by POI Administrator | Sep 24, 2021 | General, In the News
We’re expanding our Friday posts to include POI resources for interns! Across our social media platforms and the website, we’ll be posting blog posts, job tips and more, almost every Friday. Today’s post starts on Instagram, and it’s a carousel...
by POI Administrator | Sep 11, 2021 | General, In the News
On September 9th, POI’s Executive Director Carlos Mark Vera and Federal Affairs Manager Habiba Mohamed, spoke at the First Branch Intern Project’s 2021 Internapalooza. You can catch his keynote in its entirety in our YouTube...
by POI Administrator | Aug 27, 2021 | General, In the News
As a part of our continued series introducing the team behind POI, we wanted to introduce our new communications intern, Bryant Larson. Bryant is a junior at U.C. Berkeley, studying International Relations and Farsi. Previously, he attended Irvine Valley College,...
by POI Administrator | Aug 20, 2021 | General, In the News
For our Meet the Intern/Fellow series this week, meet our summer research fellow, Sukhpreet Grewal! Name: Sukhpreet Grewal Pronouns: she/her/hers School: (if applicable) Bachelors of Social Work at University of AlbanyCurrently attending Stony Brook for...
by POI Administrator | Aug 17, 2021 | In the News
Pay Our Interns Executive Director Carlos Mark Vera spoke to CNBC’s Make It on his experiences as an unpaid intern, as they examine why 40% of interns are still unpaid. “For many young workers, an internship offers their first taste of the “real world,”...
by POI Administrator | Aug 13, 2021 | In the News
As summer internships and fellowships begin winding down, we’ve asked some of our POI interns and fellows to reflect on their time with the organization. Thank you to all for participating! I joined Pay Our Interns from June to August as a Development Intern. As...
by POI Administrator | Aug 11, 2021 | In the News
Ending unpaid internships means ending unpaid internships for *all* sectors. We’ve been working with Rep. Castro and Rep. Lee to end unpaid internships at federal agencies, including making sure State Department interns are paid. Thank you to NowThis for...
by POI Administrator | Aug 6, 2021 | In the News
In honor of National Intern Day, Pay Our Intern’s Executive Director Carlos Mark Vera, spoke to NBC News Now to discuss the evolution of paid internships on Capitol Hill, and why Pay Our Interns is focusing on the Department of Labor...
by POI Administrator | Jul 30, 2021 | General, In the News
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, July 29th, 201Contact: Jess Huang, Jess@payourinterns.org571-442-7263 Pay Our Interns Calls on Department of Labor to End Unpaid Internships and Form Internship Task Force Initiative Part of Coalition Effort for 2021’s National Intern Day...
by POI Administrator | Jul 29, 2021 | In the News
By: Patricia GuadalupeWASHINGTON — Lázaro Bosch is a recent college graduate doing an internship with NASA — an opportunity that wouldn’t have been possible if it didn’t include a paycheck. “Not only did a paid internship allow me to relocate to D.C.,...
