Support Cal in the Capital's Summer 2027 Interns!

On behalf of the UC Berkeley Public Service Center and the Cal in the Capital Program, the 2026-2027 CITC Student Directors would like to extend our deepest gratitude for supporting our October Crowdfunding efforts! Because of your generosity, we raised $9,211, which will help many students in our new cohort pursue public service with less financial burden.

This couldn’t be done without the help of our incredible network of friends, family, and alumni; our campaign was supported by 35 individual donors from all over the world!

Your contribution will go towards alleviating the cost of housing for dozens of students who demonstrate financial need. As our students look to begin their careers in public service by navigating the increasingly competitive environment in DC next summer, we are grateful that we can alleviate the financial burden of increasingly expensive housing costs. 

All perks will be disbursed through email by the end of November. Please check your email for more updates soon!

Thank you for your continued support of our Cal in the Capital interns! 

Warmly,

Eddie, Clara, Breanna, Ana

Cal in the Capital Student Directors ‘26 - ‘27

UC Berkeley Public Service Center

With only 48 hours left for our Fall 2026 Crowdfunding campaign, we are immensely grateful for your support! We have already reached 76% of our fundraising goal! Thank you so much to everyone for donating and spreading the word. Cal in the Capital is only 2 days away from the end of our October Crowdfunding campaign, where we are looking to reach $12,000. We are trying to raise $3,000 in the next two days. Can you help us reach that goal?

Housing at the UC Washington Center for ten weeks is approximately $4,000. Your support in these last two days would allow us to support more students and increase the financial aid available. If we reach our fundraising goals, CITC would be able to provide some type of financial assistance to half of our entire cohort.

Here is another testimony from our summer 2026 cohort on how they benefited from your generosity! 

“Because of CITC, I was able to spend the summer learning about labor rights and got to experience being in DC for the SCOTUS decisions. I grew so much as an advocate, and I got to create work that went out to thousands of Latinx workers on the national level. 

Without the CITC stipend and scholarship, I wouldn't have been able to live in the UCDC center, which is in such a great location! Thank you so much for this awesome experience! This past summer was incredibly formative in my career, and now I know that I want to go back to DC postgrad!!!”

-- Keyla Amador. CITC Summer 2026 participant, Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA) Intern

We would like to extend our gratitude to everyone who has already contributed during this campaign; if you are unable to give, we kindly ask for your help in sharing our Crowdfunding page. As always, we sincerely appreciate your continued support of Cal in the Capital.

Use this link to donate and share our crowdfunding campaign! Please feel free to share our crowdfunding campaign and follow Cal in the Capital on Instagram and LinkedIn!

With only 4 days left for our Fall 2026 Crowdfunding campaign, we are immensely grateful for your support! We have already reached 69% of our fundraising goal! Thank you so much to everyone for your continued support and for spreading the word.

Cal in the Capital is only a few days away from the end of our October Crowdfunding campaign, where we are looking to reach $12,000. Can you help us reach 100% by midnight on October 31st?

We wanted to share testimonies from our summer 2026 cohort on how they benefited from your continued commitment to making CITC accessible! 

“As a first-generation and low-income student who is financially independent from her family's economic support, I do not have the privilege of having something to fall back on financially. CITC funding that helped cover my housing gave me greater peace of mind to put my best foot forward in shaping my career rather than pouring energy into thinking about how I would be able to survive in a new city that would originally be out of my budget and not be possible for me.

Without the CITC stipend/scholarships, I might not have been able to apply to internships and opportunities I genuinely was passionate about out of concerns about being able to afford basic necessities.”

-- Victoria Hernandez Padilla. CITC Summer 2026 participant, Boys and Girls Club of America External Relations Intern

Please like, comment, and repost our crowdfunding posts on Instagram and LinkedIn! Use this link to spread the word!

As always, we sincerely appreciate your continued support of Cal in the Capital, and we look forward to sending out more updates about our new cohort!

Hello! With less than a week left in the fall 2026 crowdfunding, we are immensely grateful for your support! Thanks to your support so far, we've reached 42% of our fundraising goal! We just concluded interviews for our next cohort, and we are excited to invite everyone to our welcome event in November. 

We hope to meet half of our crowdfunding goal leading up to the deadline. If possible, please spread the word to your networks on Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and other platforms to continue supporting the future of Cal students in DC. Your funds help support students in covering the cost of housing, food, travel, transit, and other expenses to ensure students can make the most of their time in DC. Check out our Summer 2026 blog to hear student testimonies on the impact CITC has had on them!

Please like, comment, and repost our crowdfunding posts on Instagram and LinkedIn! Use this link to spread the word!

As always, we sincerely appreciate your continued support of Cal in the Capital, and we look forward to sending out more updates about our new cohort!

Warmly,

Eddie, Clara, Breanna, Ana

Cal in the Capital Student Directors ‘26 - ‘27

UC Berkeley Public Service Center