The application deadline for CHCI’s Spring Congressional Internship Program is
Tuesday, October ! Applications are due Tuesday, October 13. The Spring 2021
program will be fully virtual. To apply:
https://chci.org/programs/congressional-internship-program/?utm_source=CHCI+General&utm_campaign=cd29c37bfb-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_02_13_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7757f87d2-cd29c37bfb-62910775
During CHCI’s paid summer and semester internships, promising Latino
undergraduate students experience what it’s like to work in a congressional
office, while participating in weekly professional and leadership development
and civic engagement through community service.
GAIN LEGISLATIVE EXPERIENCE IN
WASHINGTON, D.C. CHCI
Congressional Interns learn firsthand how the legislative
system works, spending four days each week working on Capitol Hill. Usually,
interns are placed with a member of congress who serves a district in their home
state performing meaningful work:
- responding to constituent inquiries
- writing
policy briefs
- conducting legislative research on issues such as education,
health, foreign affairs, defense, science & technology, and many more
- attending
congressional hearings and policy briefings
On programming days, interns will
have a full day centered on CHCI’s four Pillars of Leadership—Civic Engagement,
Social Responsibility, Self Empowerment, and Promoting Community and Hispanic
Culture. During these weekly sessions, participation in discussions surrounding
issues that affect the Latino community will help interns explore a variety
topics while building strong relationships that can help throughout their
career. CHCI’s curriculum is centered around a graduate-level non-credit public
policy course taught by The George Washington University Cisneros Hispanic
Leadership Institute and Trachtenberg School of Public Policy.
