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CPL New Leaders Internship Overview
CPL’s New Leaders Internship Program brings young people from underrepresented communities across the country with a demonstrated passion for progressive change to Washington D.C. for paid, on-the-job experience in a top progressive organization, leadership training, coaching, networking and community building.
CPL's New Leaders Internship Program is a ten-week summer program in Washington, D.C. for young people from underrepresented communities across the country with a demonstrated passion for progressive change.
Each CPL New Leader is matched with a paid internship in a leading progressive organization in DC, including policy and research work, advocacy, organizing, media relations, and on-line communications.
New Leaders also participate in orientation and closing workshops, weekly trainings, coaching, and a variety of networking events, conferences and other opportunities.
The deadline to apply is March 13th, 2009; however, the application process is rolling and the earlier you apply, the higher likelihood you have of being matched with an organization of your choice.
The Internship
CPL places each New Leader into a full-time, paid internship at a leading progressive organization. The New Leaders Program is designed to help you have the most interesting and rewarding experience possible. Specific intern responsibilities vary according to the needs of our partner organizations; however, all include substantive work such as conducting research, coordinating events, managing databases, covering congressional hearings, fundraising, participating in direct services or writing for newsletters or other publications.
Interns should also expect some clerical duties such as filing, answering phones, or photocopying. Each internship experience varies from person to person based on their experience, interests, and needs of the organization.
Training and Leadership Development
The CPL New Leaders Program trainings are a time for New Leaders to focus on exploring and strengthening their leadership, including their ability to work with others. The leadership-oriented trainings focus on conflict resolution, leadership styles, personal strategic planning, interpersonal communication, and collaborative leadership. We also offer more political skills-based trainings on progressive values and philosophy, grassroots organizing, movement building, effective messaging, policy and fundraising.
Our trainings are very interactive and rely heavily on the knowledge and experience of our New Leaders. Our trainings are not meant to create leaders; rather, we work with existing young leaders to deepen their awareness of their own leadership and support their development as effective long-term movement leaders. This means that we emphasize peer and group learning and hands-on activities and exercises so that New Leaders are discovering and sharing knowledge together.
Networking Events
Washington, D.C. summers are busy with many networking opportunities almost every day and we offer a summer calendar of what events are being hosted by our partner organizations. CPL will arrange opportunities for CPL New Leaders to meet other progressive interns and people who are within the CPL network, including previous CPL New Leaders, other CPL alumni, mentors and staff of partner organizations.
Networking in what each CPL New Leaders makes of it. Some have built a broad network in their in DC while others have connected deeply with a few close lifetime friends.
Mentoring/Career Coaching
You’ll be personally matched to a leader in the progressive community who will provide ongoing support and coaching during your internship and beyond.
Have questions? Check out our Frequently Asked Questions.
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