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WREI Extends Congressional Fellowship to CWA Scholars
Last December Maria De Iasi ended a 10-year job as a child abuse investigator for the state of New Jersey. She is now handling health care, welfare, and women’s issues legislation for Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine. Her ticket to Capitol Hill? A CWA Congressional Fellowship on Women and Public Policy.
De lasi has been a member of CWA for more than 15 years. Because of her membership in the Communications Workers of America, she was eligible for a one-of-a-kind opportunity to learn about public policymaking at its source — the U.S. Congress.
De Iasi is just one of 212 women scholars who have mastered the political process. You can join their ranks if you are a member of the CWA family enrolled in or recently graduated from a master’s, doctoral or other professional degree program.
The fellowships are offered by the Women’s Research and Education Institute and are now in their 21st year. WREI is a nonpartisan resource center that strengthens the links between scholars, policymakers and opinion leaders to put public policy research on women into action.
Right now, WREI is searching for a CWA member — or a member’s relative — who is pursuing or has received a graduate degree within the past 18 months and wants a chance to work with the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.
Each fellow works 30 hours a week on a House or Senate or congressional committee staff, receiving an optional six hours credit at her home university. The WREI Fellowship, which will run from January through August 2002, includes a $9,500 stipend, up to $1,500 toward tuition and $500 to purchase health insurance.
Past recepients include Marilyn Salas, a nurse-midwife and mother of three from Albuquerque, N.M., and granddaughter of a 40-year CWA member. Salas came to Washington in 1999-2000 to work on health and environmental issues for Rep. Bobby Scott of Virginia.
Josephine Jenkins, a construction splicer who served on CWA Local 9411’s executive board as a steward and health and safety officer, participated in 1993-94. Jenkins handled education and labor issues for Connecticut Rep. Barbara Kennelly while earning a master’s in public administration at Golden Gate University.
Another CWA fellow, Kathy Sterling, president of CWA Local 4203, was working on her master’s in conflict resolution at Antioch University in 1994 when she packed her bags for Capitol Hill. For nine months she researched labor law reform and telecommunications for Rep. Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky of Pennsylvania.
Many WREI fellows have remained in Washington, working to improve the way American women are treated in federal programs. Others have gone back to their home states to lobby, teach, and run for office.
CWA candidates can learn more about the fellowships on the institute’s website at www.wrei.org or may call WREI’s Rachel Mears at (202) 628-0444. Applications are available online and are due June 15. Final selection is scheduled for August.
De lasi has been a member of CWA for more than 15 years. Because of her membership in the Communications Workers of America, she was eligible for a one-of-a-kind opportunity to learn about public policymaking at its source — the U.S. Congress.
De Iasi is just one of 212 women scholars who have mastered the political process. You can join their ranks if you are a member of the CWA family enrolled in or recently graduated from a master’s, doctoral or other professional degree program.
The fellowships are offered by the Women’s Research and Education Institute and are now in their 21st year. WREI is a nonpartisan resource center that strengthens the links between scholars, policymakers and opinion leaders to put public policy research on women into action.
Right now, WREI is searching for a CWA member — or a member’s relative — who is pursuing or has received a graduate degree within the past 18 months and wants a chance to work with the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.
Each fellow works 30 hours a week on a House or Senate or congressional committee staff, receiving an optional six hours credit at her home university. The WREI Fellowship, which will run from January through August 2002, includes a $9,500 stipend, up to $1,500 toward tuition and $500 to purchase health insurance.
Past recepients include Marilyn Salas, a nurse-midwife and mother of three from Albuquerque, N.M., and granddaughter of a 40-year CWA member. Salas came to Washington in 1999-2000 to work on health and environmental issues for Rep. Bobby Scott of Virginia.
Josephine Jenkins, a construction splicer who served on CWA Local 9411’s executive board as a steward and health and safety officer, participated in 1993-94. Jenkins handled education and labor issues for Connecticut Rep. Barbara Kennelly while earning a master’s in public administration at Golden Gate University.
Another CWA fellow, Kathy Sterling, president of CWA Local 4203, was working on her master’s in conflict resolution at Antioch University in 1994 when she packed her bags for Capitol Hill. For nine months she researched labor law reform and telecommunications for Rep. Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky of Pennsylvania.
Many WREI fellows have remained in Washington, working to improve the way American women are treated in federal programs. Others have gone back to their home states to lobby, teach, and run for office.
CWA candidates can learn more about the fellowships on the institute’s website at www.wrei.org or may call WREI’s Rachel Mears at (202) 628-0444. Applications are available online and are due June 15. Final selection is scheduled for August.