Center for California Studies

Friendly reminder: Applications are due Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. For more information about the internship, please contact Jamie Taylor at [email protected] or https://www.csus.edu/.../internship-opportunities.html

Please join us for the Fall 2021 Panetta Congressional Internship - information session on February 11, 2021. Interested students can learn more about this unique opportunity to work and live in D.C. at an information session on Thursday, February 11 from 12-1 pm. Meeting link:... tinyurl.com/z9nc0c7w One student will be selected to serve as Sac State’s Panetta Intern for the Fall 2021 semester. Interns take part in a two-week orientation at the Panetta Institute at CSU Monterey Bay and an 11-week internship in a California congressional office located in Washington D.C. Panetta interns receive academic programing and unit credit for the Fall 2021 semester at no cost, including housing and living stipend, travel to and from D.C., and ground transportation. Applications are due Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. For more information about the internship, please contact Jamie Taylor at [email protected] or https://www.csus.edu/.../internship-opportunities.html

Thank you to everyone who attended, shared or liked the Capital Fellows Programs Directors Information Session on January 13th. The online presentation to learn more about the Assembly, Executive, Judicial and Senate Fellowship Programs will soon be available on our website. Get started on your application today at: https://csus-horizons.symplicity.com/. ... Apply by February 1, 2021 at 11:59 p.m. How to apply video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVgzSYjmU5o Questions? Contact us at: Email: [email protected]

Please join the Center for California Studies on Wednesday, January 13, 2021 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. The Directors of the Capital Fellows Programs will provide an online presentation and discussion to learn more about the Senate, Assembly, Executive, and Judicial Fellowship Programs. You can register for this event here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/capital-fellows-information-se

Reminder that this Thursday is the "The LatinX Vote: Will it be the "X" Factor in November" webinar! Register to attend today at https://csus.zoom.us/web/register/WN_L7siIl1oQNW8oecgfuuzwA

Tonight is the Project for an Informed Electorate event starting at 5PM! Be an informed voter and learn about the propositions and their effects if passed in the State of California! RSVP at: https://csus.zoom.us/web/register/WN_qvFa7i0NSSqfzX6Dzu6rjg

Please join us next Thursday, October 15, 1-2 pm for The Latinx Vote: Will it be the X Factor in November? To register, visit https://www.csus.edu/center/center-california-studies

Friends of the Center for California Studies: Please join us on September 30 at 12:30 p.m. for "Disinformation in Local Elections: How to Spot It and What You Can Do," a live virtual event sponsored by the Sac Bee. This event is also co-sponsored by Sac State's Project for an Informed Electorate and the Center for California Studies. For more information and to RSVP, click on the link below. ... https://www.sacbee.com//california-e/article245557095.html See more

2020-2021 California EPFP Applications are now available! Applications are open now until July 8, 2020. The California Education Policy Fellowship Program (EPFP) is a nine-month professional development program that aims to strengthen education policymaking in California. California participants join a national cohort of more than 300 active members from 17 EPFP sites, and a network of more than 9,500 EPFP alumni. The program is jointly administered by the Educatio...n Insights Center, which operates the CSU Student Success Network, and the Center for California Studies at California State University, Sacramento, in partnership with the Institute for Educational Leadership. You are encouraged to apply if: * You have a long-term interest in developing and implementing policy that promotes equitable student success. * Your work record in K-12, higher education, and/or education policymaking demonstrates your strong leadership potential. * You want to expand your network in California and across the nation to accomplish your professional goals. * You have a bachelor’s degree and a full-time professional position with applicable work experience. * You have the endorsement of your employing organization. For more information visit the California Education Policy Fellowship Program website or apply using the link below.

Are you currently a junior or senior high school student in California that is interested in an online summer internship? The LegiSchool Project is now accepting applications for the "2020 LegiSchool Civics Virtual Institute". Qualified students will participate in an intensive 4-week online program that dives into the three branches of government and explores California policy issues. Students will participate in online workshops, webinars, civics projects and more! A stipen...d will be provided to students after the completion of the program. Deadline to apply is Friday, May 22. Please click on our website for more details and for application link: https://www.csus.edu//center-calif/legischool-project.html

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED as a precaution and to prevent the continued spread of the Coronavirus [COVID-19]. Envisioning California Speaker Series Presents: Dr. Twenge and her research on the impact of smartphones on our youngest generation, and what this means for state public policy. Join us for a presentation by Dr. Jean Twenge, Professor of Psychology at San Diego State, and author of more than 140 scientific publications and books, including iGen: Why Today’s Super-Connected Kids are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood. Register for this event here: https://tinyurl.com/Envisioning-California

#repost @Cajudicial: Our December field seminar was one for the books. It began with a morning of connection, reflection and sage advice with Justice Arthur Scotland (ret.) and the Judicial and Senate Fellows team that the group won’t soon forget. #capitalfellows #caleg #cajudicialfellows #madeatsacstate

The Justice Epstein Judicial Internship is a unique program designed to give Sacramento State students the opportunity to experience the internal organization of the California court system. Judicial interns observe court proceedings at the Sacramento Superior Court and to meet weekly with Superior Court Judges, court administrators, and community justice partners who introduce interns to California’s judicial system, the judicial process, and specialty court programs and ini...tiatives. A cohort of highly motivated undergraduate students will be selected for the spring 2020 Judicial internship. Interns may earn 3 units of credit upon successful completion of the internship program. Come to our information session on October 30th at The WELL (Aspen Suite) from noon 1:00 pm to learn more! Application deadline: November 4, 2019 #judicialinternship #sacstate #stingersup

Honoring Indigenous People of the past, present and future. Enjoy this LegiSchool photo Crown from Kira Culp the winner of the 2016-17 photo contest. #IndigenousPeoplesDay #legischool

Promoting Capital Fellows and LegiSchool at La Feria de Educación 2019.

We are excited to announce that applications are officially open for the 2020-21 Capital Fellows Programs! Deadline is Feb 3, 2020. APPLY NOW!

Thank you to Sac State News for sharing about the Envisioning CA event that took place yesterday! See full article here: https://www.csus.edu//Spend-cannabis-tax-money-fairly,-Sac

We would like to thank all of our speakers from today's event: Ali Cooper, Senator Steven Bradford, Nicole Elliott, Ramon Garcia, Max Mikalonis and Leslie Valencia. Rich conversation was had surrounding Cannabis Equity in California.

Cannabis equity programs are meant to give rise to minority and low-income entrepreneurs in the now-legal industry. Learn more by watching our Livestream. Link can be found here: https://youtu.be/1t-6_nHDxzo