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Schools Program

 4/21/09 Schools Program Officer
415.293.4650
SchoolsProgram@wacsf.org
The Schools Program engages high school, community college and university students with programming designed to develop the international leaders of tomorrow across a broad range of disciplines.
See here for more information and for instructions on applying. Deadline: May 8th, 2009
California Rural Legal Assistance
 5/07/09 Kelly Heinrich
831.757.5221
kheinrich@crla.org
 CLRA assists battered immigrant women, sexual assault survivors and trafficked persons with immigration applications to gain legal status. Must be bilingual in Spanish and English.
Contact Kelly Heinrich.
Oxfam America CHANGE Initiative
 3/16/09  For questions, please call 1-800-77-OXFAM x 2464 or email CHANGE@oxfamamerica.org
Summer training program in Boston July 18-24, 2009 for rising sophomores and juniors to learn how to become actively engaged in Oxfam America's social justice mission.
 Apply online.  Deadline: April 1, 2009.
Summer Jobs for Youth Work Experience


San Jose, CA.
 4/21/09 For questions, please call (408) 794-1156 or send an e-mail to work2futureyouthprogram@gmail.com
Selected applicants will gain work experience and learn new skills with a city, civic, non-profit organization, school or college. Youth must be 15-24 and low income.
For information about applying see this, then download the application here. Income information here.
Fellows Alliance
 1/13/09  Hafsa Kanjwal
312-573-8926
hafsa@ifyc.org
 The Fellows alliance is a year-long paid fellowship program open to current undergraduates committed to building religious pluralism and organizing interfaith activities on campus. 
 Application can be downloaded here.
World Affairs Council of Northern California
12/11/08 Katie Walsh
School Program Officer
312 Sutter Street, Suite 200
San Francisco, CA 94108
kwalsh@wacsf.org
415.293.4650
12-15 hours/wk unpaid internship for students interested in international affairs, education and youth leadership.  See website for more details.
Send resume and cover letter to Katie.
Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC)
1/13/09
Amber Hacker, Leadership Associate
312-573-8937
amber@ifyc.org
Spring Internship: Project focused internships in following areas- Graphic Design, Data Systems, Fundraising, and FaithsAct Fellowship.  10-15 hrs/ week.
http://ifyc.org/programs/leadership/internships
U.S. PIRG
11/7/08 Dan Xie
Campus Organizer, CALPIRG
dan@calpirgstudents.org
U.S. PIRG is a federation of state-based public interest advocacy groups.  Hiring graduating college students.
Apply at their website or email resume directly to Dan.
Latino Issues Forum (LIF)
12/03/08
Berenise Herrera
Project Specialist
Latino Issues Forum
160 Pine Street, Suite 700
San Francisco, CA 94111
Tel: (415) 547-9122
Fax: (415) 284-7222
bherrera@lif.org

Conduct health related research and perform administrative tasks.
Please send cover letter, resume and writing samples to: LIFHR@lif.org (please note job title in
subject line).
Project Inspire at the YWCA
10/16/08
Carolina Avalos
Volunteer Coordinator
Third Street YWCA
408-510-4281
cavalos@ywca-sv.org


Be a mentor or AVID tutor at Project Inspire's After School Program.  See flyer for details.
 Call or email Carolina.
Cisco Systems, Inc.
 9/22/08 Kathy Burden, Project Specialist
Strategy and Integrated Communications
Corporate Communications
Cisco Systems, Inc.
kaburden@cisco.com
408-424-4050
Hiring for new graduate and summer intern positions in Corporate Communications.
Email resume to Kathy.
The Fund for Public Interest Research
 2/12/08 Joni Wallent
jwallent@ffpir.org
Recruitment Director
725 Front Street #112
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Hiring graduating seniors to work full-time as Canvass Directors for nationwide non-profit
Email Joni.
The Koch Internship Program
11/7/08 Stephen Sweet
Program Coordinator, Marketing and Recruiting
202.737.7945 


This part-time paid internship provides the chance to explore the non-profit sector in Washington D.C. for the fall, spring or summer session.
 See flyer for details.
Senator Abel Maldonado
 1/29/08 Diana Bautista
Diana.Bautista@sen.ca.gov
Office of Senator Abel Maldonado
100 Paseo de San Antonio #206
San Jose, CA 95113
408-277-9461
Unpaid internship in the San Jose District Office
Send your resume and cover letter to Diana Bautista via email. See flyer for details.
Law Offices of Esra Young  10/12/07 Please see Broncolink for details Paid law clerk internship on Stevens Creek Blvd. Please see Broncolink.

