PolitiCorps: Shaping Leaders for the Politics of Tomorrow

Published: Feb. 25, 2008, 5:05 p.m.

b'This Idealist.org Public Service Careers interview is with Caitlyn Baggott and Emily Kintzer of the Bus Project and its political boot camp, PolitiCorps. The Bus Project has worked since 2001 to mobilize thousands of volunteers and activists around OR, to register new voters, engage new leaders, and inspire grassroots civic action. Its program PolitiCorps is a 10-week intensive bootcamp that brings 24 young people from around the United States for skills training, public policy intensives, and leadership practice. Caitlynn Baggot is a co-founder of the Bus Project and today runs Politicorps. She also designed the Bus. Emily Kintzer was a 2006 PolitiCorps fellow and is now on staff with the Bus Project as PolitiCorps\'s Recruitment Director. Applications for PolitiCorps are due March 3 and June 6.\\n
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\\nIdealist.org\'s Amy Potthast talks with Caitlyn and Emily about the Bus Project, PolitiCorps, and careers in political campaigning. \\n
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