Careers & Internships

The Racial Justice Community Advocate plays an integral part in advancing ACLUM’s work to promote civil rights and civil liberties in Massachusetts, and strengthen the organization’s network of advocates. The focus of this role is to educate the public about ACLUM priority issue areas and racial justice implications; engage communities of color across the Commonwealth and foster their civic participation; develop, expand, and maintain relationships with community partners, local leaders, and other stakeholders; work in coalition with partners to promote policy reforms at the state and local levels; serve as an ACLUM ambassador at public events; and work at the intersection of racial justice and other ACLUM priority issue areas including democracy, reproductive rights, policing, LGBTQ+ and gender equity, and environmental justice. This position reports to the Racial Justice Program Director and collaborates closely with other ACLUM colleagues to achieve the organization’s public advocacy objectives.

The ACLU of Massachusetts (ACLUM) is seeking a full-time Social and Digital Media Associate to join its Communications department. The Social and Digital Media Associate plays an important part in supporting ACLUM’s communications and marketing efforts to advance the organization’s goals. The primary responsibilities for this role include: creating and posting content for ACLUM’s social media channels; managing ACLUM’s publishing calendar for these platforms; creating social media graphics in alignment with the ACLUM brand and copy standards; capturing photo and video content in the field; creating social media toolkits for partners to amplify ACLUM’s messaging; maintaining the department’s digital asset library; and updating ACLUM’s public-facing website. This position reports to the Communications Director and works closely with other ACLUM departments to achieve programmatic objectives.

The ACLU of Massachusetts invites law students to apply for a legal internship. Our office works on issues such as freedom of speech, assembly, and religion, police misconduct, immigrant rights, racial justice, reproductive freedom, privacy, surveillance and technology, juvenile justice, student rights, women’s and LGBTQ rights, and due process.