Silicon Valley Leadership Group,

San Jose, Ca.

 

Amanda Ballard: aballard@svlg.net

A public policy trade association engaged in quality of life and business issues on behalf of Silicon Valley companies.

Email your resume and indicate policy interest areas. Flyer

Silicon Valley Leadership Group,

San Jose, Ca.


Dennis Cima: Dcima@svlg.net or Margaret Bruce: mbruce@svlg.net

An opportunity to help reduce environmental costs and public health impacts.

Email resume to Dennis or Margaret.

Housing Trust of Santa Clara County, Inc.

San Jose, Ca.


Salvador Castro:

(408) 436-3450, ext. 0

Salvador@housingtrustscc.org


Contact Salvador for more information.

Santa Clara County Office of Affordable Housing

San Jose, Ca.


Marjorie Matthews: (408) 441-4258


Email Marjorie.matthews@ceo.sccgov.org

American Red Cross

San Jose, Ca.


Crystal Paul: (408) 577-1000

This internship involves community service in the areas of International Services, Community Disaster Education, Marketing, Development, Youth Services, Information Technology and more.

Contact Crystal Paul, Director, for more information.  Also see the flyer.

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)


Monique Pham: mpham@aclunc.org

A volunteer internship which involves assisting with research, recruitment and community outreach on ACLU issues.

Send a resume and cover letter to Monique Pham.

111 N. Market Street, Suite 940

San Jose, Ca. 95113

Read the flyer for more info.

Pirayou Law Offices: Research Clerk


Ash Pirayou:

ash@pirayoulaw.com

Assist with research in public policy and interact with public agency staff.

Send resume and a cover letter to Ash Pirayou.

Assembly Member Internships:

Jim Beall, San Jose, Ca.

 

 

 

Sally Lieber, Mountain View, Ca.




Paul Fong,

San Jose, Ca.







Frances.grammer@asm.ca.gov

 

 

 


Monica Smith:

(408) 277-2003







Evan Low

(408) 277-2003

evan.low@asm.ca.gov


An internship with District 24 (Jim Beall) which exposes people to the legislative process and providing research assistance to staff.

 

An internship with the District Office of Assembly Speaker Lieber.








An Internship with District 22 which will expose students to the workings of State Government and the role of a State Assembly Member.

Send resume and availability to the email listed. See flyer for details.

 

 

 


Contact Monica.










Contact Evan Low.





Silicon Valley Council of Nonprofits

Juvenile Justice Public Policy Researcher

 

Health Care Public Policy Researcher

 

 

 

Legislative and Public Policy Researcher


Narges Sayid: office@svcn.org

An internship involving hands on experience in juvenile justice public policy issues.  A $250 stipend.

 

A public policy research position concentrating on healthcare matters. A $250 stipend.

 

An internship providing in depth experience in legislative and policy research.

Contact Narges Sayid. See the flyers for juvenile justice, healthcare, or general policy research.

Congressional Internships:
Mike Honda








 


Campbell Office: (408) 558-8085-Phone (408) 558-8086-Fax

 

Washington DC Office: (202) 225-2699

 

An internship offering experience in the functioning of the federal government. 


Fax your resume to the office or go to http://honda.house.gov/ for an application.
 

Congressional Internship: 

Jim Costa


   

Washington DC Office: Monica Carmean Monica.carmean@mail.house.gov

(202) 225-3341

Unpaid internships for current session (full and part-time) in the Washington, D.C. office. Submit a cover letter and resume to Monica Carmean via email with “Internship” in the subject line.
Congressional Internship: Russ Carnahan (D-MO)




4/14/08  
Washington D.C. Office: Ken Reidy
carnahan.jobs@mail.house.gov






 Unpaid summer internship in Washington, D.C. for 2-3 students; Missouri ties preferred. Email Ken with a resume and cover letter.

Democracy Matters


Joan: joanm@democracymatters.org

This is a paid internship where students can help other students obtain a voice in democratic issues through lobbying and education.

Go to www.democracymatters.org or send an email to Joan.

San Jose City Council:

Office of Pete Constant

1/28/08

Rhovy Cansino: (408) 535-4901 (main office line) or 535-4918 (direct line) rhovylynn.cansino@sanjoseca.gov

 

A part-time internship involving graphic design.

 

Contact Rhovy.

San Jose City Council:

Office of Madison Nguyen


Louansee Moua: Louansee.moua@sanjoseca.gov An internship working with Councilmember Madison Nguyen. Send a resume and cover letter to Louansee.

