Got White House interns?

by: Rosi Efthim

Wed Aug 24, 2011 at 03:41:33 PM EDT

This is a little unusual a thing for us to talk about here. We don't usually make ourselves about doing the Democrats' business for them, but this just came across my desk and started throwing sparks.

The White House is looking for interns.

Usually, these kinds of notices go out along infrastructural party lines - Dems email Dems, GOPs call other GOPs. But this notice was forwarded to me by an activist - labor rights & healthcare advocate and Plainfield community activist (Blue Jersey community member) DottieG. And she got it through another activist who is about as hooked in to the infrastructural Democrats as anyone I know personally - Babs Casbar (who blogs here as Babs NJSD). Babs, a businesswoman, climbed into her position in the Democratic Party strictly through her activism on gay and transgender rights. Babs is a former NJ Stonewall Dems president, now Dep. Vice Chair of NJDSC. But nationally, she's also the first transgender person ever appointed to the DNC, and now vice-chairs the Eastern DNC caucus. (She's still the onlytransgender member of the DNC).

So, given that this call for young interns landed in my inbox via these two Jersey girls, I thought - - why shouldn't the call for White House interns - a plum get for any young politico - go through progressive lines and not just party lines?

Want to work at the White House next Spring? Have an accomplished young activist to recommend? Jump and I'll tell you how.

Rosi Efthim :: Got White House interns?

Application deadline for the Spring 2012 White House Internship Program is Sunday, September 11.

Who the White House is looking for:

1. To be eligible for the program, candidates must be a U.S. citizen, at least 18 years of age, and either enrolled in an undergraduate program at a college, community college, or university or must have graduated in the past two years. Candidates may otherwise be veterans of the United States Armed Forces, holding a high school diploma or its equivalent, and having served on active duty anytime over the past two years.
2. Candidates must apply through the official website.
3. A complete submission includes the White House Internship application (short answers, two essay questions, and a one-page resume) as well as three letters of recommendation.

Got questions? Call the White House Internship Office 202-456-5979

Good luck!