PAID SUMMER INTERNSHIP WITH OCA-NY
A generously paid internship opportunity with OCA-New York on hate crimes prevention and voting rights for Asian American communities in NYC! Please circulate widely!
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PAID SUMMER INTERNSHIP WITH OCA-NY
May 15-August 30, 2008
The Organization of Chinese Americans-New York Chapter (OCA-NY ) seeks a college summer intern to work full-time on its hate crimes prevention and voting rights projects. The hate crimes prevention project is a collaboration between OCA-NY and youth organizations serving minority youth to organize an art competition among high school students in New York City. The college summer intern will work with the student planning committee for the art contest, help organize the training/workshops for the planning committee, advertise the competition and plan the opening reception of the art contest. The voting rights project includes supervising high school students do voter registration, conducting voting rights leadership trainings and helping prepare for OCA-NY "get out the vote" phonathon.
The College summer student must work well independently and in a group dynamics and have strong organizational and leadership skills. Travel between Queens, Brooklyn and Manhattan and working some nights and weekends are required. Experience working with youth groups and knowledge of hate crimes and/or voting rights issues in the Asian American community in New York City is preferred.
Stipend: $3,000.00 for the period from May 15-August 30, 2008, plus subway travel costs
To apply: Send a current resume and an essay, no more than 500 words as to why you should be selected. Include two references: one from someone who is knowledgeable about your character and leadership skills and one from a professor that has taught you within the last year.
Send the application to: Organization of Chinese-Americans-New York Chapter
P.O. Box 3233, Church Street Station
Deadline for applying: April 25, 2008
This project is funded in part by grants from the OCA Allstate Foundation and the New York Community Trust. OCA-NY is a chapter of the OCA, a national non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to advancing the social, political and economic well being of Asian Pacific Americans (APA). Its goals are to advocate for social justice, equal opportunity and fair treatment, to promote civic participation, education and leadership, to advance coalition building and to foster cultural heritage.
For more info: contact Liz OuYang at lizouyang@aol.com
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Christina Chen
Columbia University, CC' 09
1750 Lerner Hall
New York, NY 10027
510-418-8792
...new situations bring new contradictions, requiring new visions.
– Grace Lee Boggs
Glenn Omatsu - Freedom Schooling: Reconceptualizing Asian American
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