Fall 2025 Youth Leadership Intern

About the Active Minds Internship Program

Active Minds is the nation’s leading nonprofit organization changing the culture around mental health. Through our presence at more than 1,000 high school and college campuses, in corporate settings, and with a wide-reaching public audience, Active Minds is creating communities of support and saving lives. Founded in 2003 by Alison Malmon after the tragic suicide of her brother Brian, Active Minds is dedicated to supporting a new generation in ending the silence, helping to make mental health as highly valued as physical health. Through our many programs – including the emotionally gripping Send Silence Packing® traveling exhibit and our compelling Active Minds Speakers – we are changing culture and behaviors related to mental health across the country. 

Our internships are geared towards current college students and recent college graduates.  As a small nonprofit, Active Minds relies on the help of our interns tremendously as they work directly on important initiatives and projects as well as assist staff on a variety of administrative tasks. Interns have the opportunity to do substantive work, gain experience in the nonprofit sector, and help change the culture around mental health. 

All Fall 2025 internships will be remote with an anticipated start date of September 15th, 2025 and end date of December 5th, 2025. We expect interns to work a minimum of 20 hours a week, set a consistent work schedule between 9:00am and 5:00pm EST Monday - Friday, and commit to staying on board for the entire semester. 

Active Minds pays interns a stipend of $1,250 per month. 

 Youth Leadership Internship 

As part of the School Mental Health Team, the Youth Leadership Intern will support the organization's  Youth Leadership initiatives, specifically the Mental Health Advocacy Institute for college students and two key K-12 programs: the Mental Health Advocacy Academy and our new Regional Summits. .

The Youth Leadership Intern will be supervised by the Senior Manager of Higher Education and work directly with both the  Director of K-12 Initiatives and the Senior Manager, Higher Education. Some key responsibilities include: 

• Support the Mental Health Advocacy Institute for college students and Academy and Regional Summits for high school students. 
• Facilitate groups of students in the different youth leadership programs while they complete a variety of interactive activities, discussions and reflections. 
• Provide one on one technical support to students in the youth leadership programs as they craft mental health advocacy action plans and campaigns.
• Support youth leadership program administrative tasks such as sending out mass communications and keeping track of participant information.
• Assist in the creation of supplemental materials for the youth leadership programs including but not limited to videos, worksheets, activities, etc. 

The Youth Leadership Intern will be a valued member of the team who will support the mission and vision of our work through a variety of projects in ways both big and small. 

Qualifications:

• Interest in mental health focused youth leadership programming for both K-12 and Higher Education. 
• Has either attended or is currently attending a college or university
• Strong writing and editing skills
• Strong leadership and facilitation skills
• Strong public speaking skills
• Strong time and project management skills
• Experience serving in student leadership roles  in high school or in college, but preferability in both settings. 
• Demonstrated ability of working in teams under deadlines
• Ability to react with appropriate levels of urgency to situations and events that require quick response or turnaround
• Knowledge of Google Workspace, Microsoft Office, Zoom, and Dropbox

Application Process

The application cycle for the Fall 2025 Internship Program will be open from Wednesday, June 25th through Wednesday, July 9th, 2025. When completing the application, please thoughtfully answer each application question in complete and authentic sentences as we thoroughly review every applicant.

Applicants selected for an interview will be contacted by late July/early August 2025 regarding scheduling next steps. We value the time that applicants put into completing their applications, but due to the high volume of applications we receive, we are unable to provide responses to phone calls or emails regarding application status