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Common Cause summer interns accomplish incredible work, learn important skills, gain a strong understanding of the democracy landscape, and bring their own experiences and perspective to Common Cause.

Check out what some of our interns have accomplished!  

Kristen Bartlett
Common Cause Rhode Island Intern | 2021

This internship solidified my goal of working in the public sector, and especially for a non profit organization. The work we did felt so meaningful and important to no just myself but to our democracy.

Sarah Batson
Common Cause Texas Intern | 2021

Sarah helped plan and create content for a Voting Rights Advocacy Day at the Texas Capitol, and prepared and gave testimony against the voter suppression bills in both special sessions in the summer.

Shaun Coleman
Common Cause Youth Programs Intern | 2021

The internship definitely has made an impact on me, it definitely gave me the ability to view things from a different lens that I wouldn't have had the opportunity to do so elsewhere.

Farah Tolu-Honary
Common Cause Intern | 2021

I definitely enhanced my research skills and learned about how courts are written about in academia and media outlets. This internship has definitely expanded what I careers I thought were available to me.

Danielle Wooten
Common Cause North Carolina Intern | 2019

Danielle created online content about gerrymandering, voter ID law, and the 2020 Census. She also spoke in front of our state legislative building before the case Common Cause v. Lewis.

Isabel Giovannetti
National Communications Intern | 2019

Isabel helped create videos, blog posts, and social content. She helped with launching our Instagram account, research for the ALEC in Texas report, and explainers on census and ranked-choice voting.

Kayinsola Oye
Common Cause Ohio Intern | 2019

Kayinsola created a toolkit to engage and educate Ohioans about the impact of gerrymandering and the End Gerrymandering Pledge.

Lyric Brown
National Development Intern | 2019

Lyric completed a research project on best practices for sustaining donor program websites and researched donors and foundations for fundraising opportunities.

Stephanie Zuniga
Common Cause Texas Intern | 2019

Stephanie developed and implemented a campaign for Voter Registration for College Orientations around the state.

Jon Corn
National Digital Intern | 2019

Jon coordinated action alerts for our states, researched for digital products on our call for the impeachment inquiry, and analyzed Facebook content, for opportunities to improve posts performance.

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