Public Archaeology Intern at Medgar and Myrlie Evers National Monument at Southeast Conser

Title: SECC Intern – Public Archaeology Intern (10 weeks)

Reports to: Nora Katz, Historian

Location: Based in Jackson, MS

Status: Seasonal, Full-time, Exempt - 300-hour Ameri Corps Service Term

Stipend: $690/week – paid bi-weekly

Other Benefits: Housing is not provided. Uniform shirts, protective equipment, trainings. Other development opportunities as needed and available. $1,459.26 Segal Ameri Corps Education Award upon successful completion of service term.

Start/end date: 02/12/2024 - 04/26/2024

Positions available: 1

Positions open until filled.

Southeast Conservation Corps:

SECC empowering young adults to cultivate compassion, responsibility, and grit through community service, hard work, and environmental stewardship.

SECC empowers young people to attain compassion, responsibility and grit through community service, hard work and environmental stewardship. SECC is a local, non-profit, Ameri Corps affiliated organization based out of Chattanooga, TN. SECC selects young adults to complete conservation work projects on public, private and municipal lands throughout the Southeast. SECC fosters the personal development of corps members through environmental stewardship projects and experiential learning.

Through community partnerships, SECC provides hands‑on job training opportunities to young adults while simultaneously meeting natural resource needs throughout the Southeast.

The Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument in Jackson, Mississippi, is a unit of the National Park Service honoring the life, work, and legacies of two important civil rights leaders:
Medgar and Myrlie Evers. This internship is within the National Park Services’ History Division, which is responsible for historical research and programming about the Evers family, the rehabilitation and preservation of the Evers Home, and cultural resource management at park sites.

The Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument became a unit of the National Park Service in November 2020. Park staff have spent the past few years developing interpretation, creating foundational documents, and building capacity for programs and partnerships. Part of this site development was an archaeological survey conducted by the Southeast Archeological Center (SEAC), a support operation of the National Park Service’s Southeast Region.

The Southeast Archeological Center (SEAC) excavation uncovered approximately 40 artifacts at the Evers Home site, which are now stored at the SEAC facility in Tallahassee, Florida.

With the work of a Public Archaeology Intern, we plan to conduct research about these artifacts and develop interpretive programs to share NPS’s archaeological work with the public. Through this internship, we will facilitate onsite, community‑based learning about the importance of archaeology as well as what archaeology can tell us about the Evers family and their neighborhood. Community members will learn more about their neighborhood and city, and site visitors will gain a deeper appreciation for the legacy of the Evers family.

Essential functions and responsibilities:

• Work with supervisor to conduct archival and secondary research about the Evers home.
• Visit and work in the Mississippi Department of Archives and History archives, which house the Medgar Wiley and Myrlie Beasley Evers Papers.
• Engage with contractors working to develop the park’s Cultural Landscape Report to learn about their research methods and findings.
• Weekly seminars with park staff will be held to discuss and learn about the scholarship related to the Evers family and the Elraine neighborhood.

Essential functions and responsibilities:

• Visit the SEAC facility in Tallahassee, Florida, to view the collection and meet/build relationships with staff with site supervisor.
• Photograph and document the collection as needed (including compiling documentation that has already been completed by SEAC staff).
• Conduct relevant research about the objects…