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scholarship opporunity, due 4/14
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Allen Teng)
Sun Mar 7 18:55:06 1999
Date: Sun, 7 Mar 1999 18:40:24 -0500
Reply-To: Allen Teng <ateng@CCMC.ORG>
From: Allen Teng <ateng@CCMC.ORG>
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CONFERENCE ON ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN LEADERSHIP
1999 SUMMER SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
APPLICATION AND GUIDELINES FOR
ASHA JAINI MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS
PAUL SIMON SCHOLARSHIP
The Conference on Asian Pacific American Leadership (CAPAL) is pleased
to announce that it will be awarding three scholarships to outstanding
Asian Pacific American college undergraduates who have secured public or
non-profit sector internships in Washington DC for the summer of 1999.
Awarded annually since 1992, the scholarships are intended to enable
outstanding APA college students with the potential for leadership to
work full-time and learn about ways to effect public policy in order to
better benefit and serve Asian Pacific American communities. Through
the generous donations of its sponsors, CAPAL is able to fund three
students with $2,000 stipends.
CAPAL Summer Internship Stipend Application Form
(either Paul Simon or Asha Jaini Scholarships)
Finding a Summer Internship in the Washington D.C. Area
Currently, CAPAL does not place its scholarship recipients in internship
positions and scholars must have their own internship arrangements in
place. The Washington Leadership Program is a weekend and evening
program intended to supplement the summer public sector internship
experience. CAPAL will be posting internship information, links to
opportunities and other resources to help students interested in a
summer Washington D.C. internship on their website. If you require
further assistance in your internship search, please contact us (contact
info. is listed below) by email or leave a voice mail and we will try to
accommodate your requests.
Qualifications:
1. A continuing undergraduate college or university student (ie., no
graduating seniors)
2. Have obtained a public sector internship in the Washington, D.C.
metropolitan area within any of the three branches of federal government
(Executive, Legislative or Judiciary), with a state or local official or
government agency, or at a non-profit organization.
3. Work at the internship full-time during the summer for at least six
weeks.
4. Agree to participate in CAPAL's summer Washington Leadership Program
(described on
following page) and attend all of the weekly public policy seminars.
5. Agree to have a Community Action Plan (see following) approved and
completed by the date of the CAPAL dinner (which will take place towards
the end of summer internship term).
6. Submit a completed application with all documentation by April 14,
1999.
Selection Criteria for Scholarships:
Demonstrated commitment to public service, including service to the
Asian Pacific American community
Demonstrated leadership and potential for continued growth in
leadership skills
Potential to benefit from the internship
Financial need
Application Requirements:
To preserve objectivity in the selection process, we ask that you submit
the following materials WITHOUT including your name. Please use your
Social Security Number to identify yourself on all documents. Please
whiteout or tape over your name on all copies of documents. Please send
four copies of your completed application.
A. Biographical Information
1. Resume (with Social Security # only). Please include a telephone
number and an address where you can be reached during April 1999.
2. Summer Internship Information. Include the organization's or
agency's name, address, internship responsibilities, length and dates of
assignment, contact person and phone number.
3. Financial Need Summary. List summer income sources, including
internship stipend, if any. Please describe all loans, grants,
scholarships and other sources of financial aid that you received for
the 1998-1999 academic year. (Additional documentation may be requested
at a later date.)
B. Statement of Purpose (In the context of the selection criteria listed
above, please answer the following questions in a total of 750 words or
less.)
1. What are your long-term goals? How will your summer internship
experience advance them?
2. Describe your educational, community, work, and internship
experiences. Please explain
a) how these experiences have influenced your long term career goals and
b) how you demonstrated leadership during those experiences?
3. How will you use the experiences and knowledge that you gained during
your summer in D.C. to better the APA community and your local
community?
C. Professional and Community References
With your completed application form, biographical information and
statement of purpose, please include the name, relationship, occupation
and phone number of two professional and community references from a
non-family member who is familiar with your accomplishments, experiences
and potential. They can be your professors, employers or internship
hosts, academic or club advisors or community members.
