Congressman Adam Smith's (WA-09) campaign will be participating as a partner in the 2024 National Democracy Summer School! This one-of-a-kind Democratic Fellowship—founded by Congressman Jamie Raskin and expanded across the country in a historic partnership with the DCCC—is dedicated to recruiting thousands of high school and college-age students and training them as the next generation of Democratic political activists and leaders.
As a part of this initiative, we are looking for dedicated high school (16 years old and up) and college students (or recent graduates) in Washington’s 9th Congressional District to apply for this incredible fellowship with Team Smith!
This six-week program will take place from Monday, June 24th to Friday, August 9th, and requires a commitment of 14 - 16 hours per week (4 hours of national programming and 10-12 hours of in-person campaign work). Fellows will participate in exciting online seminars and a powerful curriculum designed by Congressman Raskin, while also organizing on-the-ground with my campaign here in Washington's 1st. Fellows will receive $20/hr for their hard work.
The exact schedule of in-person campaign work is TBD, but will be shared with students as soon as possible so they can plan accordingly. Campaign work will be based out of the campaign office which we expect to be located in the ninth district between Seattle and Federal Way.
Throughout the academic portion, Fellows will learn from academic luminaries, inspiring political leaders, policy experts, issue advocates and top community organizers from all across the country. Past Democracy Summer speakers have included House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Professor Laurence Tribe, Senator Elizabeth Warren, Rep. Bennie Thompson, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and the late Rep. John Lewis.
Not to mention, Fellows will also learn state-of-the-art skills in phone-banking, text-banking, canvassing, on-line organizing, low-dollar fundraising, community outreach, and voter registration—all the necessary ingredients for a thriving field operation!
You can click the link HERE and scroll down to find the application for our campaign. The priority deadline to apply is April 12th, 2024.
APPLY HERE: https://democracy-summer.breezy.hr/p/5502f250b488-rep-adam-smith-wa-09-democracy-summer-fellow