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Friday, June 18, 2004
Community Organization Seeks Summer Interns
Empower DC, a grassroots organizing project, is hiring part-time summer interns to assist with its community-based campaigns. Empower DC's mission is to enhance and improve the self-advocacy of low- and moderate-income DC residents to bring about sustained quality-of-life improvements.
Possible intern projects include support work related to: affordable housing and anti-displacement work; quality, affordable childcare assistance for low-income families; voter education and registration; the neighborhood oral history project in Northeast DC; and organizing opposition to Mayor Tony Williams's proposal for a taxpayer-funded baseball stadium.
Interns should be committed to social justice and passionate about the empowerment of DC residents. Good social and oral communication skills are a must. Hours and days are flexible and can be worked out on an individual basis. Unfortunately, no pay is available at this time. For more information, contact Parisa Norouzi at 202/234-9119 or parisa@empowerdc.org.
DC Metro Action is published by Michael Schlesinger, a 32-year veteran of electoral and issue organizing who is committed to social justice and to increasing participation in the political process.
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