Summer Internship Application

First Name *

Last Name *

Age *

Country of Origin *

Country of Origin *

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What school do you attend? *

How did you hear about DRUM? *

Phone Number *

Email *

Street Address

Apt #/Floor

Neighborhood/Borough/City

State

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Zip Code *

Do you work and if yes what do you do? What jobs do your parents/household members do? *

What is your family’s annual income? (Only a number without $.. Example: 60,000) *

How many people live in your household? (Only a number. Example: 4) *

Briefly describe a personal experience you have had where you were faced with racism, sexism, poverty, state violence, or homophobia? How did you try to change the situation? *

Does your immigration status, or your family's immigration history, make it hard for you to get an education and or impact you/your family's ability to live and work without fear. Please explain. *

The city continues to cut the budget for social services which communities have been in many ways by housing, food insecurity, healthcare, employment, education, etc. How have you or your family been impacted? *

Have you faced any housing issues? (Ex: Does everything work properly? Is your landlord responsive? Is it difficult to pay the rent and afford basic necessities?). What was it like? What was done about it or what do you think should be done? *

Describe your school in terms of resources, discipline, & safety (Social Workers, Mediation, metal detectors, School Safety Agents, Police, etc,? What makes you feel safe and supported in school? *

Have you ever felt targeted, intimidated, or unsafe due to the behavior of people in positions of power in your school like teachers, safety agents, or other staff? How and when? Please describe *

We believe that the only way to improve conditions in our schools and communities is collective leadership and awareness.

Have you noticed any changes in your school environment since Trump’s re-election? What are the changes? *

Have you ever been suspended in school? Why and What happened? DRUM works to have alternatives to suspensions in schools such as peer counseling, mediation, and reiterative justice. Have you been a part of any of those processes and what happened? *

If you had the power to change and shape your school, what are some changes you would want? How would you get it? What impact would it have?* *

What clubs, groups, or organizations are you a part of? How do you take leadership or want to take leadership in those spaces? *

We believe that the only way to improve conditions in our schools and communities is collective leadership and awareness.

DRUM youth founded the Youth Power Alliance (YPA) which aims to build clubs across schools that train students to identify issues and build their own campaigns to make change. Would you be interested in learning more about YPA? *

What does justice mean to you? *

Please indicate which issue areas you are interested in:

Is there another issue area you are interested in that was not listed? Please write it here.

DRUM is a membership-based organization and applicants that are accepted into the summer Program must be existing active members by May 15th.

To find out more about becoming a DRUM member let us know if you can join us on our open office hours on Thursdays 4pm - 6pm