{"id":18828,"date":"2019-10-26T20:54:27","date_gmt":"2019-10-26T20:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/?p=18828"},"modified":"2020-01-08T16:55:45","modified_gmt":"2020-01-08T16:55:45","slug":"interning-in-washington-d-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/2019\/10\/26\/interning-in-washington-d-c\/","title":{"rendered":"Interning in Washington D.C."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One of the biggest components of\nthe Washington Semester Program in D.C. is having an internship in one of the\nmost important cities for lawmaking, politics, advocacy, and journalism. As a\nsenior, this appealed to me a lot as I want as much professional experience as\npossible before graduating. Due to this, I wasted no time in searching for engaging\ninternships after getting accepted and making my decision to come to D.C. for\nthe fall semester. This paid off and landed me an internship with an\norganization I have long admired and respected, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC),\nthe largest civil rights organizations working towards full LGBTQ+ equality. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Attending the rally outside of Supreme Court. [Accessibility text: Meghan stand on the far left with a group of three other interns holding signs that read, “Don’t rollback our rights. There are lots of people and flags in the background including the transgender flag, the rainbow flag, and the Human Rights Campaign flag with blue background and a yellow equal sign in the middle.]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Outside of my regular tasks, I have\nbeen able to participate in a few special events. The first of these was\nhelping to plan and execute a spring lobby day on Capitol Hill. I got to\naccompany a group of Californians to meet with their Representatives and\nSenators to discuss supporting bills like the Equality Act, to add sexual orientation\nand gender identity to anti-discrimination laws, and the PrEP Access and\nCoverage bill, to grant federal funding for HIV\/AIDS prevention drugs and\neducation. Later that week, I also got to participate in HRC\u2019s annual National\nDinner. At the National Dinner I got to hear from speakers like singer, Ricky\nMartin and NFL player, Ryan Russell. I also got to dance around for a good\nportion of the night in a butterfly costume to help sell raffle tickets to\nfundraise for the organization. Finally, I got to attend a rally with HRC\noutside of the Supreme Court to advocate for the plaintiffs of the current\ncases being heard to determine if gender identity and sexual orientation are\nprotected classes under the Civil Rights Act. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In my “costume” for the National Dinner. [Accessibility text: Meghan stands in the middle of the frame in a red dress and black blazer with a rainbow cape on. Her arms are stretched out showing the wing-like cape.]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Interning with the Government Affairs\nDepartment has been a valuable experience that has grown my professional\nabilities, taught me new skills, and helped me to network with employees throughout\nthe organization and other organizations. From mastering different political software\nto writing professional memos to researching LGBTQ+ rights in various states, this\ninternship has given me a more complete picture of the political process and\nthe practical skills to succeed in this work after I graduate. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of the biggest components of the Washington Semester Program in D.C. is having an internship in one of the most important cities for lawmaking, politics, advocacy, and journalism. As a senior, this appealed to me a lot as I want as much professional experience as possible before graduating. Due to this, I wasted no…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":563,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[369,284],"class_list":["post-18828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dc","tag-rollinsabroad","tag-rollins"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/563"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18828"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18832,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18828\/revisions\/18832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}