TWC interns from Kentucky met with Rep. Ben Chandler in the Congressman’s office in the Longworth House Office Building in Washington, D.C. The students who attend Morehead State University, Easter Kentucky University and St. Louis University, spoke with the Congressman about policy issues concerning:

TWC Interns from Missouri met with Senator Claire McCaskill at her Constituent Coffee Hour in her office in the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C. The students, who attend Truman State University and Washington College, spoke with the Senator about policy issues concerning:

TWC Interns from Montana and Washington met with Senator Maria Cantwell at her Constituent Coffee Hour in her office in the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C. The students, who attend Montana State University-Bozeman and University of Washington-Seattle, spoke with the Senator about policy issues concerning:

TWC Interns from Michigan met with Senator Debbie Stabenow at her Constituent Coffee Hour in her office in the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C. The students who attend Michigan State University, Grand Valley State University and University of Michigan-Ann Arbor spoke with the Senator about policy issues concerning:

Tara Sonenshine, Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, spoke to the International Affairs Program on Monday, July 16th in the Dean Acheson Auditorium at the Department of State. She discussed the importance of making people to people connections between the United States and other countries when holding a position in the field of diplomacy, as well as the role of social media in the Arab Spring revolutions in the Middle East and North Africa.

Becky Lee, a D.C. lawyer and the founder of a domestic violence nonprofit called Becky's Fund, spoke to the Law and Criminal Justice (LCJ) program about the fight against domestic violence. Ms. Lee became interested in domestic violence after sitting in a college lecture taught by a criminal attorney who specialized in the acquittal of battered women imprisoned for killing their abusers in self defense.

As part of the Public Policy Dialogues on Capitol Hill (PPDCH) component of the TWC internship program, Canadian students attended an exclusive panel at the Canadian Embassy. Traditionally, PPDCH programming is reserved for students in the U.S. to visit with their senators or representatives. Since this opportunity isn't available to international students, TWC scheduled a special visit for Canadian students at the Embassy of Canada.

47 students traveled to Richmond, Virginia to support veterans competing in the 32nd National Veterans Wheelchair Games. They are all participating in the Veterans Civic Engagement Project, led by Ann Reynolds.

Supporting Veterans at Wheelchair Games

Over 600 paralyzed veterans came from all over the country to compete in 17 different games including:

The Homelessness Civic Engagement Project welcomed the National Coalition for the Homeless (NCH) to TWC's Residential Academic Facility on July 9th. NCH discussed attacks on the homeless throughout the United States and encouraged students to support H.R. 3528, also known as the Hate Crimes Statistics Act, which would include attacks against the homeless as a hate crime.

TWC hosted their second SMLS of the summer semester with Brian Lamb, the founder, chairman and CEO of C-SPAN. Traditionally, students have been known to ask questions during these sessions but during the July 9th SMLS, the tables were turned when Mr. Lamb interviewed TWC students on topics such as: