The Pride Fund To End Gun Violence’s Orlando Reception, held at The Abbey on March 14, was not only an event to kick off the Political Action Committee’s 2018 election efforts, but also to officially launch the Billy Manes Advocacy Fellowship.
“Billy was on our board and he had such a history of activism and advocacy when he passed away, in his honor we created Billy Manes Advocacy Fellowship,” says Pride Fund founder and executive director Jason Lindsay. “D.C. is where a lot of people love to go for their internships, which is great because they can gain valuable work experience there, but it’s expensive. Now most internships are unpaid, so we created a fellowship program with the specific goal of helping with that financial burden.”
Recipients of the Billy Manes Advocacy Fellowship will receive paid travel and live-in expenses, a pay stipend and have a paid internship at Pride Fund for each semester in Billy’s name.
“This will help to bring a disadvantaged youth the opportunity in D.C. to be a fellow with us and be exposed to an advocacy platform and learn how to do all the passionate things that Billy did,” Lindsay says.
Students who are passionate about activism and interested in an internship can send a cover letter and resume to Jobs@PrideFund.org.
