16 août, 2007 09:47

Internships named for Joy Simonson and Marcy Gross!

Dear Friends,

I am proud to announce our new internship, named in honor of Joy Simonson, our National Advisory Board member, Foremother honoree, and friend, who passed away in June at the age of 88. Joy was well known in the women's community as an activist and advocate in her 70's and 80s. However, that was just the latest in a long list of accomplishments, starting when she moved to Washington, DC in the 1940's to work for the War Manpower Commission, and then to Egypt and Yugoslavia immediately after World War II to work for the U.N. For more information about her remarkable life, see

And, this Fall we are continuing our Marcy Gross internship, named in honor of our colleague, friend, and inspiration, who worked tirelessly to improve policies affecting the health and safety of women across the country before she passed away in June 2005 at the age of 64. See

Thanks to generous donations from their family and friends, these internships offer stipends to college graduates and graduate students who want to follow in the inspiring footsteps of these two wonderful women.

We are also continuing the Ted Weiss summer internship, named in honor of the late Rep. Ted Weiss, the "conscience of the Congress", whose work to improve the safety of medical products and improve access to medical care for America's most vulnerable adults and children, has helped shape our work.

Best wishes,

Diana

Fall, Winter, Spring, and Summer Internships are available for undergraduate or graduate students or recent graduates who are available at least 12 hours/wk for at least 12 weeks.

You will learn first-hand about the Washington policy scene by gaining hands-on experience in several possible areas including: government relations/public policy development, and/or non-profit fundraising/development, and, all the while, you will be making a significant difference in the lives of women and families! We work closely with the national and international media to get our message out to the public. We connect with policy makers and decision makers on a national level to change public policy. We work with independent researchers from around the country to bring fair, unbiased and non-corporate-funded information to the public about issues affecting your health and safety.

Our interns and fellows become part of our team by working on various projects such as:

Helping to gathering information, whether from the Internet, from magazine, newspaper and journal articles, or contacting researchers and other experts to ask questions.

Writing or co-authoring articles for print, fact sheets, press releases, briefing materials, and letters to Congress and the Executive branch. Editing and assisting with our website, co-authoring reports, grant proposals, and journal articles.

Attending briefings on Capitol Hill and policy panel meetings and attending policy-oriented meetings with representatives from other non-profit think tanks and advocacy organizations. You can attend meetings with Members of Congress and their staff and be in the front row when we are testifying at Advisory Panel meetings of the FDA, the National Institute of Medicine, and other federal agencies.

Researching and analyzing data, reviewing and critiquing research studies, and presenting information at professional meetings and policy forums.

Assisting with fundraising activities, including event planning and other development issues.

Reaching out to college campuses, students, and other young adults.

We especially welcome interns who are fluent in Spanish and will help with translating health articles into Spanish, and responding to inquiries to our online health hotline that are in Spanish.

Most internships are unpaid. College graduates and graduate students who are available for 20-40 hours each week are eligible for 2 internships with modest stipends ($1,000-$2,000 for the 10-12 week internship):

The Marcy Gross internship, which focuses on our work to prevent dating violence and other violence against women, especially targeted to college campus outreach.

The Joy Simonson internship, which focuses on health issues for midlife and older women.

If you're interested in an internship, please send a resume and cover letter describing the dates and time commitment (hrs/week) you are available to