John,

Internships are a great way to gain experience and they often serve as a
stepping stone for someone's career, but they are not accessible to
everyone.

Unpaid internships exclude people who can’t afford to work for free and
don't provide equitable access to professional careers.

In colleges, students are not only unpaid for their labor, they also have
to pay for the internship credits too.

Only young people from privileged backgrounds are truly eligible for
unpaid internships.

[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition to college and university presidents: stop
double-charging students for credits accrued through internships.

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Education should be available and accessible to all -- no matter your
race, gender, zip code, or income.

For too long, internships have been inaccessible and unattainable for
working people, especially for Black and brown communities, thus deepening
economic and racial inequality.

We shouldn’t be punishing young people by making them pay for an unpaid
internship. Every student's skills and talents should be given an
opportunity to intern, no matter what their financial background is.

[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition to college and university presidents: stop
double-charging students for credits accrued through internships.

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- Tre

Tre Graves
Digital Organzing Coordinator
Democracy for America




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