Jun-15-2010 DCA's Hispanic Internship and Leadership Program Preserved Through Generous Contributions
DCA's Hispanic Internship and Leadership Program Preserved Through Generous Contributions |
TRENTON - New Jersey Department of Community Affairs’ (DCA) Commissioner Lori Grifa today announced that the Center for Hispanic Policy, Research and Development was able to preserve the 2010 Hispanic Interns in Community Service Program and Latino Leaders Fellowship Institute by securing more than $70,000 from corporate, foundation and non-profit contributors.
"I am immensely proud of the dedicated staff at our Center for Hispanic Policy, Research and Development who worked hard to save this worthwhile internship and leadership program for New Jersey's Hispanic college students," said Commissioner Grifa. "Upon hearing the program wouldn't receive state funding in this difficult budget year, the staff almost immediately began reaching out to potential contributors in an effort to keep it going. I am thrilled to be able to announce that they succeeded."
The contributors include the Academy for Urban Leadership, American Heart Association, Cablevision, FOCUS Hispanic Community Center, Foundation for the Center for Hispanic Policy, Research and Development, New Brunswick Tomorrow, PNC Bank, PSE&G, Puerto Rican Action Board, Verizon and Wachovia.
"The Center for Hispanic Policy is honored that our corporate friends have come forward to support this most successful program. Most importantly, we thank them for their support of the Latino leaders of tomorrow," said Angie Armand, Director of the Center for Hispanic Policy, Research and Development.
The Hispanic Interns in Community Service Program and Latino Leaders Fellowship Institute is a 10-week summer program that began June 7 and will run until August 13. The program, which began in 1988, is geared toward leadership and professional development and offers Hispanic college students an opportunity to work in a government, corporate or non-profit setting and participate in leadership training conducted by Rutgers University's Center for Strategic Urban Community Leadership.
The Latino Leaders Fellowship Institute equips the interns participating in the Hispanic Interns in Community Service Program with skills essential to executive leadership. Interns learn to assess their own leadership styles and communication skills. They are required to complete an individual course project throughout the ten-week program.
Applicants must be residents of New Jersey, of Hispanic descent and registered at a college or university with grade point averages of 3.0 or higher.
For more information on the Hispanic Interns in Community Service Program and Latino Leaders Fellowship Institute, please call (609) 984-3223 or log on to http://www.state.nj.us/dca/chprd/internship.shtml.
Hispanic Interns in Community Service Program and Latino Leaders Fellowship Institute
Class of 2010
Name of Intern |
College/University |
Placement Site |
Mildred Arroyo |
Fairleigh Dickinson University |
Academy for Urban Leadership Charter School |
Carlos Bidondo | Fairleigh Dickinson University |
American Heart/Stroke Association |
Lorenzo Budet |
Rutgers, The State University |
Department of Law & Public Safety |
Genesis Deris |
Rutgers, The State University |
Department of Law & Public Safety |
Francisco Figueroa |
Fairleigh Dickinson University |
FOCUS, Hispanic Center for Community Development, Inc. |
Marlise Hendricks |
Kean University |
Department of Community Affairs |
Yailen Hernandez |
Fairleigh Dickinson University |
The Puerto Rican Action Board |
Ana Maria Martinez |
Seton Hall University |
New Jersey Network |
Wilson Martinez |
Fairleigh Dickinson University |
United States Hispanic Advocacy Association |
Natalia Olarte |
College of Saint Elizabeth |
NJ After 3 |
Carlos Paniagua |
Hudson County Community College |
United States Hispanic Advocacy Association |
Jose Paulino |
Rutgers, The State University |
PSE&G |
Ana Maria Rexach |
Rutgers, The State University |
ASPIRA Inc. of NJ |
Deenis Rios |
Fairleigh Dickinson University |
New Brunswick Tomorrow |
Joanna Rodriguez |
Saint Peter's College |
The Children's Home Society of NJ |
Maybeline Saharig |
Seton Hall University |
Department of Labor and Workforce Development |
Bruno Sime |
Saint Peter's College |
United States Hispanic Advocacy Association |
Lucrisleyda Taveras |
Fairleigh Dickinson University |
Department of Labor and Workforce Development |
Johan Zafra Lopez |
Hudson County Community College |
United States Hispanic Advocacy Association |
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