FWWCP
The Federation of Worker Writers and Community Publishers (FWWCP) originated in the late 20th century as a network of working-class writing groups, beginning in the United Kingdom but eventually spreading into Europe and the United States. During its 30-year history, the FWWCP circulated over one million publications. It was a long-term goal of the organization to create an archive that would ensure that the work of FWWCP writers and publishers could serve as a lasting record of working-class life in the late 20th century. The dream of an archive became a necessity, however, when the FWWCP was forced to close during the period of the 2008 recession. In response, an international network of students, scholars, and universities worked with the organization to create an archive of over 2,500 publications. Currently, there is work to develop digital/augmented reality access to the collection which is housed in the Trade Union Congress Collection, London Metropolitan University.
Interns will be provided the opportunity to work on digitizing the archive, developing special collection areas, produce archive guidebooks, and work with FWCCP authors on acquiring publications. The intern will also have the opportunity to plan the annual Festival of Writing held annually in England.
The Haven
The Haven is motivated by radical hospitality, we strive to be the point of entry for people seeking stable housing. We open the doors wide for any and everyone, no matter their circumstances. Every day, our trained staff and dedicated community volunteers come together, working side by side to make homelessness rare, brief, and nonrecurring for our neighbors.
Loaves and Fishes
Loaves and Fishes is a local food pantry whose mission is to give food with kindness and compassion to those seeking assistance while providing an opportunity for volunteers to serve their neighbors in Charlottesville and the surrounding communities.
New City Community Press
New City Community Press understands its mission as working with local communities to represent themselves by telling their stories in their own words. NCCP documents stories of local communities because we believe their voices matter in addressing issues of national and global significance. The press values these stories as a way for communities to reflect upon and analyze their own experience through literacy and oral performance. NCCP is committed to working with communities, writers, editors, and translators to develop strategies that assure these stories will be heard in the larger world. Publications include: I Witness: Perspectives on Policing in the Near Westside (Kuebrich); No Restraints: An Anthology of Disability Culture in Philadelphia (Ott); Espejos y Ventanas: Oral Histories of Mexican Farmworkers and their Families (Lyons). NCCP also supports Reflections, a journal focused on social justice work by teachers and community activists, and SPARK, a journal focused on political activism.
Interns will be provided the opportunity to work on a community publication, including developing writing groups, editing/design of manuscripts, public events with authors, and, where possible, engaging in activist rights campaigns linked to the publication.
The Institute for Engagement & Negotiation (IEN) is a nationally recognized leader in fostering collaborative change across a broad range of environmental, social and economic issues. Founded in 1980, IEN is a public service organization of the University of Virginia, at the School of Architecture, with a team of facilitators and mediators that assists organizations, agencies, industry, and communities in making bold, sustainable decisions. Our work spans four areas: sustainable environment; resilient communities; health, food and social equity; and building capacity through training and leadership.
Formerly the Institute for Environmental Negotiation, in spring 2019, IEN concluded a rebranding process which resulted in its new name - Institute for Engagement & Negotiation. Over the course of four decades, the nature of our work evolved to reflect our changing world and community. As IEN's focus has expanded beyond environmental sustainability to encompass environmental, economic and social resilience, our name and our work reflects a new understanding and commitment to bringing social equity to the decision-making table, not only with our external clients but also in our own backyard of the university.
Piedmont Virginia Community Garden
Piedmont Virginia Community Garden is a volunteer-led organization that grows produce and donates it to feed the local hungry through The Haven, The Blue Ridge Area Food Bank, and The Salvation Army.
