International Internship Program
Mitshubishi Internship Program USA
Established in 1991 with an initial endowment of 15 million US dollars, the Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation (MEAF) issues grants and implements a variety of programs throughout the United States that seek to use information technology to improve the lives of young Americans with physical or mental disabilities. MEAF’s vision is to empower youth with disabilities to lead productive lives, and the foundation supports a number of initiatives to promote inclusion and full participation in society. These initiatives include support for professional internships that open doors to new opportunities and more fulfilling lives. MEAF also makes cash and material donations to victims of natural disasters, such as Hurricane Katrina, which devastated the Gulf Coast region of the US in 2005.Disability Mentoring & Internships (USA)
A young man with a disability learns vocational skills from an employee at Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc.
At Mitsubishi Electric locations around the United States, employee volunteers are giving their time and talents to provide vocational learning opportunities for youth with disabilities. This volunteer effort is part of the new vision of the Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation to empower youth with disabilities to lead productive lives.
MEAF has recently provided a grant to the America Association of People with Disabilities to expand their popular Disability Mentoring Day program into a Pipelines of Talent Initiative. The initiative will provide opportunities for young people with disabilities to progress from mentoring and job shadowing activities, to internships and ultimately jobs.
Since 2007, Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc. in Vernon Hills, IL. has been hosting students with disabilities for an annual Disability Mentoring Day. Last year the company hosted their first intern with a disability. Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics USA, Inc. in Cypress, CA. has been hosting a summer internship for a young person with a disability since 2007, and one person has since been hired by the company. Other locations have also started hosting their own Disability Mentoring Day and internship programs.
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Girl Scouts learn about inclusion in Washington, DC
As part of its national inclusion initiative to educate youth-serving organizations about how to fully include youth with disabilities in their program, the Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation supports the Girl Scouts of the USA and its Include All Girls Initiative.
In the spring of 2011, 250 Girl Scouts and leaders from across the United States, participated in a National Keys to Leadership Conference at American University in Washington, DC to learn about promising practices in inclusion. These leaders will bring these ideas back to their home councils so young people with disabilities can more fully included in Girl Scouting.
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Congressional Internship Program (USA)
2011 marked the 10th anniversary of the American Association of People with Disabilities Congressional Internship Program supported by the Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation. The program places college students with disabilities in internships in Congressional offices each summer so the students can gain practical career experience working on public policy issues. The program also helps raise awareness of the fact that when given the opportunity people with disabilities are able to be employed and contribute to society.
This signature program has seen alumni go on to graduate school, and work in a variety of settings in the governmental and private sectors. For example, one alumnus worked as a legislative correspondent for Senator Brownback, and another is executive director of a nonprofit organization and was recently appointed to the National Council on
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