Legal Activists of Color: Fwd: [tupocc] SUMMER INTERNSHIPS for Desi Youth

SUMMER INTERNSHIPS for

DESI YOUTH

DRUM (Desis Rising Up & Moving) YouthPower! is looking for Desi youth in New York City ages 15 to 19 for a summer youth internship.

µ Work with other Desi youth to stop the attack on immigrants

µ Join high school students organizing for real change in their

schools

µ Fight for equal access to education for immigrant youth

5 week paid internship: July 10th to August 14th

Organize with other Desi youth to remove the NYPD from our schools and secure real protections for immigrant students

Discuss social justice issues like:

RACISM, SEXISM, IMMIGRANT JUSTICE,

GLOBALIZATION, & POVERTY

Learn how to organize for immigrant justice

3 Days a week / 10 hours per week

$400 stipend upon completion of program

Call us with any questions at 718-205-3036, or email us at refat16@hotmail.com.

You can also stop by our office in Jackson Heights.

DRUM YouthPower!

72-26 Roosevelt Avenue, 4 th Floor

Jackson Heights, NY 11372

Applicants must be of South Asian origin meaning Bangladeshi, Bhutanese, Guyanese,Indian, Nepali, Pakistani, Sri Lankan, Trinidadian, or from the South Asian diaspora.

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DRUM YouthPower! 2006 Internship Application

(Deadline: July 8th)

Please answer the following questions and mail to the address below.

You can also email your answers to: refat16@hotmail.com

Please keep your answers to 4-5 sentences each.

Name:

School and Year (if you are now in school):

Address:

Telephone number:

Email address:

Fill out the following on a separate piece of paper:

1. What are some issues/ problems faced by people in your community that you would like to change? How would you try to make these changes?

2. Briefly describe a time when you experienced racism, sexism, homophobia, or any other form of discrimination. How did you try to change the situation?

3. How do you think having police in schools impacts immigrant students?

4. Does being an immigrant make it hard for you to get an education? What obstacles do you face? Please explain.

5. What does justice mean to you?

Please email you application to refat16@hotmail.com.

Or mail your completed application to:

DRUM YouthPower!

72-26 Roosevelt Avenue, 4 th Floor

Jackson Heights, NY 11372

Applications MUST be received by July 8th.

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Shweta Parmar
DRUM - Desis Rising Up & Moving
72-26 Broadway, 4th floor
Jackson Heights, NY 11372
(718) 205-3036
(718) 205-3037 fax
shweta@drumnation.org