San Jose City Council:

Office of Dave Cortese


Michelle Pelayo: Michelle.pelayo@sanjoseca.gov An internship with Vice Mayor Cortese’ s Office. Send a message to Michelle.

San Jose City Council:

Office of Sam Liccardo


Kevin Schwaba: Kevin.schwaba@sanjoseca.gov An internship with Councilmember Liccardo’s office. Contact Kevin

San Jose City Council:

Office of Nancy Pyle

 


Eric Crane: Eric.crane@sanjoseca.gov

An internship with Councilmember Pyle’s Office.

Email Eric

San Jose City Council:

Office of Forrest Williams



1/24/08
Daniel Erwin (SCU '06)
408-535-4925
daniel.erwin@sanjoseca.gov
An internship with Councilmember Williams's office
Contact Daniel
Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors:

Supervisor Ken Yeager
12/3/07
Tony Filice: Tony.filice@bos.sccgov.org
(408) 299-5040

 An unpaid internship with County Supervisor Ken Yeager's office.
Email or call Tony.  See flyer for details.

Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County

San Jose, Ca.


Julie Shepardson:

(408) 325-5209

jshepardson@ccsj.org

 

An internship regarding refugee minors.

Email or call Julie.

Fresh Lifelines for Youth Mentor

Emilia Tyminski:

(408) 504-5705

Emilia@flyprogram.org

Work as a mentor for addicted juveniles.

Email or call Emilia for more information and an application.

Senatorial Internships:

Elaine Alquist


Evan Low:

(408) 286-8318

Evan.low@sen.ca.gov

Internship designed to teach students the functions and role of a State Senator.

Contact Evan Low. See flyer for details.

Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network

San Jose,  Ca.

9/22/08 Kara Ann LaPierre
Vice President, Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network
Executive Director, SVEDA
408.278.2228 office

Opportunities available with the Silicon Valley Economic Development Alliance, working on regional economic issues, and the Sustainable Building Initiative, working on green building programs and practices.

Contact Kara LaPierre or go to www.jointventure.org.

Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network

San Jose, CA
 9/22/08 Lisa Bruner, Executive Assistant
60 South market Street, Suite 1000
San Jose, CA 95113
408-278-2292
bruner@jointventure.org
Internship available - work as Special Assistant to the Joint Venture CEO on significant regional issues.

Contact Lisa.

National Strategies,

Washington D.C.


Ryan Nash:

rnash@nationalstrategiesinc.com

An internship exposing students to government relations.

Please send resume and cover letter to Ryan Nash.




White House Internship
Program


Washington D.C.
 2/26/09
Work within departments at the White House and gain insight into the life of the White House staff.
 Apply online at www.whitehouse.gov/about/internships
Grassroots Campaigns Inc.


 3/06/09 Nicholas Perry
Citizen Outreach Director
Grassroots Campaigns
nperry@grassrootscampaigns.com
510 848-1754
Recruit and manage fundraising operations for various groups across the country.
 Contact Nicholas or apply online at   www.grassrootscampaigns.com.
U.S Department of Agriculture

Washington D.C
 4/17/09 Yolanda Garcia-Provost
Yolanda.garcia-provost@usda.gov
(202) 720-3286
Interns will be exposed to a wide variety of management activities and issues and gain experience into USDA career fields. Internships emphasize hands on interaction and working closely with supervisors.
Please see this flyer: USDA Internship. Applications due 4/30/09
Catholic
Charities of
Santa Clara County

San Jose



 4/14/09 Julia Shepardson
Program Advisor
(408) 325-5209
jshepardson@ccsj.org

Help resettle refugees who have fled their countries. Work as volunteer caseworker assistants, or help with transportation, English language classes and job searches. Also positions available to help with Public Advocacy for Senior Care and to help with the Campaign to Cut Poverty.
Contact Julia Shepardson. Must be registered for POLI 198 to be in Refugee Services.
U.S Dept. of Housing and Urban Development

San Jose

 4/17/09 Karna Wong
U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
Office of Community Planning and Development
600 Harrison St., 3rd Fl., San Francisco, CA  94107
Tel. (415) 489-6568
Email:  Karna.L.Wong@hud.gov
Community Planning and Development Internship.
Contact Karna Wong.

Office of the Santa Clara Public Defender


Shelly Garza:

(408) 299-7712

Assist with juvenile cases and investigations.

Contact Professor Chen or Shelly Garza.