Home  About  In the News  Publications  Blog  Join  Donate  The Public Awareness Campaign in Los Angeles is promoting freedom. Announcements National Expo: July 11th Hyde Park Summit: August 14-17 Essay Winners Announced in The Nation On Campus Iowa Chapter Holds Forum Zach Hindin in the GW Hatchet Coverage of the Johns Hopkins Chapter Launch > More "The greatest doer must also be a great dreamer." — Teddy Roosevelt    Young Elected Officials Network > Roosevelt Home > Opportunities > Academy > Young Elected Officials Network Your name: Your email: Recipient's name: Recipient's email: Message: About the Young Elected Officials Network     The Young Elected Officials (YEO) Network is a project of People for the American Way that unites and supports progressive elected leaders under the age of 35.  The YEO Network enables these officials to exchange ideas, develop leadership skills, and connect with policy development organizations.  The YEO Network allows cooperation at community levels across the country, ultimately producing an enduring pipeline of well-prepared national and world class leaders.  To visit the YEO Network website, click here.   The Roosevelt-YEO Partnership     Because the YEO Network and the Roosevelt Institution have a similar progressive vision and decentralized structure, the two organizations are well-suited for a partnership.  Through the Roosevelt Policy Academy, qualified Roosevelt fellows will be placed at internship positions at the offices of young elected officials.  Although the nature of the work will depend on the official’s needs, students will be given substantive, policy-related work, usually involving research.  If possible, Roosevelt fellows will be placed at an official working close to their school, although such a pairing is not guaranteed.        In addition to setting up long-term pairings between students and elected officials (which may, as noted above, be either remote or on-site), Roosevelt also helps YEO Network members with one-time research requests. Positions Available for Roosevelt Policy Academy Fellows: (as of 12/27/07) Alisha Morgan, state representative, Georgia state legislature. Capitol office location: Atlanta, GA Home office location: Austell, GA Karim Camara, state assemblyman, New York state legislature Capitol office location: Albany, NY Home office location: Brooklyn, NY Tony J. Payton, state representative, Pennsylvania state legislature Capitol office location: Harrisburg, PA Home office location: Philadelphia, PA *** NOTE: This is an incomplete list of available YEO Network job openings. A complete list will become available in late January, 2008 ***   The Roosevelt Institution is a nonpartisan, nonprofit national think tank devoted to bringing students' policy ideas to the policy process. The opinions expressed on this site are exclusively those of its members. DC Headquarters: Roosevelt Institution / 2100 M St NW Suite 610 / Washington, DC 20037 || (202) 833-1359