Call to Action: President Biden Should Fund Internships Across Federal Agencies
Call to Action: President Biden Should Fund Internships Across Federal Agencies
3103, 2021
Author Archives: Mazen Halabi
0203, 2021
An outcry of support on Twitter can lead to economic justice
PRESS CONTACTRegina Mongueregina@payourinterns.org202-670-7783 Pay Our Interns: It’s Time to End Unpaid Work An outcry of support on Twitter can lead to economic justice Washington, DC–Today, unpaid internships began trending on Twitter with more than 60,000 tweets posted, and many people reflecting on the economic burden of their unpaid internship experience. Internships are an essential path to the workforce for millions of students, but when those opportunities are unpaid, studies have
0802, 2021
Intern Advocates Urge Biden To Crack Down On Unpaid Work
The nation’s leading intern advocacy group is calling on President Joe Biden’s administration to develop stricter standards around unpaid internships, warning that the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic could exacerbate problems of worker misclassification.
0202, 2021
In California, Only 10 Percent of State Assembly Offices Paid Their Interns; No Senate Offices Paid Their Interns
Today, Pay Our Interns, a nonprofit advocating for practical work experience for young adults regardless of socioeconomic status, released a report on the state of internships in the California State Legislature.
1301, 2021
Pay Our Interns receives a $200,000 grant from Lumina Foundation to investigate inequities in internship economy
Today, Pay Our Interns was awarded a $200,000 grant from Lumina Foundation’s Racial Justice and Equity fund to research inequities in the internship economy.
2907, 2020
Is the American dream possible for young adults amid COVID-19?
It’s no secret: the majority of Americans are hurting right now. The COVID-19 pandemic has sounded one alarm after another, demanding that we finally acknowledge inequities in healthcare, education, housing, childcare, and employment, to name a few. While we’ve made great efforts to combat the effects of the pandemic, there are too many people in this country being left behind.
0607, 2020
No paid internships? Group’s cash stipends help young Latinos during coronavirus pandemic
The pandemic has brought out a lot of inequities,” says Pay Our Interns co-founder Carlos Mark Vera. “Some are hurting more, and we want to help.
0607, 2020
Pay Our Interns Report Finds Major Racial Disparities Among Interns in Congress
As the world grapples with ongoing police brutality and the call for dismantling systemic racism, demands have escalated for Congress to provide antiracist policy solutions that reverse decades of unequal treatment that has rewarded whites and punished non-whites. However, one element of congressional policymaking that is consistently overlooked is how Congress manages its own workforce. Personnel decisions about who to hire and how to manage a political workplace are all matters of policy that provide a glimpse into how Congress is itself a racialized institution.
2705, 2020
Latino college graduates worry about their futures in a pandemic economy
By Cynthia Silva “Their careers and how they do over the long term will have financial and economic implications for the country,” says Pew Research’s Mark Hugo Lopez. Alexis Aviles, 22, had it all planned out. The recent University of Richmond graduate was going to move to Chicago and pursue a job with a nonprofit. Then the coronavirus pandemic hit. Quarantined with her family in her native New Orleans, Aviles, a first-generation college
2002, 2020
How The Paid Internship Movement Has Evolved
Students hoping to beef up their resumes must decide whether to take unpaid internships that offer college credit or recommendations instead of compensation.