, and then with skills and confidence-building exercises that they need to develop that leadership style. Intern projects may include one or more of the following tasks:
 
• Plan and coordinate a G.O.L.D. (Girls Overnight Leadership Development) program at Paulsdale for 25 middle school girls.
• Co-teach a Lead-A-Way workshop series at a middle school, under the supervision of a certified teacher. (ideal for an education major)
• Support the Alice Paul Leadership Program planning committee with special projects such as the annual committee retreat.
• Prepare a summary report on the activities of the Alice Paul Leadership Program 1995-present, using evaluative data collected at workshops and programs, with possibility of publication.
• Plan and conduct a meeting of Girls Advisory Council


API Heritage Programs Support:
As one of the 5% of National Historic Landmarks that interpret women's lives or achievements, Paulsdale, Alice Paul's Mt. Laurel, NJ birthplace, tells a unique story that one woman can make a difference. API Heritage Programs develop that story through tours of Paulsdale , public presentations on Alice Paul's life and work, summer history day camps, book groups, traveling trunk programs, Alice Paul Collection archive programs, special events, New Jersey Women's Heritage Trail support and the National Collaborative of Women's History Sites. Intern projects may include one or more of the following tasks:
 
• Research and write brief biographies of New Jersey women to be added to the New Jersey Women's History website.
• Develop new curriculum for the New Jersey Women's History website, for Elementary, Middle and High School history topics according to NJ state core curriculum standards. (ideal for Education major)
• Research on Alice Paul's life and work for women's equality at Moorestown Friends School, Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Library of Congress, New Jersey State Library, and other venues.
• Support Paulsdale historic interpretation and the tour guide training program with research on farming practices, Quaker heritage of South Jersey, local building patterns, etc.
• Design traveling trunks on suffrage, Quaker women, Quaker farm life.
• Plan and assist with summer history day camp. (ideal for an education major)
• Plan and assist with special events (i.e. API Annual Meeting, Women's History Month, Women's Equality Day, etc.).

 

Do you want to be more involved in your community?

Would you like to meet new people who share your interests?

Do you like history and want to work at a nationally recognized historic site?

Volunteering at the Alice Paul Institute provides you with these opportunities and so much more! Volunteering is a great way to share your time, your skills and your knowledge while also learning about the history and legacy of this amazing woman and her effect on gender equality issues that are still relevant today.

Who can volunteer at the Alice Paul Institute?

• Men or women 18 years of age or older

• People who like to work with others

What types of things do volunteers do?

• Work at special events

• Give tours to the public and to school groups

• Help promote Paulsdale as a destination and a site available for rental

• Give presentations on Alice Paul to community groups and organizations

When can I volunteer?

• Mornings or afternoons

• In the evening

• On weekends

• On an occasional basis

• On a regular basis

What are the benefits of volunteering?

• Invitations to special events

• Recognition events and awards

• Building you resume

• Opportunity to earn a FREE membership

How do I apply? 

Fill out our Volunteer Form and mail to:
     API, 128 Hooton Road, Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054

API holds regular orientation sessions for new volunteers. You will be placed on the list for the next session and contacted as soon as it is scheduled.