This week’s 2019 SikhLEAD Summer Internship Spotlight features Simarjeet Kaur! Simarjeet interned with Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote (APIAVote). Here is what she had to say about her SikhLEAD Experience:
My name is Simarjeet, I am from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and I go to the University of California, Berkeley. I am placed at APIAVote.
What are some important takeaways from your experience?
What I have learned from APIAVote especially in civic engagement and voter engagement is how Sikhs and other Indian communities are not represented and how this negatively impacts our communities. It has made me a lot more passionate about advocacy work and actually making a change in the government.
What skills have you learned through your internship?
I have learned communication, writing, speaking with other people, and how to represent the Sikh community well. Whether that be with people who are not familiar with who we are or even within the Sikh community. I have also learned how to get more involved with the current events around Washington D.C and in the Sikh community.
