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| Intern: | Matthew Allen '08 |
| Internship: | Minneapolis SafeZone Collaborative c/o Brookfield Properties |
| 40 South 7th Street, No. 235 |
| Minneapolis MN 55402 |
| Summary Description: | |
| The Minneappolis SafeZone is a collaborative between the Minneapolis Police Department and the Downtown Business Community whose mission is to improve communication between both groups in order to increase the safety and prosperity of the Downtown community. As an intern, I focused primarily on compiling statistics and designing a website for Restorative Justice Community Action, Inc. I also assisted with initiatives sponsored by SafeZone, and participated in meetings with partners of the collaborative, and interacted with a variety of downtown community members. |
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| Intern: | Caitlin Carmody '08 |
| Internship: | Prevent Genocide International |
| 5029 N. 27th Street |
| Arlington, VA 22207 |
| Summary Description: | |
| I spent the summer interning with Prevent Genocide International, a small organization that does research and advocacy work regarding genocide. Currently the organization is focusing on the genocide occurring in the Darfur region of Sudan and working with other human rights groups to lobby for UN intervention in the region. Jim Fussell, the executive director, does a lot of research about various subjects related to genocide and other mass atrocities. I wrote two research papers about two groups of upstanders, a term used to describe people who in some way stand up in the face of genocide or other mass atrocities. I focused on journalists and eyewitnesses/survivors. I also wrote 14 three-page profiles of individual upstanders. In addition, I attended several conferences and lobbied in congressmen's offices on Capitol Hill. |
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| Intern: | Benjamin Klooster '08 |
| Internship: | Michigan Migrant Legal Assistance Project |
| 648 Monroe Avenue, Suite 318 |
| Grand Rapids, MI 48503 |
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| The Michigan Migrant Legal Assistance Project, Inc. (MMLAP) is a non-profit law office that specializes in migrant law. The majority of interns at MMLAP are law students, usually having completed their first year of law school. However, there are unpaid positions available for undergraduate students. Intern duties included writing letters, conducting legal interviews, representing the office at meetings, doing legal research, traveling to migrant camps, etc. Spanish proficiency is strongly encouraged.I had a remarkable summer, and I cannot imagine a better internship than I had with MMLAP. The best part of my work this summer was going out to the migrant labor camps once a week, where I saw with my own eyes the plight of the migrant worker in America, and heard heartbreaking stories from men, women, and families living in abominable conditions, without enough space or pay, often working in dangerous conditions. |
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