The American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) is pleased to announce its second annual Fall Internship Class.
This year’s program continues to build on the success of AAPD’s Internship Program model to develop stronger disability identities within students and graduates with disabilities, so they can be better equipped to shape the future of our workplaces and community. Due to the fully virtual and part-time opportunity, our Fall Internship Program provides more flexible opportunities for disabled students and recent graduates to access meaningful employment, gain leadership skills, and connect to the broader disability community.
During the program, AAPD provides interns with a competitive wage, technology support, mentorship, and many networking and educational opportunities. Interns also participate in AAPD’s Disability Advocacy Certificate Program and learn about effective advocacy methods and key issues within the disability community. The Fall interns had an opportunity to meet in-person at the end of July prior to the start of the internship to build connections and get to know each other. AAPD planned activities such as an inclusive art activity, disability object talk at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, and a welcome dinner.
For this Fall, AAPD placed ten interns in a variety of different placement sites based on the intern’s career goals and interests.
The AAPD 2024 Fall Internship Class is:
- Alexandria Kiel (she/her), Keri Gray Group
- Alondra Rodriguez Solis (she/her), The Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies
- Bella Fassett (she/her), U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- Fabiola Daphne Amaya (she/her), U.S. Department of Labor
- Jaydon Antoine (he/him), U.S. Department of Energy
- Kyanda Bailey (she/her), Center for Racial and Disability Justice
- Liam Holland (he/him), TechOWL, Institute on Disabilities
- Samhit Utlapalli (they/them), New Disabled South
- Shruti Bharatia (she/her), New America
- Z’Leah Liburd (she/her), Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs
You can read the Fall 2024 Interns full bios and learn more about them here: https://www.aapd.com/2024-fall-interns/
The 2024 AAPD Fall Internship Program would not be possible without the generous support of our partners. Thank you to Arconic Foundation for supporting our Fall Internship Program.
The Fall 2024 Intern Class gathers in Washington, DC