LOFT LAtinas is looking for students like you!
If you identify as Latina, live in Los Angeles, are in 11th or 12th grade, and have an interest in public service and leadership, you are eligible to take part in our LAtina Public Policy academy.
Participants can expect a life changing experience that will include the following:
– Government and public policy training
– Special visit to different municipal government chambers to see public officials in action
– Personal Mentor that will meet with you on a quarterly basis
– Summer Internship with a local female elected official or an opportunity to participate in a voter registration or political
campaign.
– Lifelong friends!
The initiative was developed by former Los Angeles City Council Candidate Ana Cubas and will be executed in partnership with LOFT Los Angeles Leader Shelli Victorino.
“This is a call to action for all of us in Los Angeles to ensure that women are represented in government” said Cubas. “Los Angeles should be a leader and trailblazer for women’s political empowerment, not a throwback to the 1930’s when the Los Angeles City Council had no female representation. During my candidacy, I pledged to establish a women’s leadership training institute to train young women from as early as high school to run for elected office. I am proud to fulfill this pledge as a non-profit, non-partisan effort with the Hispanic Heritage Foundation.”
Or For More Information please contact: LAtinas@loftinstitute.org