The Washington Center for Internships of Academic Seminars offers Campaign 2004: The National Political Conventions academic seminar. This program will be held on-site in Boston for the Democratic Convention (Suffolk University) and in New York (Pace University) for the Republican Convention. Apply online at http://www.twc.edu/c2004.
Project Vote Smart will be accepting up to 100 students to work as interns during the 2004 Presidential Election Year. This 10-week internship enables students to investigate the backgrounds and qualifications for every candidate for every office from the Presidency to State Legislatures in every state. Held at a high-tech retreat research center nestled in the Montana Rockies, Project Vote Smart is staffed by young people from around the country to provide citizens, journalists, and libraries information on the candidates. Real work with candidates and the media, researching issues, compiling data, and answering our Voter's Research Hotline. Scholarships pay for student's lodging and meals. Download an application at www.vote-smart.org.
Pennsylvanians for Effective Government (PEG), the state's oldest PAC for the business community, offers paid office internships and political campaign internships that place college students with a candidates running for office. Available during fall, spring and summer terms. Go to http://www.pegweb.org for more information.
United Leaders of the Institute of Political Service (IPS), invites you to apply to its 8-week paid summer political fellowship program in Boston to learn about politics and public policy from top professors from Harvard, Boston University and Northeastern. This unique summer program helps equip young leaders with skills to pursue careers in political service. Apply online at www.unitedleaders.org.
Campaign Corps -- a national grassroots organization dedicated to politically empowering young people -- recruits, trains and places recent college grads as paid staffers on Democratic campaigns. Or attend a two-day Mini-camp at various locations across the country to see if you've got what it takes to be a staffer. Learn voter targeting, field organizing, fundraising, press strategy, and more. Apply online at www.campaigncorps.org/apply or www.campaigncorps.org for more information.
The Finnegan Foundation -- a foundation established to provide practical training in Pennsylvania government and politics for outstanding acredited college and university students -- offers a summer internship for 8 or 10-weeks. Stipend provided. Go to http://members.aol.com/jafinnegan.
Housing in Harrisburg
If you will be interning in the state capitol area and are in need of housing, several large, beautiful, historic homes with houses, apartments and rooms are available for rent in downtown Harrisburg. Go to http://www.roommates.com to check out a full profile of one property under "AAAAdowntown" on the site.
