Asha Jaini Emerging Leader Scholarship
Description:
This scholarship is intended to give an emerging leader the opportunity
to build skills and develop her or his commitment to public service
and the Asian Pacific American community. While the other stipends are
more heavily weighted toward demonstrated leadership, this award intends
to recognize leadership potential and utilize the Washington Leadership
Program, a Washington D.C. internship experience and shared learning
with other CAPAL scholars in nurturing and developing an emerging student
leader. Strong applicants in this category will be able to articulate
why they think of themselves as emerging leaders, their ambitions for
the future and how a CAPAL summer experience will benefit those ambitions
and their local community.
Eligibility:
A continuing undergraduate college or university student (i.e., no graduating
seniors).
Requirements:
1. Agree to work at an internship assignment full-time during the summer
for at least six weeks.
2. Agree to participate in CAPAL's summer
Washington Leadership Program and attend all of the weekly public
policy seminars.
3. Agree to have a Community Action Plan
proposed, approved and rehearsed before her or his departure from Washington,
D.C.
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General Application Requirements
Please submit the following:
1. Resume.
2. Statement of Purpose. (In the context of the Selection Criteria,
answer the following questions in a total of 750 words or less.)
a. What are your long-term goals? How will your summer internship
experience advance them?
b. Describe your educational, community work and internship experiences.
Please explain:
i. How these experiences have influenced your long-term career
goals; and
ii. How you demonstrated leadership during those experiences.
c. How will you use the experiences and knowledge that you gained
during your summer in Washington, D.C. to better the APA community
and your local community?
3. Financial Need Summary. Give a brief statement of your financial
need. List summer income sources, including internship stipend,
if any. Please provide documentation for all loans, grants, scholarships
and other sources of financial aid that you received for 2002-2003
school year.
4. Two (2) Letters of Reference
In addition to the general application requirements, please submit the following:
1. Description of Desired Internships. Please provide a detailed description not to exceed one typed page. Specify a specific agency or organization where you would like to be placed, but also list at least three alternatives. You may also give a more generic catalogue of interests including the type of work you wish to do, or particular policy or community interests or other important criteria.
