Our interns are awesome.

Super Awesome Interns

Eric is a high school intern who wants to pursue a career in medicine and public service, with Dr. Bera as a worthy role model. One day, I take Eric out canvassing in the local neighborhood to knock on doors. Although shy and mild-mannered at first, Eric finally musters up the courage to go it alone and talks to three undecided voters, all of whom decide to vote for Dr. Bera. I really enjoy seeing him realize the power that he has to help our voters make the right decisions.

Alagu is a young leader in her high school who organized an all-night dance-a-thon for charity. She regularly shows up wearing football jerseys or board-game costumes to match her weekly themes at school. She also wants to become a doctor and has a huge heart. Alagu is such a confident, poised young woman and I can already envision her running for office someday or assuming a major leadership position.

Our interns make phone calls to voters, greet our volunteers, train them how to phone bank, confirm our next day’s volunteers, and bring in many of their classmates to volunteer. They contribute so much and help out our staff greatly; we cheer loudly every time they enter the door because they are so invaluable!

We also began to engage in some lively competitions between the interns and regular staff. It started with the number of calls they make each day but we recently started a daily challenge to see who can guess correctly the artist, title and album of every song that is played on our Pandora station. There are some fierce competitors in this office, yelling loudly and fighting to poach easy wins off of other’s guesses, just to get our name on the all-time charts. I am currently tied at third all-time and feel older than ever as these kids refer to my favorite music as oldies and classics.

Whenever I look at the youthful office, I feel assured the election of Obama in 2008 was the civil rights movement for our generation. These young high schoolers and college students care passionately about the world around them and want to see leaders who represent them. Our district is ready for change and these youth are at the front lines, dedicating all their spare time to make it happen. They are just as inspiring and invigorating as our candidate, and should give us all great hope for our future.

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Volunteer for Dr. Ami Bera, one of Time Magazine’s “Top Races to Watch” and one of the best opportunities to unseat a sitting Republican this year. You can make online phone calls from home so that our local volunteers can knock on doors and make the personal contacts. Visit http://www.beraforcongress.com/page/s/websignup to sign up as a volunteer or contact Brian Wang at brian@beraforcongress.com or (626) 512-2249 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting (626) 512-2249 end_of_the_skype_highlighting.