Congrads Joy,

This is waaaaaay cool!!!  Please keep us up on how it's going-Gary


On Sun, 25 May 2003, Susan Moskowitz wrote:

> Congratulations Joy, it sounds like you will be having a fascinating summer!
>     Susan
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> From: "- Joy -" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2003 1:04 PM
> Subject: My Job (was Re: Voucher Plan Removes Disabled Preference.)
>
>
> > Thanks to everyone who asked about my new job!  I have a summer internship
> > in feminism and public policy at the Feminist Majority Foundation.  You
> can
> > find out more about it at http://www.feminist.org.  They work on keeping
> > abortion safe and legal, lobbying on legislation that has a direct impact
> on
> > women, educating young feminists on campuses across the country, and tons
> of
> > other stuff. I know a lot of you might not agree with their positions, but
> > it's perfect for me.  This is what I want to do with the rest of my life,
> so
> > it's giving me great experience.
> >
> >  In my first week, I got to go to a Senate hearing on appropriations for
> > Afghanistan, go with the medical director for her interview on MSNBC about
> > emergency contraception, and discuss media bias with Eleanor Smeal, the
> > president of the organization and one of the preeminent feminist of the
> > previous generation.
> >
> > I'm really enjoying it, but my body hasn't quite adjusted to the hours
> yet.
> > I get up at 7:15, commute an hour on the Metro to Rosslyn, work all day,
> and
> > don't get home until around 8.  Totally different from my schedule as a
> > student, where I'd get up around 11, and stay up until around 2.
> >
> > It's an internship, so I'm technically not getting paid, but one of the
> > things I really like about it is that they separate out administrative
> work
> > (like filing, answering phones, database maintenance, copying) and pay me
> $8
> > an hour for that stuff.  So, I'm making enough money to cover
> transportation
> > and some "luxuries".  This is the first time I'm making my own money, and
> > I'm loving it.
> >
> > Sorry if I'm rambling, I'm just very excited about this.
> > ~Joy~
>