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Internship Application

2012 Pro-Life Internship in New York City

Expectant Mother Care - EMC FrontLine Pregnancy Centers
American Center for Pro-Life Action

Application Questionairre

Please email your responses to Chris Slattery at: slatteryny@gmail.com

1. Assuming you describe yourself as "pro-life" what does that term mean to you?

2. Why would you want to do an internship in pro-life work, learning to counsel girls and women (and their boyfriends) in crisis pregnancy, many who are bound and determined to get an abortion? Why do you think would you be good at this work?

3. What excites you most about this opportunity (living in NYC, the type of work, novelty, personal growth, giving to others, saving lives, etc.)? Do you have a secondary motive to use the internship to frequently visit friends, family or to seek other employment?

4. Do you also oppose artificial contraception and sex outside of marriage, and why? Do you agree with an abstinence only message? Are you striving to practice what you preach in this area?

5. Do you have respect for the Catholic Church and its teachings on life issues, and on marriage? We will make some learning visits in NYC, and suburbs to pro-life groups in NYC like Priests for Life, Sisters for Life, and the Helpers of God's Precious Infants. When we make these visits attendance will be mandatory. Would you join us?

6. Do you have any special needs as per your religious practice? Are you tolerant of others who do not share your practice? We may institute some prayer nights which respect each faith tradition. Is this something you'd like to take part in?

7. Would your parents be OK with you doing an internship in NYC, especially living in a group house? (Men and women are in different floors of the house, and do not share bathrooms.)

8. Do you have a history of mental or psychological issues? Do you have any personality disorders? Have you ever been involved in an abortion, and if so have you had post abortion therapy or attended a special retreat? (This information will be kept strictly confidential.)

9. Would living in the Bronx LifeHouse, at 1513 Rosedale Ave. and sleeping in bunk beds, in modest and sometimes crowded conditions be OK for you? On our six work nights (Sunday through Friday,) lights are out at 11PM to insure adequate sleep time for your tiring work day. We limit and expect modest use of texting and the internet for personal use (45 minutes per day-not including doing two blogs for us) to deter personal isolation and to encourage fellowship from the others in the "LifeHouse." Can you abide by this?

10. If you smoke, are you willing to restrict this to outdoors only, and never in our house, offices, and vehicles?

11. Could you get by on just up to $100 per week, as a stipend, to cover your lunch on your own, and extra purchases you'd like to make, without taking on an outside job at the same time? Will you accept $10 fines per lateness for work, and for failure to do a list of a few expected chores like helping with garbage, cleaning, cooking, and sweeping?

12. We would provide a free MetroCard for you to get to work, and for use in your free time. Could you travel on buses and subways to our work sites without undue concerns? Would you travel alone if you had to, after becoming familiar with NYC? Do you have a drivers license, and would you be willing to drive yourself and others if we needed it?

13. Would you be willing to work outdoors in rainy, chilly or very cold weather in non-summer seasons, or in the heat of summer, working with our Mobile Clinic, and on the streets doing literature distribution, in addition to working in our offices/centers? Can you handle the rigor of 45 hours of work per week? Are you OK with only one full weekend off for visiting friends or relatives (that is a Saturday, and Sunday) per month? We work on Saturday morning each week. If you take unauthorized absence overnight from our house, and/or unauthorized late nights without permission, this could be grounds for dismissal. Do you understand that as part of our hard working pro-life group house, all interns must keep a 10:30PM weekday, and Friday night at home curfew (unless coming home from a group event or show) unless granted special late night permission? Agreed?

14. Do you have any medical conditions, ailments, disabilities that would inhibit you in travel, speaking, listening, walking, standing, and interacting or fully functioning in a highly mobile, and often stressful occupation inside offices and outside on the streets?

15. Are you willing to share in the sometimes unpleasant chores of cooking, washing dishes, taking out the trash, and cleaning in the LifeHouse? Do you have a special diet, or are you very particular about your food and meals? We provide hot water and on site laundry facilities, and grant you one towel which along with your bed linens which we ask you to wash with your own clothes weekly. We expect you to take 5 or 6 minute only showers to conserve hot water, and energy and to make shared bathroom use efficient. OK?

16. How well do you get along with others? Would you describe yourself as outgoing and (certainly not introverted, nor overly shy) easy to get along with? Have you worked in volunteer work before that might help you adjust to supervised work? If you are use to unlimited personal time for cell phone calls, texting, FaceBook,Twitter, and emailing, are you willing to curb this to 45 minutes per day maximum, for the sake of building our LifeHouse team spirit and for having time to get to know your fellow interns, clients and staff?

17. How docile are you at taking direction, and following requests, even if a task or assignment might not be to your inclination, or first preference? How are you at getting up early, and promptly, so others can count on you at work? Again, we will impose a $10 stipend deduction for being late leaving and arriving for work, or for not doing assigned chores promptly. Is this fully understood? Are you ready for daily, specific direction and supervision in this work from the director, Chris Slattery, and his assistants, and center directors? Do you have past work experience under the supervision of a "boss" or house manager or resident assistant?

18. Do you have any special experience or talents that might help EMC in any way? (i.e. Photography, blog posting, construction work, handyman experience, video editing, web master skills, public relations, fundraising, or organizing.) We do expect you to post pictures of yourself at work and post two blogs per week, one by Wednesday and another by Saturday. Would you commit to this on a timely basis? Do you agree that this pro-life public relations is important, and that these blogs are useful to promoting our pro-life mission?

19. We might ask you to take part in a public vigil, walk, 40 Days for Life effort, or display against abortion, besides direct crisis counseling. Do you have any career goals, inhibitions, or fears that would prevent you from being publicly pro-life in NYC?

20. Could you supply up to three references from those who can vouch for your strong pro-life commitment, character, and good work ethic?

21. Do you enjoy sightseeing, social events, and excursions, and going to evening shows, and generally having a good time? We will organize some group activities for fellowship. Attending most of these events will be mandatory to build team spirit. Do you accept this?

22. Depending on the timing of your internship we may invite you to join a group of interns on a long weekend away from the New York area, for team building educational and recreational trips with us. When we take these excursions we consider them mandatory. Are you OK with that?

23. Lastly, what overall expectations do you have of me and our staff, and of the experience in general?