The Selection Process
All applications postmarked by April 14, 1999 or earlier to CAPAL, c/o
Summer Internship Application, P.O. Box 65073, Washington, DC 20035-5073
shall be read and evaluated. Eight finalists will be contacted and
interviewed by phone during the week of April 22-27, 1999. Three
scholarship recipients and two alternates will be selected and contacted
by phone by April 30, 1999. Award recipients will also be posted on the
internet at http://www.capal.org/capal/. Any questions or requests for
information can be either emailed to: capal@capal.org or left on the
CAPAL voice mail at (202) 628-1307. Good luck!
The Washington Leadership Program
Designed to help young, interested Asian Pacific Americans understand
the political and policy functions of the nation's capitol, CAPAL's
Washington Leadership Program aims to engage participants in current
issues facing the APA community. Through a series of intense workshops
and skills building sessions, student participants will work with each
other, CAPAL staff, policy professionals and other APA leaders to
develop a substantive understanding of public policies which affect APA
communities and the skills to bring leadership to those issues and the
community. Sessions will focus on the development of issue knowledge,
career exploration and leadership and skill building. The Leadership
Program will expose the interns to elected officials, key Administrative
officers and non-profit leaders and will give participants the
opportunity to network with other student leaders, the CAPAL membership
and board members. (Some social opportunities and fun will also be
thrown in for good measure!)
The Community Action Plan (CAP)
In many cases scholarship opportunities provide opportunities for
personal growth but do not provide the opportunity for the individual to
share her or his experiences to benefit a broader
community. Since the Asha Jaini and Paul Simon awards are intended to
benefit public service and the Asian American community as a whole,
CAPAL requires that each scholarship recipient research, propose,
rehearse and implement a community action place for their own
communities. Each scholar must research and choose a topic from some
broad CAPAL-suggested topic areas and then draft a typed proposal that
includes an objective, target audience, time and place and goal for a
result. Before the end of the summer, the project must be rehearsed in
the DC area to CAPAL members and friends as well as those in your
internship cohort. The projects will entail some form of public
speaking but you will have a CAPAL mentor in case you need support and
guidance in developing your public speaking skills. CAPAL will
follow-up to ensure that your CAP was implemented in your local
community and will ask for written documentation and a short assessment
report.
The mission of the Conference on Asian Pacific American Leadership
(CAPAL) is to promote APA interests and success in public sector
careers, to provide information and education on policy issues affecting
the APA community, and to serve the APA community at large. Through its
scholarships, mentorship, professional development programs, networking
and the Washington Leadership Program, CAPAL seeks to encourage and
cultivate the next generation of APA leaders. This year, CAPAL is proud
to be celebrating its tenth anniversary and has made "Building on a
Decade of Leadership" its theme for 1999.
The Asha Jaini Memorial Scholarship Fund was established in 1991 in
memory of one of our founders, Asha Jaini. An active member of many
communities, she worked for ten years as a public interest lawyer and
U.S. Senate Counsel in the Washington DC area. Asha was a spirited
leader in guiding and nurturing the development of CAPAL and her
dedication played a vital role in encouraging more young Asian Pacific
Americans become actively involved in community advocacy. She was
devoted to addressing the needs of disadvantaged communities and had a
special interest in promoting leadership in the South Asian community.
Through the generosity of her family and friends, CAPAL has established
this scholarship in Asha's memory. Asha's fund will sponsor two
students for the summer of 1999.
The Senator Paul Simon Scholarship is named in honor of former United
States Senator, Paul Simon, from Illinois. Throughout his distinguished
Congressional career, Senator Simon was a committed champion for APA
issues. He was a leader in fighting for the Voting Rights Act extension
of 1992 which protected the right to vote for citizens without English
fluency; saving the "fourth immigration preference," the visa most used
by Asian Americans to be reunited with close family members; authoring
the pioneering Hate Crimes Statistics Act and initiating federal
investigations into Asian American "admissions caps" at Ivy League and
other top universities. With the proceeds from a 1996 APA community
tribute to Senator Simon, CAPAL has established this scholarship to
enable another promising young APA student reach their full potential as
a leader, servicing their community.
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