The Interview with NAACP.

Today I met with Adam Lee, who supervises the interns at the NAACP Washington Bureau. He told me when  I walked trough the door that he ha already received a letter of recommendation for me which struck me as curious because I had advised him that I would bring all hard copies of my recommendation letters in tow. However, the Congresswoman of DC, Eleanor Holmes Norton had sent him a copy of my recommendation letter in the mail. He was very impressed. In the interview we discussed why I would like to intern with the NAACP outside my cover letter that I had already prepared. I shared with him that I felt that the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People epitomized what I wanted to do. It helps minorities that have disproportionately disadvantaged sine the founding of the United States gain and equally exercise their constitutional rights. I also felt that the internship would help me  intertwined the mission and goals of both my home school, Spelman College and the Washington Semester Program at American University. In the Washington Semester Program, we will discuss incarceration and the issues within the judicial system. The NAACP especially the Washington Bureau advocate against the injustice of the judicial system. In reference to my home school, working with the NAACP would allow me to answer the charge of Spelman College which is to become a free-thinking woman and making a choice to change the world. The NAACP would give int the fight for civil rights of people of my same racial and ethnic background.

Mr. Lee told  me that while at the NAACP, I would also be required to do a project. I would work as a legislative assistance and compile binder on a subject of my choice. The issue had to be one that the NAACP has historically advocated for and issues that are current legislation. He gave me the weekend to choose a topic. And I left, accepting my offer to intern at the NAACP.