April 18, 2022

The History Makers Digital Archive Student Ambassador Program

Duration: June 2022–April 2023

Application Deadline: Friday, May 6, 2022

Salary: $15/hr

Want to:

  • help increase awareness of The HistoryMakers, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and the nation’s largest African American video oral history archive (www.thehistorymakers.org), across your college/university?
  • effectively take others inside the lives of black people, further cultural understanding on your campus, and spread the word about a unique digital archive housed permanently at the Library of Congress?

The HistoryMakers is committed to preserving, developing, and providing easy access to its internationally-recognized archival collection of thousands of African American video oral histories from a broad range of backgrounds and experiences. It is looking for a passionate and highly motivated student ambassador at each of our subscribing institutions to help do so. (For a complete list of subscribing institutions, see “Current Members” on this page: https://www.thehistorymakers.org/ digitalarchive/institutional-member.)

This paid position provides a unique opportunity to:

  • Learn valuable research, writing, presentation, and communications skills;
  • Engage with an innovative non-profit;
  • Promote the effective use of a one-of-a-kind digital archive for use in and outside of the classroom (in-person, hybrid, or virtual); and
  • Receive on-the-job training that will make you more attractive to employers

For you to become one of our student ambassadors:

  1. You must be a rising sophomore, junior, senior, or graduate student and able to commit to 10 hours per week from June 2022 through April 2023 (no meetings in August 2022 and during holidays). You will be expected to document your hours, submit weekly progress reports, and participate in weekly conference calls.
  2. Your college or university must subscribe to The HistoryMakers Digital Archive. For a complete list of subscribing institutions, see “Current Members” here: https://www.thehistorymakers.org/digitalarchive/institutional-member.
  3. You must commit to participating in an immersion program in July 2022 and weekly Zoom calls during the school year.
  4. You must spend at least five hours per week doing in-depth exploration of The HistoryMakers Digital Archive.
  5. You must write a weekly blog post based on research using The HistoryMakers Digital Archive;
  6. You must develop in-person and video/Zoom presentations and programs to show faculty, students, and others how to use The HistoryMakers Digital Archive;
  7. You must conceive and implement an effective and engaging campus-wide Black History Month Digital Archive Contest for February 2023;
  8. You must adhere to the Student Ambassador code of ethics.

For more information, please visit https://www.thehistorymakers.org/student-ambassador

For inquiries, contact William Teresa at wt@thehistorymakers.org or 312-674-1900.