The Boulder Housing Coalition (BHC) is a 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Community Housing Development Organization,
founded in 1995. The BHC is dedicated to creating permanently affordable, community enhancing, cooperative housing for the people of Colorado’s Front Range. We founded and continue to support five self-governing low-income co-ops in Boulder with a total of around 80 residents. We envision a cooperative housing federation that contains a variety of co-ops including permanently affordable rental coo-ops, limited equity co-ops, equity co-ops and co-housing. We value diversity and anti-oppression, ecological sustainability, community, and, of course, cooperation. We're aiming to have the biggest positive impact possible on our residents as well as the wider community in Colorado. You can learn much more about our mission and values at www.bhccoops.org
The duties involved in running our organization are incredibly varied. We're happy to work with you to match
your individual interests with our organizational needs. This year, the primary duties will be focused on
supporting the development of our newest co-op, The People's Mansion. Duties will involve weekly 3-hour staff
meetings, attending monthly Board of Director and committee meetings and staying in regular communication
with the BHC staff members. Duties could include, but are not limited to: Helping us plan events and trainings; building labor
& food systems for The People's Mansion, building morale and helping to positively shape The People's Mansion
emergent culture, organizing house documents; putting together training videos for new/prospective
housemates; community outreach and building relationships with the local co-ops outside our organization;
alumni relations and building an alumni donor network; helping us identify relevant grants; general operations
and administrative support; membership, marketing, and advertising; income qualification and meeting with city
officials;
Please describe any other skills or experiences you seek in an intern:
Experience with helping start a new co-op would be a plus, experience with working with people of all ages and identities, experience in a 20+ person co-op. Self-motivated, independent worker, organized. The People's Mansion currently has 8 residents living in the house while it is being renovated. By June they will have 19 residents. They will benefit from someone with a lot of positive social energy who understands the challenges and rewards of a 19-person co-op!
Internship dates are flexible.
Three hours of weekly staff support and training - ranging in topics based on intern's need and organizations
needs, in-depth insight into the intricacies of running four low-income cooperative houses and starting a fifth,
may include:
income qualification training, abiding by fair housing, inclusive marketing, labor systems, consensus decision
making, event planning, non-profit development, community engagement, meeting with city officials, political
outreach, restorative conversations, nonviolent communication, meeting facilitation, NASCO trainings, "Right
Use of Power" Training in diversity and privilege, and more
Non-profit development and operations; leadership; communication; restorative conflict resolution; networking;
organization skills; cooperative governance;