Democrats invite students affected by gun violence to intern for the summer

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By Isabella Gomez and Justin Lear, CNN 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/05/25/us/democrats-offer-internships-to-parkland-students-trnd/index.html

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(CNN)House Democrats are inviting students affected by school shootings to participate in an internship program on Capitol Hill, where they will work on issues related to violence prevention.

House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley from New York announced the Gun Safety Internship Program on Thursday.

"My colleagues and I are thrilled to invite these young men and women to intern on Capitol Hill this summer and bring their energy and dedication to Congress," he tweeted.

The Congressman is working with Vice Chair Linda Sánchez from California, Chair of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force Mike Thompson from California and Rep. Ted Deutch from Florida to lead the effort.


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[stmac]

1. Good idea (nt)

[BigmanPigman]

2. This is an inspired plan!

[northremembers]

3. Coolest news out of Washington this year.

It gets young people with a real cause a track on the inside while keeping elected officials personally connected with the issue. Good job!

Thanks for posting.

[trickyguy]

4. Absolutely fantastic idea. the young

people are our best hope for some kind of meaningful answer to school shootings, etc.
Bringing them into an Internship Program will give them more tools to go out and fight the fight
and they will have the passion to get things done. Bravo.

[pazzyanne]

5. What a wonderful opportunity for these young people.

Out of that group could come future Congress people. They know what is important and a little exposure to the process is great.

[onetexan]

6. Great idea!

This will give the young people a chance to see how adults work & understand why they can't get things done, and hopefully the young can teach the adults a thing or two. Maybe it will inspire them to run for office one day to fix the government.

[shanny]

7. I'm thinking the most important lessons will be taught

BY the interns, not to them.