Urban Connection

Location: Los Angeles, CA (Interns can work remotely via high-speed Internet connection)
Application Deadline: No Deadline
Position: Full & Part-Time
Category: Advertising/Marketing/Public Relations
Salary: $30,000
Location: Work Remotely via Internet
Training: Yes
Description:
Urban Connection’s Digital Advocate Internship allows you to work in an innovative, progressive and rewarding field. Working closely with our Internet Advocacy Division.  This internship is ideal for someone who [...]

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Do you have a desire to serve the urban poor by building awareness? Do you have skills in writing, video production, post production, photography, graphics, or motion graphics? Maybe it’s time we talk!

Without their knowing it, the goodwill donations of many churches and volunteer groups are actually contributing to the drug and alcohol addictions of the homeless. Click here to learn how, and to see how you can avoid making the same mistake.

Come down to Urban Connection and help us make an impact for Christ and turn this community upside down!

For someone without a solid network of family and friends, it doesn’t take much to end up on the street. One missed paycheck, one lost job, one injury, and suddenly things begin to spin out of control.

…having gotten what he came for (an accurate diagnosis and appropriate medication), Robi is ready to go home.

Antonio is a perfect example of why the services of Skid Row providers are essential. Without the UCLA clinic at URM, Antonio could’ve ended up in an emergency room…or worse

…on his granddaughter’s first birthday, he had come home with a cake and a doll for her, only to find an empty apartment. His daughter was gone, and she’d taken his granddaughter with her. “I became depressed, lost my job, and started living on the streets.” he said. “I came to Los Angeles to live with some friends, but as soon as I ran out of money, they kicked me out.”

This weekend, Calvary Chapel Golden Springs brought volunteers from their Evangelism 180 team to the Urban Connection for a Christmas outreach! They pulled out all the stops, too – they brought the chaplain from the Los Angeles Lakers, showed a documentary on Pastor Raul Ries, and put on a free concert with Christian rapper MC Blvd!