#interships

Not quite at this moment! I've settled pretty happily into my corner with Driver/Ken and Six/K. They itch my brain in just the right way.

I do have some ideas concerning a Driver and Julian fic. Unfortunately, it would not be a sane or comforting story. Driver just loves so wholeheartedly that he's easy to ship with others for very different outcomes, good and bad. I've also considered a fic with him paired with Colt for that reason.

I am applying for an internship in a public sector agency. However I have severe vision issues that require accommodations and I also have a few “invisible” anxiety and mental disorders (I don’t have an official diagnosis for two of the disorders). These disorders also require accommodations. I know that I’ll have to disclose these issues at some point, but I’m afraid that if I disclose them during my interview or in my job application, the agency will refuse to hire me or grant me an internship.

Any advice you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

No, never reveal any disabilities or mental illnesses during the interview process. Secure the offer first, onboard on to the team, then work with your manager on accommodations.

Today, I got an email saying I was selected for the “alternate pool”. It basically means that I was a good candidate, but obviously other people had better responses to the interview questions. I honestly would’ve rather been rejected. Alternate pool just kinda feels like I’m the second option. I asked one of my interviewers what went wrong and she just didn’t want to give me a straightforward answer. I’m kind of hurt, but I guess it just wasn’t meant to be and I’ll apply for a temporary associate job at my grocery store for the summer.

Black Billionaire Robert F. Smith creates paid internships for 1,000 minority students

Billionaire Robert Smith continues his amazing philanthropic streak by creating 1,000 paid internships for minority students.

Black billionaire and philanthropist Robert Smith made national news with his pledge to pay the student loan debt of the graduating class of 2019 at Morehouse College. His actions were praised by the vast majority and reviled by those opposed to his wealth and his…

Blogger’s note: Amber Left-Hand-Bull is a Bureau of Indian Affairs WaterCorps Program Member serving with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the Puget Sound Olympic Peninsula Fish and Aquatic Conservation Complex. Our hardworking AmeriCorps Members have some pretty cool experiences during their time with the Service and are often inspired to write about them. This is her Story of Service and you can read more Stories of Service and Intern Adventures here.  

Stories of Service- May 15, 2019

I knew I was in the right place when our biologist, wearing his Ghost Buster looking electro-shocking backpack, gave confused onlookers a confident nod as we were on our way to sample some urban streams.  I sang to myself “When there’s something fishy, in the neighborhood.  Who are you gunna call? A biologist”!  Just another day at the “office”!

Hókahé (welcome)!  My name is Amber Left-Hand-Bull and I am a Bureau of Indian Affairs AmeriCorps serving with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Lacey, WA. I am mostly Lakota Sioux but I grew up native to the Pacific Northwest.  My life’s journey started when I was young as I always had my ear to the ground, feet in the river, or hands on a branch.  Being outside isn’t just an option for me, but a need.  Every trip I had outside camping, hiking, whatever it was, I just wanted to know more. This connection with nature lead to my involvement in many environmental programs growing up that expanded my experience in getting out in various terrestrial and aquatic settings.  That time getting out taught me that it is not just one species that matters the most but also a balanced ecosystem.

Photo:  A Nisqually River Chinook salmon! 

My passion for environmental sciences coincided with me throughout my life, but my educational stride didn’t take place until I had settled down in WA and finished my Bachelor of Science of Environmental Sciences at Evergreen State College.  I wanted to show my children the importance of restoring and preserving what we can in this world by making it a full time career.  My husband and my two boys (5 and 8 years old) all take part in giving back to our planet in any way they can from all the things I have taught them.  I started off being a steward at a young age which helped create a strong initiative to turn my everyday home life to a greener one.  Starting with recycling correctly, using eco-friendly cleaning products, and conserving energy in the house as much as possible.

Photo: Salmon spawning and carcass sampling on the Nisqually River.

Over the course of my education and internships I have performed a variety of field investigations involving ecological and biological assessments. At Evergreen State College I applied hydrology, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in ArcMaps, and ecological economics, all in watershed management. Learning these values together provided me better understanding in how economics needs to work with environmental resources as well as cultural values in management and policies. The majority of my work focused on salmon and trout species, including Endangered Species Act listed species, in the Nisqually Watershed while working with the Nisqually Indian Tribe’s Department of Natural Resources. I supported studies, fish supplementation, and habitat restoration through the tribe’s Salmon Harvest Fishery Program, Salmon Enhancement Program, and Salmon Recovery Program.  I also conducted crustacean surveys in the Shellfish Management Program and water quality testing with the Nisqually River Foundation.  Solutions are found by having our biggest hands at work, but prevention from further decay can only done be by co-existing our urban life style with a greener existence.  

Each week the Brooklyn Museum Summer Interns and Fellows participate in full-day educational programs that explore the roles of museums through on-site visits and field trips to other institutions around the city. Look out for our weekly posts where we’ll share what we’re doing and learning in the program.

Week Two: A lot of emphasis is placed on the front end of museums but what about the happenings that go on behind the walls? On the second floor, past the Arts of Korea introductory wall text, through the double doors, into a really cold holding space for casings with coded entry, and through another set of double doors lies the Brooklyn Museum’s Libraries and Archives. We had the privilege of meeting Molly Seegers, the Brooklyn Museum Archivist. Since she’s the sole archivist, she’s extremely busy, so this was a huge deal for us.

Molly shared the Brooklyn Museum’s roots which extend back to 1823! Its narrative begins in a pub where the founder, Augustus Graham, voiced the need for a library. Some years later, what was initially known as the Brooklyn Apprentices’ Library developed into the Brooklyn Museum that we all know and love. She also shared records of the Brooklyn Museum Community Gallery and shed light on the Brooklyn Museum Art School. This resonated with me considering that a couple of the artists featured in the exhibition that I’m working on, Soul of Nation, were educated at the BKM Art School. Following that, we got a peak at some of the 7th grade writings of poet Walt Whitman who was fortunate enough to study in the Brooklyn Apprentices’ Library.

The in-house excursion to the archives and library was extremely insightful especially because it helped inform all of our museum practices. The visit also helped us answer our running question, “What role do archives play within museum settings?” I didn’t know how much work went into archives. I found that the visit to the archives gave me a glimpse of the not so pretty, but equally interesting work of archivists. They’re scholars, detectives, and unsung heroes of museum settings whose tireless work enables our cultural institutions to preserve and present the complexities of history.