WISH Career Night for Interns and Young Professionals!

Tuesday, February 28, 2012
6:15 PM

Pizza and refreshments provided

RSVP to interns@internsdc.com

An informative panel of former interns and young professionals will present ways to make most of your DC internships, and to continue benefiting from your DC work after your internship ends.  Insights and tips will cover skill building, networking, gaining better projects, and proven strategies for gaining full-time positions in DC or back home.  Panelists will discuss many career fields including government, nonprofits, law, politics, campaigns and corporate security.  A networking ‘meet and greet’ session will follow the panel and Q and A.

Panelists include several former interns who transitioned into full-time positions, and more seasoned professionals, including:

Communications director
Senate staff
Corporate security facility officer
Business manager at government contractor
Director of federal government relations/ higher ed
Environmental paralegal and law school student

The Legacy of Margaret Thatcher
Luncheon with John Blundell, author of Margaret Thatcher: A Portrait of the Iron Lady

TFAS President Roger Ream with Lady Thatcher during an event at the Parliament in London organized by John Blundell..

Please join The Fund for American Studies for lunch on Friday, Feb. 24 with John Blundell, author of Margaret Thatcher: A Portrait of the Iron Lady. Blundell will speak about Thatcher’s legacy and the controversial Academy Award nominated movie The Iron Lady.

Blundell’s book about Lady Thatcher and his new book Ladies for Liberty will be available for purchase at the event. Blundell will sign copies following his presentation. Lunch will be served at Noon and the presentation will begin at 12:30 p.m.

DETAILS
Friday, Feb. 24 at Noon

TFAS Headquarters
1706 New Hampshire Ave., NW
Washington, D.C. 20009

RESERVE YOUR SPOT TODAY!
RSVPs are required due to limited space.  Please contact Jane Mack at jmack@TFAS.org or 202-986-0384.

Tuesday, February 21, 6:30p.m. Contact WISH office for location

Joel Hirst, Fellow in Human Freedom
George W. Bush Center at Texas A&M University
Diplomatic Implications of Social Media

Before joining the George W. Bush Institute as a Fellow in Human Freedom, Joel Hirst was a recipient of the prestigious International Affairs Fellowship at the Council on Foreign Relations. As a fellow at the Council, he researched the Cuba/Venezuela sponsored Bolivarian Alliance of the Americas and wrote the first English language book on the subject titled “ALBA: Venezuela’s Bolivarian Alliance and its New World Order.”

Hirst worked for six years with USAID’s Office of Transition Initiative in Uganda, focusing on post conflict transition in Lord’s Resistance Army affected areas and received the Field Team of the Year Award. In Venezuela, he worked for four years on democracy promotion, elections, civil society, and human rights; receiving a Superior Honor Award for work on the 2007 constitutional referendum. Prior to this, Hirst worked as a humanitarian relief worker with World Vision in countries such as Pakistan, Venezuela, Kosovo, DR Congo, Chad, Honduras and Nicaragua.

Hirst has written chapters for books by the International Republican Institute and the University of Miami on Latin American policy, as well as many articles for Americas Quarterly, Fox News, International Business and Development Exchange, The Commentator, and El Universal. He blogs for Huffington Post. Hirst has also done TV interviews for Nuestra Tele Noticias 24, Univision, Globovision, and Voice of America, and is a frequent public speaker in Washington and Latin America.

Hirst has his Masters degree in International Development from Brandeis University. He grew up in Argentina, Costa Rica and Venezuela where his parents were Baptist missionaries.

We hope your semester is going great. Here are some more suggestions for getting out and about. Email us your suggestions and photos for the WISH Blog! We’re at interns@internsdc.com.

Sunday, Feb 12

Love The Run You’re With 5K      Sunday, February 12^th – 9:00 am

Grab your loved one, a friend, or even a stranger for the area’s favorite Valentine’s Day 5K! Now in our third year, this sell-out event boasts a fun Valentine’s theme, great individual and team prizes, and a fabulous post-race party (Karaoke anyone?) you’ve come to expect from Pacers Events

Lincolns Birthday OPEN HOUSE: Fords Theatre- Sunday, February 12^th  

Ford’s Theatre will celebrate Lincoln’s Birthday and the opening of the Center for Education and Leadership with a day of free programming and activities.

Abraham Lincoln Birthday Observance
February 12, 2012 at noon. Lincoln Memorial, 23rd & Constitution Ave., NW Washington, DC. Honor Abraham Lincoln at a Presidential wreath laying ceremony and a dramatic reading of the “Gettysburg Address.” For more information, call (202) 619-7222.

301 East Capital: Tales from the Heart of the Hill; A book signing and reading by author and lifelong Hill resident Mary Z. Gray.

To most of the world, “Capitol Hill” means the U.S. Congress. This book is about the personal side of the Hill, where for five generations a family of music makers and undertakers, homemakers and home breakers, shared a small neighborhood with the white-domed Capitol of the United States.

 A Conversation with Mary Z. Gray at Hill Center
Pennsylvania Ave. S.E
Sunday, February 12th, at 2:00 p.m.
Click here for more information and to reserve a seat!
And
Mary Z. Gray returns to 301 East Capitol
A reading and signing at her childhood home, now the Folger Shakespeare Library’s Haskell Center, at 301 East Capitol Street.
Monday, February 13th, at 1:00 p.m.

Voice of America (VOA) Tour: a dynamic multimedia broadcaster funded by the U.S. Government, broadcasts accurate, balanced, and comprehensive news and information to an international audience. The Voice of America Studio Tour is a behind-the-scenes look at live broadcasting in radio, television, and the Internet in several of our 43 languages. Admission is free and hours are 12pm to 3pm, Monday through Friday. Reservations are recommended and can made online (http://ibb7.ibb.gov/voatickets/index.cfm) or phone (202)203-4990.

St Patrick’s Day 8K- Sunday, March 11^th
The St. Patrick’s Day race has been a tradition in Washington, DC since 1988. The race grew steadily in popularity over the years, and by 1998 had reached 3,761 registrants. Runners, who always wore their best green running attire, began to appear in costumes and funny hats.