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Spice of Jade Internship Program (Voice Up)

Welcome
Welcome all undergraduate and graduate students, working professionals, and purpose-driven individuals across all academic disciplines.

Our Mission
To connect people to purpose one conversation at a time.
Voice Up Publishing, Inc. is a purpose-driven public health startup and grassroots movement founded in November 2024. Voice Up operates as a first-of-a-kind action think tank grounded in IRB-approved doctoral research. Our work specializes in reaching traditionally underserved communities through a light-touch, human-centered 8-week methodology.
In just 16 months of operation, our impact has been significant:
Convened a global ecosystem of universities, nonprofits, and public health leaders
Generated real-world artifacts and initiatives already adopted by external organizations
Built a global network of students, professionals, and purpose-driven leaders across multiple disciplines
Reached communities across 134+ countries and thousands of cities worldwide
Documented measurable outcomes including 56% reduction in anxiety among participants
Our work focuses on helping individuals discover purpose, strengthen mental well-being, and create tangible pathways for leadership and service.

Spice of Jade Internship Focus
This internship is designed for students and professionals interested in maternal mental health, early childhood advocacy, and culturally responsive community engagement. The primary focus is supporting BIPOC mothers and caregivers raising neurodivergent or medically complex children. Interns will contribute to the growth and expansion of the Spice of Jade initiative by supporting outreach, developing resources, and strengthening community-based support systems within the Voice Up ecosystem.

This Internship Provides Experience In:
Maternal and family behavioral health outreach
Community engagement and culturally responsive program design
Public health communications and storytelling
Advocacy and systems navigation (IEP, IDEA, healthcare systems)
Nonprofit development and purpose-driven leadership
Because Voice Up operates as a living laboratory for innovation, interns also gain exposure to cutting-edge approaches grounded in doctoral research.

Interns May Assist With the Following Activities
FOCUS AREA 1 Community Engagement
Support outreach efforts to mothers and caregivers within underserved communities
Assist in facilitating conversations and engagement experiences aligned with the Voice Up methodology

FOCUS AREA 2 Program Support
Contribute to the development of Spice of Jade resources and support tools
Assist in organizing and sustaining community-based initiatives and activities

FOCUS AREA 3 Research and Documentation
Support documentation of qualitative and quantitative outcomes
Assist in capturing community insights to inform future program development and funding

FOCUS AREA 4 Network Development
Engage with university, nonprofit, and community partners
Support expansion of the Spice of Jade ecosystem through strategic relationship building

What You Will Gain
By participating in this internship, students can expect to gain:
Real-world experience working with a public health startup and grassroots movement
Exposure to IRB-grounded doctoral research applied in real community settings
Experience building professional networks across sectors
Skills in community engagement and purpose-driven leadership
Experience in maternal mental health advocacy and culturally responsive program development
Interns will also gain experience working within a collaborative ecosystem that includes universities, nonprofit organizations, and emerging social entrepreneurs.

Who Should Apply
This internship is open to:
Undergraduate students
Graduate students
Working professionals seeking academic credit
Individuals from any academic discipline
Students pursuing degrees in areas such as the following may find the experience especially valuable though all purpose-driven individuals are encouraged to apply:
Public Health
Social Work
Psychology
Communications
Education
Business
Nonprofit Leadership
Community Development
Nursing and Healthcare Administration
Counseling and Human Services

Participation Pathways
Voice Up welcomes participation through three pathways. All interns are expected to embody the five Voice Up Principles at a high level throughout their engagement.

Why This Work Matters
Voice Up represents a new model for connecting people to purpose. Instead of traditional top-down programs, Voice Up operates as a grassroots innovation ecosystem where students and professionals collaborate to create real-world impact.
Spice of Jade addresses a critical gap in maternal mental health and early childhood advocacy by centering culturally responsive support for underserved families. This internship provides a unique opportunity to contribute to a growing, real-world initiative that is actively improving outcomes for mothers and children.

The Voice Up Principles
All interns are expected to embody these principles throughout their work with Voice Up:
Collaboration
Humility
Precision
Patience
Empathy

How to Apply
Students and professionals interested in this internship are encouraged to apply for the upcoming Spring or Summer 2026 terms.
Contact:
Include in your message:
Your name and current institution or organization
Your area of study or professional background
The participation track you are interested in (Academic Credit, Volunteer, or Voice Up University)
A brief statement (2 3 sentences) on why you are interested in this opportunity and how it connects to your purpose

Closing
This is an opportunity to gain hands-on experience while contributing to a mission-driven initiative focused on helping people discover their pathway to purpose.

Voice Up Publishing, Inc.
voiceup.life
Connecting People to Purpose One Conversation at a Time

He had watched a door close on a lot of people and had decided to try to build a different kind of door.
The question of whether that translation is fully complete is one that the organization’s next chapter will begin to answer. A field director at a clinical psychology graduate program on the West Coast reached out to Voice Up recently to inquire about placing a student for a summer practicum. She had heard about the program, done some initial research, and wanted to talk. The conversation, scheduled for a Wednesday morning in mid-March, will be the kind of meeting on which a great deal depends: a credentialed academic, trained in the evaluation of field placement sites, sitting across a virtual table from a founder who believes, with evident conviction, that his model can do something the established institutions have not managed to do.
What she will find, if she looks closely, is a program with genuine intellectual coherence and a founder with genuine credibility and also a program that is still, in some respects, in the process of becoming what it claims to be. The supervisor credentials section of the field education prospectus, the piece that field directors most often examine before approving a site, has not yet been fully elaborated. The logic model that federal grant reviewers will want to see before releasing workforce development funding has not yet been formally constructed. These are not failures. They are the ordinary incompleteness of an organization that is building its plane while flying it, as founders sometimes say except that Art, with his background in crisis intervention and his habit of precision, might prefer a different metaphor. He is, perhaps, laying track as the train moves forward. The destination is clear. The route is still being surveyed.