Ma'yan's Research Training Internship (RTI) is a 14-month program where high-school-aged girls advise Ma'yan's work from their unique perspectives.

Ma’yan is interested in learning about the messages Jewish teen girls receive—from popular culture, from parents and other adults, from the Jewish community, from schools, even from peers—about who girls are supposed to be and to become. As a Ma’yan Research Training Intern, girls will have the opportunity to join our research team and work with us to address critical questions, such as: who is the perfect girl and what does a girl have to do to be like her? What are the secrets to her success? What happens when girls try to live up to these expectations? These questions are places for us to dive into this important topic. Where we go from there is up to the interns!

Over the course of the internship, participants will:

1) share, examine, and discuss their own experiences (as teens, as young women, as Jews, as Americans, etc.);

2) train as researchers to design a study of the messages Jewish teen girls have to navigate, collect data from their peers, and analyze the results;

3) learn how to use their research findings to educate others and pursue social justice;

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4) get to know a diverse group of young Jewish women in the NYC community with a broad range of backgrounds, experiences, interests, ideas, and skills.

Applications are due on June 30th. The application form is available here. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Beth Cooper Benjamin at beth@mayan.org or 646-505-4487.