Summer Plans

Since I'm leaving South Africa in 9 days, I've been thinking a lot about my summer, and I realized that I really haven't blogged about my plans, yet. I fly home on June 14 and then I have two weeks in Chicago until I leave for Washington, DC where I'll be working for the Feminist Majority.

I'm super excited for my internship--I'll be working on a bunch of projects, but my main project will focus on a loop hole in Title IX (prevents sex discrimination in education) which has allowed for the establishment of single sex classes and schools within the public school system. This is obviously a problem for equal education opportunities and will likely increase gender stereotypes if we separate young girls and boys because "they learn differently."

I'm really excited for the summer, I've always thought that I would love to do policy advocacy work for a women, and this is my chance to find out if I really do like it! Also, the Feminist Majority has a big internship program, so there will be lots of other young people in the office.

I'll be living in Alexandria, VA with one of my current roommates. She has an extra room in her house and has graciously offered me the room for the summer. I haven't been to DC since I was little, so I'm really looking forward to exploring a new city.