HACER Road Trip to Hispanic Conference!

Road Trip!!!!!!! HACER is going to Austin! One of HACER's goals is to promote dialogue regarding Latino issues within the organization. We also are looking for ways to interact with other top Latinos from accross the U.S. and exchange our ideas. With this in mind, HACER will attend the Latino Leadership Conferene at UT Austin. We will be leaving around 10am on Friday, Oct. 22 and return around 4pm on Sunday, Oct. 23. As of right now, HACER will pay for transportation and hotel accomodations. If interested, you will only pay $20 plus your lunch meals for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Please let me know if you would like to attend this conference asap. I need to know who is interested by 12 Noon on Thursday, Oct. 7th the latest! I will be available to talk more about this at the Oct. 6th meeting. In the mean time, e-mail me (vmc@rice.edu) if you are interested or have any questions. Here's the website:website

2005 MORENO/RANGEL LEGISLATIVE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM The Mexican American Legislative Leadership Foundation is pleased to announce that Applications are being accepted for the 2005 MORENO/RANGEL LEGISLATIVE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM. The Foundation, established by the Mexican American Legislative Caucus is a non-profit, non-partisan 501(c) (3) corporation committed to fostering the development of leadership skills among Latino youth. The program is named after the longest serving Hispanic member of the Texas House of Representatives, Paul C. Moreno, and the first Mexican-American woman to serve in the Texas Legislature, the late Irma Rangel. It provides a unique opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students from across the state of Texas to gain first-hand experience working in the Texas House of Representatives during the 79th Legislative Session. Selected students will be placed with one of the 40 Mexican American Legislative Caucus members and serve as full-time policy interns undergraduate students) or fellows (graduate students). These students will work alongside experienced legislative staff and participate in seminars designed to enhance their understanding of the legislative process through interaction with various other interns and fellows, elected officials and state agency representatives. Each participant will receive a $2,000 monthly stipend to assist with living expenses. The program begins the first day of the session, January 11, 2005, and ends the last day of the session on May 30, 2005. Interns and fellows will be required to work full time in Austin, Texas, for the entire duration of the Legislative Session. Attached with this e-mail you will find a notice and application for the program. We would greatly appreciate your help in posting the notice in a highly visible place for students and distributing this information among faculty, staff and student organizations. You can also visit http://www.mallfoundation.org to download applications. The deadline for submitting completed applications is October 15, 2004. The more students we can get to apply the better. We look forward to receiving applications from some of the students you work with and providing this great opportunity to a new generation of Latino leaders. Sincerely, Ben Gallego Program Coordinator

Texas Legislative Internship Program (TLIP) Spring 2005 Semester Click on the links below to find application materials for the Texas Legislative Internship Program (TLIP) Spring 2005 Semester.The program was founded 1990 to give undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to obtain hands-on legislative experience in state and local government. Over 200 students have completed this program, many of whom continue to be key players in public policy-making at the local, state, and federal levels. This year's application deadline is October 29th, and the coordinator would like to see lots of activity from Rice. TLIP Recruitment Letter TLIP brochure TLIP application