2010 TACL Political Internship

2010 Summer Political Internship Program

WHAT	The Taiwanese American Citizens League (TACL) Summer Political Internship Program, established in 1992, places college students in the offices of state and federal elected officials. Interns work to promote Taiwanese culture, heritage and identity while gaining a greater understanding of the American political system through active, hands-on involvement. All college students interested in Taiwanese American issues may also apply. Interns gain valuable, working knowledge through assignments in political offices located throughout the Greater Los Angeles area, Orange County, and Washington DC. In addition to working in their offices, interns visit top legislators in an intense lobbying trip, attend community events, participate in leadership development workshops, and various other activities. TACL interns also gain access to a network of TACL alumni through our unique mentorship program. Alumni of the TACL Political Internship Program have gone on to become elected officials, Congressional staffers, state and local level government staffers, local business leaders and students in top graduate school programs. List of past participating political offices: Barbara Boxer, US Senator Howard Berman, US Representative Cruz Bustamante, California Lieutenant Governor Gilbert Cedillo, California Senator John Chiang, California State Controller Judy Chu, California State Board of Equalization Member Jane Harman, US Representative Johan Klehs, California State Assembly member Tom Lantos, US Representative Bob Margett, California State Senator Dana Rohrbacher, US Representative Lucille Roybal-Allard, US Representative Edward Royce, US Representative Adam Schiff, US Representative Hilda Solis, US Representative Diane Watson, US Representative Ted Lieu, California State Assembly member Mike Eng, California State Assembly member
WHEN	The 9-week program will begin on Friday, June 11, 2010 and end on Saturday, August 14, 2010. Orientation/opening ceremony will be held on June 11 and the awards/closing ceremony will be held the weekend of August 14, 2010. (Students on the quarter system may have different schedules.)
WHERE	Political interns will be assigned to offices located throughout the Greater Los Angeles area, Orange County, or Washington DC.
WHO	Current or recently graduated college students.
HOW	To be considered, the following items must be submitted for review: Completed application form. A typed, double spaced statement of purpose (300-500 words) describing yourself and reasons for your interest in this program. At least one letter of reference. It can be emailed to internship@tacl.org. A copy of your most recent transcript. A resume. (Applicants who pass this written portion will be contacted for interview) If any part of the application needs to be mailed, please indicate in the e-mail and send to: TACL Political Internship 3001 Walnut Grove Ave. #7 Rosemead, CA 91770 (must be postmarked by application deadline). Applications must be received by Sunday, April 11, 2010. Submit your application via e-mail to internship@tacl.org. You will receive an email confirmation of receipt within 3 days. It is recommended you do not wait for the last day to submit. First round interviews are given on a rolling basis.
OTHER	Internship placement will be announced by Friday, April 30, 2010. Each participant is responsible for his or her own transportation during the program. Participants will not receive compensation from the participating offices. Stipend from TACL will be issued dependent upon success of completion of the internship. Click here for the TACL 2010 Internship flyer.
QUESTIONS?	Please email tacl@tacl.org Please write "TACL INTERNSHIP" in email subject heading for applications or questions.
APPLICATION	Click here to download the application in Microsoft Word format (324 KB). (If you wish to save it to your desktop, right click on the link above and select "Save Target As" and save it to your machine.)