News & Notes: Center for African American Studies announces summer internships

According to a University statement, up to four eight-week internships at nonprofit organizations will be offered to students interested in working in African-American studies.

The internships will be at one of two different nonprofit groups: the Young People’s Project in Jackson, Miss., and the Making Waves Education Program in Richmond, Calif.

The program will be administered through the Pace Center, and students may begin submitting applications on Nov. 30 through the center’s website. The deadline for applications is Jan. 25, and successful applicants will be notified in March.

Preference for the internships will be given to concentrators in the Center for African American Studies and also to students with the “specific research skills required for the two internship programs,” according to the statement.

“Not only do we expect our students to possess competencies in African American studies — to know the relevant literatures of our field — we also aim to provide a set of skills that enable them to apply their knowledge to the problems, like urban education, that frustrate the dreams and ambitions of our fellow citizens,” Center for African American Studies chair Eddie Glaude GS ’97 said in the statement. “These internships are our unique take on Princeton’s informal motto of being ‘in the nation’s service and in the service of all nations.’ ”

The Young People’s Project focuses on issues of math literacy in urban education, and the Making Waves Education Program helps students in economically depressed communities apply to and graduate from college.