[nabs-l] Is any one on the list trying the American Association People with disabilities internship for the summer?

[Albert Yoo]

Corb, and other students the meaf program takes 10 students the aapd internships take 8 people. Wow! very competitive Corb, how did you Hilary Clinton's office to work at? Thank you for sharing your experience. This is good information for any student to know when they fill out the application. The process is quick. You find out in February. > From: corbbo at gmail.com> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org> Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 11:42:32 -0500> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Is any one on the list trying the American Association People with disabilities internship for the summer?> > I am not aware of a GPA requirement for the MEAF/AAPD Congressional or > Microsoft/AAPD Information Technology Internships. You apply to be a > part of this program, and then apply separately to Congressional > offices, just as a person without a disability would apply. The > program tries to help you get a placement by meeting with coordinators > on your behalf, but don't rely on that! See what you can do on your > own, too -- it makes getting a placement an even greater > accomplishment, as competition on The Hill is tough for internships. > You have an advantage with the MEAF program, though, as they provide a > stipend, housing, and transportation subsidies -- most other interns > pay for all of that themselves.> > Best of luck -- and apply soon!> Corbb> > -----> Corbb O'Connor> The George Washington University '10> B.A. Political Communication & Economics> > On Jan 7, 2009, at 9:37 AM, Albert Yoo wrote:> > > Corb, and for all students, is there a certain gpa requirement when > applying for the internship? That is what worries me about applying > for one of these internships Does your name get put in to a database > for senators to choose a certain person to intern in their office? i > have all ready looked at the application for the internship. dDr. Kang > a korean blind PHD told me about these internships. Dr. Kang was in > President bBush's administration as the disability advisor. If any > students wants to read his book it is called My Disability god's > Ability seven triumphs> > By Young Woo Kang. Albert> From: corbbo at gmail.com> To: nabs- > l at nfbnet.org> Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 01:21:27 -0500> Subject: Re: [nabs- > l] Is any one on the list trying the American Association People with > disabilities internship for the summer?> > Happy to -- Before I do, > though, I should point out that the > internship is not just the > product of the American Association of > People with Disabilities. > It's funded by the Mitsubishi Electric > America Foundation, who > sponsors lots of programs for inclusion of > youth with disabilities. > It's because of their support that you > receive a $1,500 stipend plus > housing plus airfare for the > summer...not a bad gig at all!> > I > worked for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton...the powerful, friendly, > > and eloquent Senator from New York, at least for a few more days. All > > Congressional offices are set up differently, but I'll give my > > account. For the first few days and weeks, Senator Clinton's interns > > are assigned to different projects rather than focused. This is used > > by the staff to see where folks best fit. Hint for anyone applying for > > internships: be ready for this question on your first day, "Where > do > you want to focus your work and what do you want to learn from > it?" A > strong yet concise answer tends to get you that position. I > wanted to > work with her press team, and that's where I ended up. > Most of our > work was "intern-like," for my team it was cutting press > clips and > scanning them into an archive system...I worked in July > and they were > backlogged from March!...but there were some exciting > times, like > transcribing comments on the floor of the Senate or in > committees. I > also gave Capitol Tours, something that my boss said I > didn't have to > do if it was troublesome, but I did it and was glad > that I did -- > those tours were some of the best times for I had the > chance to teach > constituents about the legislative process...even > some from Britain, > who were impressed that I knew their system well > enough to make > comparisons! Anyway -- the experiences are what you > make of them; go > in being dedicated and focused, and you'll take a > lot away. Ask > questions when you can, and invite staff to lunch or > find random > staffers in the cafeteria...some of the best > conversations that I had > with Hill staffers were ones that I > randomly found at lunchtime. Other > interns, though, didn't have as > great of an experience because they > waited for the staff to assign > them projects and didn't seek them out; > folks waited until they were > "good enough" sorting mail to ask to move > on, yet by then it was too > late. Sure, do what they ask you to do, but > be ready to jump up when > somebody needs an intern...maybe it's running > a silly errand--like > buying stamps--or maybe it's taking a statement > to the floor, or--as > my co-press intern found one day--it was > escorting the Senator and > her bags to her office. It's an action- > packed place on the Capitol, > and with the majority skewed more than in > the 110th Congress, more > is likely to happen...as opposed to last > year's appropriations bills > that died on the floor.> > If anybody is applying, please let me know > off list and I'm happy to > be a resource to you.> Corbb> > -----> > Corbb O'Connor> The George Washington University '10> B.A. Political > Communication & Economics> > On Jan 6, 2009, at 7:03 PM, Albert Yoo > wrote:> > > Who was your congressman woman or senator? Share some of > your > experiences > From: corbbo at gmail.com> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org> > Date: > Sat, 3 Jan 2009 03:22:59 -0500> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Is any > one on > the list trying the American Association People with > disabilities > internship for the summer?> > Hi Albert,> > I > participated last summer > -- feel free to e-mail me off-list with > > questions.> > Corbb> > ----- > > Corbb O'Connor> The George Washington > University '10> B.A. > Political Communication & Economics> > On Jan > 2, 2009, at 2:41 PM, > Albert Yoo wrote:> > > > > > _________________________________________________________________> > > Life on your PC is safer, easier, and more enjoyable with Windows > > > Vista®.> http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/127032870/direct/01/> > > _______________________________________________> nabs-l mailing list> nabs-l at nfbnet.org > > > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org> To > > unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > > > nabs-l:> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/corbbo%40gmail.com > > > > > _______________________________________________> nabs-l > mailing > list> nabs-l at nfbnet.org> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > > > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account > info > for nabs-l:> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/albertyoo1%40hotmail.com > > _________________________________________________________________> > Send e-mail anywhere. 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