POI Launches Initiative with Current Interns
Join us Nov. 20th for our #InternsforChange Rally. We are excited to be joined by Leah Greenberg, Co-Executive Director of Indivisible.
1811, 2019
0711, 2019
1710, 2019
POI Launches Initiative with Current Interns
We are organizing young people in DC and around the nation to walk out in order to protest the inaccessibility of internships across America and promote the idea that interns deserve compensation for their work.
1510, 2019
Statement on the Ayanna Pressley Trailblazer Award
Earlier this week POI announced the first-ever Trailblazer Award that will be given to one (1) intern who is nominated by their employer for demonstrating exemplary work ethic. POI has the distinguished privilege of announcing that the award will be named in honor of Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), who began her career as an unpaid intern for the Congressional district she now represents.
0910, 2019
Statement on Pay Our Interns’ 3 Year Anniversary
Statement on Pay Our Interns’ 3 Year Anniversary
0710, 2019
Pay Our Interns Presents: Trailblazer Intern Award
Pay Our Interns announces its first ever Trailblazer Intern Award.
2307, 2019
Pay Our Interns Announces National Intern Day Celebration
Pay Our Interns teams up with College to Congress and several other partners to celebrate Congressional Interns.
2506, 2019
Pay Our Interns: Only Nine Percent of Congressional Office Pay Their Interns
Today, Pay Our Interns released the findings of its House internship audit, finding that only nine percent of Congressional offices advertise paid internships.
1706, 2019
Statement on Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Amendment
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introduced an amendment that would supply an additional $8 million on top of Rep. Ryan’s proposed increase. The proposal would total the intern fund at over $19 million.
0105, 2019
Press Release: Pay Our Interns and Congressman Tim Ryan Work to Secure an Additional $2.5 Million for Congressional Intern Pay
Press Contacts: Trevor Smithcomms@payourinterns.com202-670-7783 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMay 1, 2019 Pay Our Interns and Congressman Tim Ryan Work to Secure an Additional $2.5 Million for Congressional Intern Pay Washington, D.C. – Today, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch, chaired by Rep. Tim Ryan, approved its FY 2020 Appropriations Bill, which includes an additional $2,565,000 for Congressional intern pay. This increases the allowance per Member office from $20,000 to $25,000.