Syrians for Truth and Justice
Syrians for Truth and Justice (STJ) believes that human rights are basic rights deeply rooted in all humans and every individual shall be entitled to their own human rights equally without any discrimination. All these rights are interlinked, mutually reinforcing, indivisible, and inseparable. To this end, STJ is a Syrian-led organization that aims to promote human rights for all Syrians, including equality, dignity, freedom, and justice – indivisibly, correlated, and complementary to each other. STJ believes that uncovering the truth behind violations, rendering justice to victims, and promoting human rights are all key to achieving a genuine and lasting peace in Syria. We believe this can only be accomplished through a period of real “transitional justice”, which involves rebuilding the Syrian state based on the rule of law, justice, human rights, and equal citizenship for all Syrians as a guarantee for a future free from violence and conflict. STJ realizes that professional and highly accurate documentation according to human rights standards is the first step to uncovering the truth behind violations and achieving justice for victims and their families.
Interns will be provided the opportunity to work on human rights reports, support the creation of human rights workshop materials, develop press releases for international media, and work on presentations to the United Nations as well as the International Criminal Court. In addition, interns will be able to help develop the digital infrastructure of STJ.
تويزة/Twiza
تويزة/Twiza is defined as the act of a community coming together to collaboratively build a material structure, such as a house or barn, to support a neighbor. The تويزة/Twiza project is a collaboration of seven universities and three non-government organizations that supports over 500 youth participants in Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and North America to engage in transnational dialogues about the meaning of civic society and human rights in response to a global rise in extremism and intolerance. Twenty of these individuals will ultimately be chosen as تويزة/Twiza Fellows to take part in a five-day workshop where they will build (then implement) civic society projects focused on human rights in their home communities. From the dialogues and workshops, educational materials will be developed for use at additional universities and non-government organizations.
Interns will be provided the opportunity to work with international faculty/students developing dialogue topics, background materials, and digital infrastructure. Where possible, students will work with Twiza Fellows on local human rights campaigns.
Food Recovery Network
Food Recovery Network is a national nonprofit that unites students at colleges and universities to fight food waste and hunger by recovering perishable food that would otherwise go to waste from their campus dining halls and donating it to those in need.
The UVA Sustainable Food Collaborative (SFC)—formerly known as the Sustainable Food Strategy Task Force—was formed in 2016 to implement the UVA Sustainability Plan (2016-2020) goals relating to food. Collaborative members represent several university entities connected with the campus food system, including UVA Sustainability, Office of the Provost, Department of Politics, Institute for Engagement & Negotiation, Morven Farm, Virginia Humanities, UVA Dining, UVA Health System Dining, Local Food Hub, and Cultivate Charlottesville. The SFC works to implement the five Sustainability Plan Food Goals, which center around food sustainability, food security, and equity, and supporting local food systems.
C4K
Creative Learning
Our members come to C4K to explore their passions and learn new skills. We customize our programs to each members’ unique interests and skills in STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math) so that every member can get the most out of their time at C4K.
Guided Mentorship
Mentorship increases self-confidence, decision-making skills, and chances of success in life for youth. We provide our members with consistent, supportive mentors to guide them as they achieve their goals.
VISAS: English Language Volunteering
Would you like to meet and work with international students, staff, scholars, and families in the UVa Community? Consider joining hundreds of other UVA students, staff, and faculty through the VISAS Program (Volunteers with International Students, Staff, and Scholars) and apply to work in one of five different volunteer positions. For information on the different positions, visit the Become a Volunteer page.
Morven Kitchen and Garden
Where UVA students learn, lead, and connect through sustainably growing food. UVA’s Sustainability Lab at Morven provides the University of Virginia a destination to engage the world of practice with the academic community to address the most essential sustainability challenges of our time. Situated within a historic landscape unique in the nation, Morven has the capacity to achieve what cannot be accomplished on Grounds: An immersive experience that brings together practitioners, community members, students, and faculty in new forms of collaborative programming, experiential learning, and experimental research.
UVA Student Garden
Green Dining partners with the Office for Sustainability to manage the UVA Student Garden, located near O’Hill on the corner of McCormick and Alderman Road. If you’re interested in helping tend to the beds, learn more about gardening, and bringing home some fresh veggies that you helped to harvest, then sign up for a workday.
​Workday activities will vary depending on the week and may include tasks such as spreading compost from Black Bear Composting, planting seeds, harvesting veggies, and watering with reused rainwater from the roof of the astronomy building.