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Chicanxs Unidxs 2018 Summer Internship: Research and Organizing

Our 2018 Summer Interns
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CU offers multiple internships during the Summer. We are a grassroots organization that believes in the value of research to help organize around issues that impact out communities. You do not need to be a students to apply, but you do need to be 18 years or older. ​ Stay tuned for the 2019 Summer Internship. 


The internship consists of:
  • Researching an issue
  • Attending relevant community meetings
  • Meeting with people affected by the issue
  • Writing a narrative of your findings and a reflection
  • Traveling throughout Santa Ana
What will you gain from the internship:
  • Experience in grassroots researching skills
  • Organizing and research training​
​Criteria for applying:      
  • Commit to a fast paced 6 week internship
  • Able to attend weekly check-ins and spend 15 to 20 hours a week on the internship. Most of this time will be reading and researching on your own time, as well as attending community meetings. 
  • Able to attend one Monthly Chicanxs Unidxs Meeting
  • Willing to give a presentation of findings to Chicanxs Unidxs in August.

2017 Summer Interns
Topic: Gentrification in SanTana

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Kevin Rivera
Fara Rodriguez
Crystal Valenzuela
Diana Luz Morales
Karla Vargas
Julie Vue
The fight for Santa Ana is stronger today than ever. The research that I have been doing for the past month not only opened my eyes, but made more evident that our community is not being included in the developments of the future. It was emphasized more and more after countless City Council meetings and “workshops, ” trying to represent the community of Santa Ana, CA, it’s clear and evident that our interest as the resident of Santa Ana are not at heart. We can not remain docile as the battle to keep our lands dissipates, we need to act now. "
2018 Summer Intern

" To begin with, this internship exceeded my expectations and was one of my most significant experiences. Before attending the first meeting that took place on July 9th, my main interest was to conduct research on gang injunctions in Santa Ana. I was aware about the legal issues surrounding gang injunctions, including the unconstitutionality of these civil injunctions. However, I learned that this issue was even more complex than what I anticipated after listening to my advisors’ presentations about gang injunctions and gentrification....Two memorable experiences that I gained from this summer internship was when my group visited the Townsend area in Santa Ana and when I attended the City of Santa Ana’s Planning Commission Meeting. These fieldwork-like meetings further placed my research into context and made it clear that community organizing is significant. "
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2016 Summer Intern: Gentrification and Gang Injunction


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2016 Summer Interns
Topics: Gentrification and Gang Injunctions, Charter Schools, GRIP

​Jeanette Anissa
Oscar Garcia
Licette Alcantar
Elaiza Armas
Karen Huerta
Daisy Bautista
Ana Karen Rosel
" Really starting out, I had zero knowledge about charter schools. I had snippets of what friends and family have told me about them and charter schools seemed to be really great, probably even better than public schools. After this internship, I now know this not the whole story. I also realize that those who, like myself, are not knowledgeable about charter schools but hear “great’ things about them here and there, also think they are wonderful. Now, I am more knowledgeable and I surprise people when I talk about what really goes on in some of the charter schools....It helped me so much to learn that the type of research we were conducting was somewhat outside the type of research I see a lot in academia which usually is finding peer reviewed scholarly articles. The type of research we conducted, was more face paced in my eyes because things were happening as we were research, especially so in Santa Ana and the charter schools establishing themselves there. "   
2016 Summer Intern: Charter Schools

2015 Scholarship Recipients

2014 Scholarship Recipients

Maria Zacarias
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​University: Jorge Quiroz
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​Graduate: Lucero Ramos
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High School: Erick Basquez
Home City: Santa Ana

Second Chance: Veronica De Leon
Home City: Orange

Graduate/Credential: Yuri Morales Lara
Home City: Santa Ana
 
Graduate/Credential:Carolina Vilchis
Home City: Santa Ana

University: Nayeli Rodriguez Hernandez
Home City: Anaheim

Community College:  Jose David Solano Jimenez
​Home City: Anaheim, Fullerton, Orange, Buena Park


2013 Scholarship Recipients

2012 Scholarship Recipient


​Melissa Serna, High School Scholarship
HS Attended: Anaheim HS
Fall 2013 School: Cypress College, Nursing,  first in family to attend college


Hairo Cortes, Community College Scholarship; 
HS Attended: Santa Ana HS
Fall 2013 School: SAC, part of OCDT and California Immigrant Youth Justice Alliance


Alexis Teodoro Nava,  University Scholarship; 

HS Attended: Century HS
Fall 2013 School: CSULB, Chicano Studies and Economics, first to attend college
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​David Villanueva, Second Chance Scholarship
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HS Attended: Harbor Learning Center
Fall 2013 School: OCC, Welding Technology Certificate, first in family to attend college

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Gema Suarez, Community College Scholarship
Orange Glen High graduate.
Continuing her study in geography at Santiago Canyon College;



​Anna Diaz, MEChA Scholarship
 Savanna High graduate 
studying Chicano studies, sociology and Spanish at Cal State Fullerton


Virginia Flor Ocampo,  University Scholarship

CSUF 
student studying Chicano studies and human services



​Marilynn Montano,  High School Scholarship

 Godinez Fundamental High
 Studying journalism and Chicano studies at Santa Ana College
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Stephanie Arroyo
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Claudia Perez
2011 Scholarship Recipients
2011 OC Register Coverage by Theresa Cisneros

Stephanie Arroyo: Arroyo is a student at Fullerton College, who plans to attend U.C. Berkley in the fall and major in history, with a minor in ethnic studies. She’ll then seek to pursue a master’s degree in education and return to Fullerton College to teach history or ethnic studies

Hector Valdez: Valdez is a senior at Olive Crest Academy, who will be attending Santa Ana Collegein the fall. He is an engineer major and strives to give back to the community.  Valdez is conscientious of the sacrifices his mother made so that he can pursue his childhood dream of becoming an engineer,

Claudia Perez: Perez is a senior at Los Amigos High School, who will attend Santa Ana College in the fall as a Spanish language major. Perez is the president of her school’s Career Explorer Club. She also participates in the Orange County Dream Team, and is active in The Grain Project’s Community Garden at Jerome Park in Santa Ana.
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