Muslim Public Service Network - Engaging American Muslims in Public Policy and Public Service

Securing an Internship

Quick Tips for Getting a Good Internship
Helpful Links to Begin Your Search
Previous MPSN Intern Placements
Internship Updates

Quick Tips for Getting a Good Internship

Utilize your university's career office—the majority of MPSN alums secured their internships through the resources available at their schools.

Apply directly to offices and organizations. The internet is an invaluable tool to research offices and organizations, so utilize it! Helpful links are included in the following section.

Apply to your representative or senator when applying for positions on Capitol Hill. Another option is to apply to the issue committee that you have a specific interest in.

Apply early—the most prestigious and/or competitive internships (ie. government offices or large think tanks) have deadlines as early as the fall for summer internships.

MPSN alumni are available to assist applicants with leads to appropriate internships and advise on the application process.

Please note: Internships with foreign embassies, Muslim organizations, or ethnic organizations with predominantly Muslim populations are excluded from participation in MPSN.

Helpful Links to Begin Your Search

Government Internships Websites
StudentJobs.gov http://www.studentjobs.gov/
USAJobs.gov http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/

Students.gov-Student Gateway to the US Government
http://www.students.gov/STUGOVWebApp/index.jsp

Partnerships for Public Service-Internships
http://www.ourpublicservice.org/info-url3743/info-url.htm
Internships in the Executive Branch
http://internships.about.com

Intern Opportunities Within the Federal Government http://www.house.gov/watt/intern03.htm (2003)
http://www.house.gov/watt/intern04.htm (2004)

Federal Internships-A Starting Point
http://www.thejobpage.gov/starting.asp

Student Programs
http://www.thejobpage.gov/students.asp#

InternshipPrograms.com
http://www.internshipprograms.com/

The Politix Group
http://www.politixgroup.com/main.html

Rising Star Internships
http://www.rsinternships.com/

Idealist-Action Without Borders
http://www.idealist.org/if/idealist/en/Home/default

Moving Ideas
http://www.movingideas.org/content/en/jobs.htm

Foreign Policy Association
http://www.fpa.org/jobs_contact2423/jobs_contact.htm

Public Affairs Council
http://www.pac.org/public/news/news_job_openings_links.shtml

K Street Project
http://www.kstreetproject.com/index.php?content=jobs

Network for Good
http://www.networkforgood.org/npo/nporesources/jobs.aspx

Online Sources for NonProfit Jobs
http://www.managementhelp.org/gen_rsrc/jobs/np_jobs.htm

Opportunity Knocks
http://www.opportunitynocs.org/

Previous MPSN Intern Placements

ECONOMIC POLICY/DEVELOPMENT:
Abt Associates (Social and Economic Policy)
http://www.abtassociates.com/

Citizens For a Sound Economy
http://www.cse.org/

Americans for Tax Reform
http://www.atr.org/

Wider Opportunities for Women
www.wowonline.org/

Grameen Foundation USA
www.gfusa.org/

GOVERNMENT/CAPITOL HILL:
Congressman Joe Barton (R-TX)
http://joebarton.house.gov/

Congressman Michael Burgess (R-TX)
http://burgess.house.gov/

Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI)
http://feingold.senate.gov/

Congressman Tim Holden (D-PA)
http://www.holden.house.gov/

Congressman Steve Israel (D-NY)
http://www.house.gov/israel/

Press Office Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA)
http://www.senate.gov/~kennedy/

Congressman Peter King (R-NY)
http://peteking.house.gov/

Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH)
http://kucinich.house.gov/

Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA)
http://lee.house.gov/

Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY)
http://carolynmccarthy.house.gov/

Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-MO)
http://www.mccollum.house.gov/

Congressman Gregory Meeks (D-NY)
http://www.house.gov/meeks/

Congressman Dennis Moore (D-KS)
http://www.moore.house.gov/

Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
http://www.house.gov/pelosi/

Senator Paul Sarbanes (D-MD)
http://sarbanes.senate.gov/

Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX)
http://sessions.house.gov/

Congressman Edolphus Towns (D-NY)
http://www.house.gov/towns/

Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-NY)
http://www.house.gov/weiner/

Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez (D-NY)
www.house.gov/velazquez/

Congressman David Wu (D-OR)
http://www.house.gov/wu/

Former Congressman David Bonior (D-MI)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bonior

