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Nancy Yi Liang
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AALDEF Spring Internship Openings
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), founded in 1974, is the first organization on the East Coast to protect and promote the legal rights of Asian Americans through litigation, legal advocacy and community education. For more information about AALDEF, visit our website at www.aaldef.org.
Current openings include:
-Spring Special Events Assistant
-Spring Office Assistant
-Spring Voting Rights Intern
-Spring Legal Interns
SPECIAL EVENTS ASSISTANT
Responsibilities include providing administrative support for AALDEF’s annual Lunar New Year Gala and Justice in Action awards Ceremony. This person will assist in many aspects of the Gala including researching for prospective dinner sponsors and silent auction donors, securing and displaying items for the silent auction, and assembling dinner programs, gift bags, brochures and press kits. Other responsibilities include data entry, conducting internet research, organizing press clippings, answering phones, doing mailings, performing general clerical duties, and providing support for community education and outreach projects.
We seek applicants who have good organizational, verbal and written skills. Applicants must also be detailed oriented and be able to multitask and manage projects in a timely manner. This is a great opportunity to learn about special events fundraising.
OFFICE ASSISTANT
Responsibilities include data entry, organizing press clippings, answering phones, doing mailings, and performing general clerical duties.
Other responsibilities include providing support for fundraising events, and community education and outreach projects.
Computer experience with databases, graphics and web programs helpful. Chinese language ability (for press clippings) is also helpful, but not required.
Both positions are available immediatley. They are open ONLY to students with work-study grants or students who wish to volunteer. Schedule is flexible, work to be done during office hours 9:30am - 5:30pm. No evenings or weekends.
To Apply:
Interested applicants should send a resume and cover letter by January 21, 2008:
Jennifer Weng
Special Events/Office Assistant Application
Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
99 Hudson Street, 12th floor
New York , New York 10013
fax: 212.966.4303
email: in...@aaldef.org
For more information, contact Jennifer Weng at 212-966-5932, ext. 212 or jw...@aaldef.org.
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SPRING 2008 INTERNSHIPS DEFENDING ASIAN AMERICAN VOTING RIGHTS
for Undergraduate, Graduate, and Law Students
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) protects and promotes the civil rights of Asian Americans through litigation, advocacy, and community education. Spring internships are available for college, graduate, and law students in AALDEF’s Voting Rights Program.
In prior elections, Asian Americans faced a series of barriers in exercising their right to vote; for example, ballots have been mistranslated listing Democratic candidates as Republicans and vice versa, lack of interpreters, denial of language assistance, rude and hostile poll workers. AALDEF’s Voting Rights Program aims to enhance the political participation of Asian Americans and guard against anti-Asian voter discrimination.
Voting Rights Interns work on the following:
Advocate for full compliance with the Voting Rights Act and federal Constitution, by analyzing election monitoring reports. The Voting Rights Act mandates Chinese and Korean language voting assistance and forbids anti-Asian voter discrimination. This includes legal research and writing, fact pattern development, and working with clients and witnesses for possible litigation.
Monitoring the Presidential Primary Elections in NY, NJ, MA, PA, MD and VA to document the use of bilingual ballots.
Assess local elections compliance with settlements reached in voting rights lawsuits in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and other states.
Registering new voters after citizenship swearing-in ceremonies.
Conduct research and advocacy on local, state and federal election reform proposals.
Description of Fall Internships:
Supervision: Interns are supervised by attorneys through regular meetings and trainings.
Compensation: These internships are not paid positions, but academic credit can be arranged.
Hours: Interns work anywhere between 12 to 25 hours per week in the office.
Duration: Spring internships usually follows the spring semester, commencing with the start of classes (end of January) to the first or second week of May.
To Apply:
Bilingual ability is helpful but not required. Students with language ability in Korean, Bengali, Urdu, Punjabi, or Chinese are especially welcome to apply and languages (if any) should be stated in the resume. Applicants should also state the number of hours they can work per week and a possible schedule.
Send a resume and cover letter to:
Voting Rights Spring Intern Search
Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF)
99 Hudson Street, 12th floor
New York, New York 10013-2815
fax: 212-966-4303
Email: in...@aaldef.orgFor more information, contact Glenn D. Magpantay at 212-966-5932, ext. 206 or gmagp...@aaldef.org.
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SPRING LEGAL INTERNSHIPS 2007
Legal internships are still available in the following program areas:
Economic Justice for Workers, litigation on behalf of garment, restaurant, and other low wage workers;
Immigrant Access to Justice, litigation, legal services, and organizing/outreach with communities impacted by 9-11, including special interest detainees, special registration, voluntary interviews by the government, the 9-11 absconder initiative, and local and state enforcement of immigration laws;
South Asian Workers Project, direct legal services on employment-related claims to South Asian immigrant workers, as well as community education and advocacy; and
Voting Rights, legal research and fact development under the Voting Rights Act and Equal Protection challenging anti-Asian voter discrimination, advocacy on bilingual ballots, and state and local election reform; produce reports and organize public forums.
Description of Internships.
Interns are supervised by attorneys in specific program areas. Legal interns will work on litigation, particularly legal research and writing, legal and policy advocacy, client intakes, and some community outreach and education. Each program area differs in emphasis.
These internships are not paid positions, but academic credit can be arranged. Interns work anywhere between 8 to 25 hours per week. The internship usually commences with the start of classes or late January/early February through late April/early May.
To Apply:
Any bilingual ability should be stated in the resume. Bilingual ability is helpful but not required. Applications should also state the number of hours the intern is able to work per week and a possible schedule. Send a resume and cover letter to:
Legal Intern Search
Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF)
99 Hudson Street, 12th floor
New York , New York 10013-2815
Fax: 212-966-4303
Email: in...@aaldef.org
For more information, contact Jennifer Weng at 212-966-5932, ext. 212 or jw...@aaldef.org.
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Nancy, the ECAASU National Chair who keeps sending you these lovely announcements, is a fan of watching funny YouTube videos and browsing for other things equally interesting yet completely irrelevant to the tasks at hand—especially when there is a paper due, or an exam to study for.
I
have a problem set for astronomy due tomorrow, so to celebrate the hours of
procrastination I just survived, here you go:
http://booksthatmakeyoudumb.virgil.gr/
Cheers.