1. Roosevelt Institute | Summer
Academy
Three Cities, Three Unique Experiences
Dante Barry
Chapter Services Coordinator & Summer Academy Coordinator
January 2012 Student Staff Retreat

2. Roosevelt | Summer Academy
JUNE 8 - AUGUST 12, 2012
JUNE 8 - AUGUST 12, 2012
• A meaningful summer fellowship that provides young people
with valuable learning experiences in the workplace and enables
students to transform their ideas into innovative, tangible public
policy solutions.
• The fellowship combines a full-time placement in a partner
organization with an integrated curriculum of leadership, policy
development, and implementation.

3. Three Cities, Three Unique
Experiences
CHICAGO, NEW YORK, WASHINGTON
CHICAGO, NEW YORK, WASHINGTON
• CHICAGO ACADEMY: focuses on green initiatives in the communities within Chicago, working within
the mayor’s office toward the Chicago Climate Action Plan. The Fellows learn from city officials and
have successfully proposed major initiatives, including turning O’Hare Airport into a sustainable, green
space and helping the city’s fleet of taxis shift to hybrid and electric vehicles.
• NEW YORK ACADEMY: focuses on education, equal justice, economic development, and organizing.
In partnership with Skidmore College, it places Fellows across the city in government agencies and
nonprofits, including the Roosevelt Institute. Fellows are introduced to community development and
learn about the foundation of nonprofit organizations as they work within the national Roosevelt Institute
headquarters.
• WASHINGTON ACADEMY: focuses on policy topics including defense & diplomacy, equal justice, and
health care. Fellows are placed at leading policy organizations including the AFL-CIO, NDN-New Policy
Institute, Campaign for America’s Future, and the National Academy on Social Insurance. DC Fellows
have also been placed in the prestigious White House internship program.

4. Three Cities, Three Unique
Experiences
CHICAGO
CHICAGO
• Department of Aviation
• Department of Public Health
• Chicago Public Building Commission
• Chicago Department of Transportation
• Chicago Public Schools
• Department of Business Affairs and
Consumer Protection
• Chicago Transit Authority
• Chicago Park District

5. Three Cities, Three Unique
Experiences
NEW YORK
Summer 2011 was the inaugural
NEW YORK summer with placements at:
• Roosevelt Institute communications team
• Roosevelt Institute | Four Freedoms
Center
3. Roosevelt Institute | Campus Network
• Roosevelt Institute | Pipeline

6. Three Cities, Three Unique
Experiences
WASHINGTON, DC
WASHINGTON, DC
• AFL-CIO
• Center for Community Change
• Economic Policy Institute
• National Academy on Social Insurance
• National Consumer’s League
• NDN-New Policy Institute
• National Security Network
• The White House

7. Roosevelt | Summer Academy
TRAININGS & SPEAKERS SERIES
TRAININGS & SPEAKERS SERIES
Students go through Roosevelt | Thinks training
curriculum: Thinks | 2040; Thinks | Vision; Thinks |
Impact; and Thinks | Skills.
Brown bag lunch speaker series and policy briefings
to talk with policy and organizing experts, such as:
1. Simon Rosenberg, NDN-New Policy Institute
2. Dean Baker, Center for Economic and Policy
Research
3. Henry Henderson, National Resources Defense
Council
4. Maya Wiley, Center for Social Inclusion

8. Roosevelt | Summer Academy
ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
There are additional city-specific programming
opportunities that the Campus Network provides for
Fellows:
• Joint Orientation in New York City
• Field Trips
• Blogging
• Alumni mentoring
• Partner salons and conferences

9. Roosevelt | Summer Academy
POST-ACADEMY
POST-ACADEMY
At the close of the Summer Academy, Fellows attend
the Campus Network’s Hyde Park National
Leadership Summit in Hyde Park, NY.
Additionally, Fellows are now connected to the larger
Roosevelt network from connections made at Hyde
Park, getting involved in Roosevelt | Pipeline,
publication opportunities, and/or Academy alumni
engagement programming.

10. Early Action: February 15
Regular Decision: February 29
APPLY TODAY!
www.rooseveltcampusnetwork.org/applyacademy12