Former Congressman Ron Dellums (D-CA)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Dellums

Former Congressman Dick Gephardt (D-MI)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Gephardt

Former Senator Bob Graham (D-FL)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Graham

Former Senator Josesph Lieberman (D-CT)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Lieberman

Congressman George Radanovich (R-CA)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Radanovich

Former Congressman Nick Smith (R-MI)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Smith_(U.S._politician)

Former Senator Robert Torricelli (D-NJ)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Torricelli

Commission on Civil Rights
http://www.usccr.gov/

Department of Commerce
www.commerce.gov/

Department of Defense
http://www.defenselink.mil/

Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov

Department of Health and Human Services-Office of Civil Rights
www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/

Department of Justice: Antitrust Division
http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/

Department of Justice-Civil Rights Division
www.usdoj.gov/crt/crt-home.html

Department of State
http://www.state.gov/

Department of State-Bureau of Oceanic and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs
http://www.state.gov/g/oes/

Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.epa.gov

Federal Reserve Bank
http://www.federalreserve.gov

House of Representatives-Committee on International Relations
www.house.gov/international_relations/

National Endowment for the Humanities
http://www.neh.gov/

Texas State Office
http://www.sos.state.tx.us/

White House: Office of National Drug Control Policy
http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/

HUMAN RIGHTS:

Human Rights First
www.humanrightsfirst.org/
Internships link:
http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/about_us/jobs/interns_dc.htm
International Government Affairs Internships
Undergraduate Internships
Asylum Program Internships
Law and Security Internships

Human Rights Watch
www.hrw.org

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
APCO Worldwide (Public Relations)
http://www.apcoworldwide.com/

Ashoka-Innovators for the Public
http://www.ashoka.org/

International Republican Institute
http://www.iri.org/

IUCN-The World Conservation Union
http://www.iucn.org/

Nuclear Threat Initiative
http://www.nti.org

UNHCR-United Nations Refugee Agency
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home

United Nations-International Labor Organization
http://www.ilo.org/

The World Bank
http://www.worldbank.org

World Resources Institute
www.wri.org/

United Nations World Food Program
www.wfp.org

JOURNALISM/MEDIA:
Al Jazeera
http://english.aljazeera.net/HomePage

America Abroad Media
http://www.americaabroadmedia.org/

The Daily Yomuiri
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/

National Public Radio
http://www.npr.org/

Voice of America
www.voanews.com

Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
http://www.washington-report.org/

LAW:
American Civil Liberties Union
http://www.aclu.org

American Bar Association—Section of International Law and Practice
http://www.abanet.org/intlaw/

Legal Services of Northern Virginia (Public Interest)
http://lawhelp.org/program/1569/

PUBLIC HEALTH:
American Public Health Association
www.apha.org

Center for Patient Advocacy
http://www.patientadvocacy.org/

National Institutes of Health
http://www.nih.gov/

Physicians for Human Rights
http://www.phrusa.org

Public Health Foundation:
http://www.phf.org/index.htm

THINK TANKS:
The Brookings Institution
www.brook.edu

The Center for American Progress
http://www.americanprogress.org/
http://www.americanprogress.org/aboutus/intern
Intern applicants can apply for placement in the following departments:
Domestic Policy, Economic Policy, National Security/International Policy, Communications, Research Team, Executive/Administration, Development/Strategic Planning, External Affairs, Campus Progress, and Online Communications

Center for Strategic and International Studies
http://www.csis.org/
European Studies Program
Islam Program
Preventative Diplomacy Department
South Asia Program
Turkish Studies Program

The Henry L. Stimpson Center
http://www.stimson.org/

The Public Forum Institute
http://www.publicforuminstitute.org/

World Federalist Movement-Institute for Global Policy
http://www.wfm.org/site/index.php/base/main

VARIOUS NON-PROFIT:

AFL-CIO-America’s Labor Movement
http://www.aflcio.org/

America’s Promise (Youth Policy)
www.americaspromise.org

Association for the Advancement of Retired Persons
http://www.aarp.org/

The Center for Community Change
http://www.communitychange.org/

Cesar Chavez Public Charter Schools for Public Policy
http://www.cesarchavezhs.org/

Coalition for Smarter Growth
http://www.smartergrowth.net/

The Communications Network
www.comnetwork.org/

Council for the National Interest
www.cnionline.org