Internships
Community Resilience Research & Communications Intern
Partnership with California State University, Monterey Bay
Field + Form is partnering with CSUMB to offer an internship opportunity for students interested in climate adaptation, civic engagement, and regenerative resilience work on the Central Coast.
As a Community Resilience Research & Communications Intern, you'll engage in four main areas of work:
Research & Writing — tracking funding landscapes, building stakeholder databases, monitoring policy developments
Communications & Content — supporting social media, newsletters, event promotions, and thought leadership
Events & Program Support — coordinating community gatherings, symposiums, and workshops
Administrative Support — grant research, database management, proposal organization
The Role
Remote and flexible. 10-15 hours per week. Ideal for students balancing academics with meaningful work. You'll develop skills in research, writing, event coordination, and grant writing fundamentals while contributing to real work advancing resilience on the Central Coast.
What You'll Learn
Mentorship on civic strategy, community engagement, and regenerative economics. Exposure to nonprofit operations, stakeholder relationships, and systems thinking. Clear documentation of projects and workflows. Regular feedback and support.
To Apply
Submit a one-page resume and cover letter to Field + Form explaining your interest in climate resilience or civic engagement and what you hope to learn.
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Civic Design Labs
Civic Design Labs are facilitated gatherings that bring together civic leaders, practitioners, and community members to think more clearly about the systems, relationships, and imaginative capacities that shape community life.
Lab Structure
Each lab creates a structured container for deep engagement with a theme — regenerative economics, institutional collaboration, place-based governance, civic storytelling — drawing on systems thinking, design practice, and relational facilitation. The format is participatory and exploratory, designed to generate insight rather than prescribe solutions.
Collaborative Community Design
Labs are extended by invitation to leaders across the civic, financial, philanthropic, and institutional sectors, and open to community members including artists, educators, organizers, and neighbors. No prior expertise is required, only a genuine interest in how communities think, design, and act together.
2026 Civic Themes
March — Relational Foundations: Building the Civic Container
April — Civic Storytelling: Signs, Stories, and Social Futures
May — The Second Economy: Measuring Cultural Economy and Social Impact
June — Designing Local Economies
July — Designing Institutional Relationships
August — Thinking Ecologies: Place, Stewardship, and Interdependence
September — From Insight to Action
October — Regenerative Community in Practice