by Jess Huang | Jun 6, 2022 | General, In the News
ICYMI, the White House announced last week that they would start paying their interns, beginning with the Fall 2022 cohort. This is a huge win after a year and a half of work from POI, and we’re glad that news outlets reached out to talk about our work. Some...
by Jess Huang | Apr 6, 2022 | General, In the News
It’s official! The State Department has launched their paid internship program. This announcement after *we* helped secure $8 million for the program! ? This would not have been possible without Rep. @joaquincastrotx, @repbarbaralee and Senator @corybooker AND...
by Jess Huang | Mar 21, 2022 | General, In the News
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, March 17th, 2022 CONTACT: Jess Huang, Jess@payourinterns.org Pay Our Interns Announces AB 2437: The California Pay Our Interns Act to Pay State’s Executive Branch and Legislature Interns Legislative proposal would create stipend system to...
by Jess Huang | Mar 11, 2022 | General, In the News
⚠️ BREAKING NEWS ⚠️ As many of you know, we’ve spent the last year and a half working to expand paid internships across the federal government. We’re proud to announce our hard work has paid off. The omnibus includes nearly $40 million in funding for paid...
by Jess Huang | Mar 3, 2022 | In the News
There are many things we need in the federal government right now, but one of them is definitely a strong foreign service corps. Which is why, we were thrilled to work in partnership with Rep. Barbara Lee’s office on ensuring $10 million was set aside for State...
