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Past Student Internships
Internships are an invaluable way to gain experience applying public policy analysis skills in the real world, and can be an essential step in building a career in public service. The public policy faculty strongly encourage all students to participate in an internship prior to or during their senior year at Mills. Furthermore, all public policy majors and minors must identify a public agency or nonprofit organization to serve as the client for their senior thesis research projects, which are to be structured to answer a current policy question for that organization. Completing an internship before or during the senior thesis project is often the best way to come to understand the client organization's needs and capacities.
This list is provided to illustrate the variety of organizations with which public policy students have worked. We cannot guarantee that an internship placement can be made with a particular organization, but we will work with students to help them identify possible internship locations. Contact the Mills Public Policy Program for more information at 510.430.2147
Alameda County Family Justice Center
Alzheimers Association
California ACORN
California Public Utilities Commission
Centro Legal de la Raza
City of Oakland Youth Advisory Commission
Disability Rights Advocates
Drug Policy Alliance
Emily's List
Girls Moving Forward
Green Century Institute
Greenlining Institute
Japanese Americans Citizens League of Watsonville-
Santa Cruz
Laurel District Association
Local Clean Energy Alliance of the East Bay
Bay Localize
National Federation of Community Broadcasters
Native Public Media
Office of Oakland City Councilmember, Jean Quan
Parent Voices, Oakland Chapter
Bananas Inc.
San Francisco Dept. of Children, Youth, & Families
San Francisco Parks Trust
San Francisco Tenants Union
San Mateo County Transit District
Street Spirit
The Body Positive
Women's Economic Agenda Project
Women's Initiative
Other Organizations Hosting Internships
The following organizations publish information about internships on their websites. Note that some of the organizations listed under Employment Opportunities (below) also host internships.
Public Policy Institute of California
California Internship Program
PolicyLink.org (internships for graduate students)
Public Leadership Education Network
Employment Opportunities
The following websites contain information about employment opportunities in government or other sectors relevant to public policy work.
AfterCollege
Cal-ICMA
CalOpps
Experience.com
Feminist Career Center (at Feminist Majority
Foundation)
International City/County Management Association
Metropolitan Transportation Commission
Municipal Management Association of Northern Californa (MMANC)
National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and
Administrators
Public Service Careers
Association of Bay Area Governments
Idealist.org
Partnership for Public Service
Policy Jobs
California Courts
USAJOBS
Opportunity NOCS
ED JOIN
Young Nonprofit Professionals Network
Advertisement of job announcements and/or links to organizations does not constitute endorsement by Mills College or the Public Policy Program and is not a recommendation of the positions.
For more information on specific employment or internship opportunities, or to learn about employment resources, contact the Career Center at 430.2130
Contact the Mills Public Policy Program, for more information at 510.430.2147.
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