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Internship and Fellowship Opportunities for Asian Pacific Americans
Interested in Public Policy

Name: OCA Summer Scholarship
Organization: Organization of Chinese Americans (OCA)
Focus: To involve APAs in the political process by working on a project in OCA's national office in Washington DC and meeting APAs in policy positions.
Website: www.ocanatl.org
Email: oca@ocanatl.org
Telephone: (202) 223-5500

Name: Mike M. Masaoka Fellowship Fund
Organization: Japanese American Citizens League
Focus: Leadership development in community service through placement in an APA congressional office.
Website: www.jacl.org
Email: jacl@jacl.org
Telephone: (415) 921-5225

Name: APAICS Summer Internship Program
Organization: Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS)
Focus: To increase the participation of Asian Pacific Americans in the democratic process at the national, state, and local levels by placing APA students in congressional and federal administration internships.
Website: www.apaics.org
Email: apaics@apaics.org
Telephone: (202) 547-9100

Name: Chinese American Student Internship Coalition (CASIC) Program
Organization: Center for Asian Americans United for Self Empowerment (CAUSE)
Focus: Places interns in different political and electoral offices at local, state, and federal levels for a period of six weeks each year. The internship's objective is to encourage young Chinese Americans to participate in the democratic political process and to experience first-hand how electoral politics operate.
Website: www.causeusa.org
Email: casic_intern@yahoo.com
Telephone: (626) 307-3882

Name: CAPA Summer Internship Program
Organization: Chinese American Political Association (CAPA)
Focus: to teach students about the political process by actively participating in education, training, and work activities in the office of a publicly elected official.
Website: http://www.capa-news.org
Email: drhui@aol.com
Telephone: N/A

Name: NAPALC Internship
Organization: National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium (NAPALC)
Focus: To increase the number of Asian Pacific Americans undergraduate students working on Asian Pacific American civil rights issues. A nationally recognized voice on behalf of Asian Pacific Americans, the consortium focuses its expertise on anti-Asian violence prevention and education, voting rights, immigration, naturalization, affirmative action, language rights, and the census.
Website: www.napalc.org
Email: dviyer@napalc.org
Telephone: (202) 296-2300

Name: NAPALC Legal Fellowship
Organization: National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium (NAPALC)
Focus: To increase the number of Asian Pacific Americans law students working on Asian Pacific American civil rights issues. A nationally recognized voice on behalf of Asian Pacific Americans, the consortium focuses its expertise on anti-Asian violence prevention and education, voting rights, immigration, naturalization, affirmative action, language rights and the census.
Website: www.napalc.org
Email: dviyer@napalc.org
Telephone: (202) 296-2300

Name: The U.S. Dept Of Commerce/ Ronald H. Brown Commercial Service Fellowship Program
The U.S. Dept of State Foreign Affairs Fellowship Program
The Institute For International Public Policy (IIPP)
Organization: The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
Focus: The Public Policy and International Affairs Programs of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation work to create the next generation of policy leadership and vision. The programs are designed to increase the representation of historically underrepresented minority students into public policy and international affairs.
Website: www.woodrow.org
Email: sylvia@woodrow.org
Telephone: (609) 452-7007

Name: Leadership in Action Summer Internship
Organization: Leadership Education For Asian Pacifics, Inc. (LEAP)
Focus: A summer internship program designed to develop emerging leadership by providing college students with opportunities to gain hands-on experience working selected Southern California Asian Pacific American nonprofit organizations.
Website: www.leap.org
Email: mszeto@leap.org
Telephone: (213) 485-1422, Ex.4118

Name: Senate Associate Fellowship
Jesse Marvin Unruh Assembly Fellowship
Executive Fellowship
Judiciary Fellowship
Organization: Center for California Studies, CSU-Sacramento, California Legislature
Focus: Provides real world political and public policy experience within different branches of the California State government. These are full time programs that are supplemented with graduate seminar and discussions with public policy practitioners.
Website: www.csus.edu/calst/Programs/programs.html
Email: calstudies@csus.edu
Telephone: (916) 278-6906

Name: Daniel K. Inouye Fellowship
Organization: Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS)
Focus: To encourage a college graduate who has a commitment to the Asian Pacific American community to pursue a public policy career. The fellow is placed either in the APAICS office or in the office of a congressional member or congressional committee, a federal agency, or a nonprofit public policy organization.
Website: www.apaics.org
Email: apaics@apaics.org
Telephone: (202) 547-9100

Name: Anheuser-Busch/Frank Horton Fellowship
Organization: Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APA ICS)
Focus: To encourage a college graduate who has a commitment to the Asian Pacific American community to pursue a public policy career. Depending on the preference and career goals, the fellow will be placed either in the APAICS office or in the office of a congressional member or congressional committee, a federal agency, or a nonprofit public policy organization.
Website: www.apaics.org
Email: apaics@apaics.org
Telephone: (202) 547-9100

Name: The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
Organization: Open Society Institute, Soros Foundation
Focus: To provide opportunities for continuing generations of able and accomplished new Americans to achieve leadership in their chosen fields and to partake of the American dream. Fellows must have shown potential in the fields for which they seek further education; the capacity for creativity, persistence and work; and the commitment to the values of the United States' constitution and the bill of rights, which protect the American dream.
Website: www.pdsoros.org
Email: pdsoros_fellows@sorosny.org
Telephone: (212) 333-9741

Name: CORO Fellowship Program
Organization: CORO
Focus: A post-graduate experiential leadership training program which introduces diverse, intelligent and driven young public servants to all aspects of the public affairs arena.
Website: www.coro.org/
Email: national@coro.org
Telephone: (816) 931-0751

Name: The Greenlining Institute Academy Fellowship Program
Organization: The Greenlining Institute
Focus: An annual leadership training program for multi-ethnic students who have at minimum completed their undergraduate studies and want experience working on low-income and minority economic development.
Website: www.greenlining.org/
Email: questions@greenlining.org
Telephone: (510) 926-4000

Name: Fulbright Fellowship (for international study and research)
Organization: International Institute for Education
Focus: The Institute of International Education is a world leader in the international exchange of people and ideas. An independent, nonprofit organization founded in 1919, IIE has 19 offices worldwide, over 800 college and university IIE Network members, and more than 5,000 volunteers. IIE designs and implements programs of study and training for students, educators, young professionals and trainees from all sectors with funding from government agencies, foundations, and corporations. These programs include the Fulbright and Humphrey Fellowships, administered for the U.S. Department of State, and the People, Energy, and Development program administered for USAID. IIE also conducts policy research, and provides advising and counseling on international education and opportunities abroad.
Website: www.iie.org
Telephone: (212) 883-8200 - Washington, D.C. Headquarters