These are all the rage now amongst AAA. (On our internal listserv, four board members just advertised internships that we feel our readers would probably like to know also.) Here's a brief list of Asian American interest internships compiled by Eddie, Laura, Christina, and Nhu-Y:

In the D.C. area,

• Organization of Chinese Americans (OCA)
• The Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote (APIAVote)
• Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies
• National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum (NAPAWF)
• International Leadership Foundation (ILF)
• Korean American Coalition - Washington, DC Chapter (KACDC)
• Conference on Asian Pacific American Leadership (CAPAL), Note: This is a scholarship for a DC internship

• Asian American Legal Defense Fund, "a national organization that protects and promotes the civil rights of Asian Americans"
• Asian American Writers Workshop, "the country's largest literary arts nonprofit devoted exclusively to Asian American literature."
• Asian CineVision, "a non-profit media arts organization dedicated to promoting and preserving Asian and Asian American media expressions"
• Asian American Journalists Association, "a non-profit membership organization with approximately 2,000 members in 20 chapters across the U.S. and Asia"

• Columbia Congressional Internships (contact Christina Chen if interested)