In memory of Chancellor Chang-Lin Tien, a key founder of 80-20 and the first Asian American. to become the president of a major university (The University of California, Berkeley), 80-20 will sponsor up to 3 student interns in 2003. The stipend is $1000 per month from June 1 to August 31,2003. Only the best and the brightest who are prepared to work long and hard for public service need apply. The Memorial Fund was started by classmates of Chang-Lin Tien, the Mechanical Engineering Class of 1955, National Taiwan University. 80- 20 is proud to sponsor this Memorial Fund, not so much because of Tien's high academic achievement but rather his legacy in fighting for justice and equal opportunity for all Americans. When he was a young college student in Kentucky, he protested discrimination against blacks on city buses by walking to school for a year. Unlike some successful Asian Americans who shy away from our community, Tien was a pillar of strength for our community. He was not concerned about protecting his own feathers. He cared about doing the right thing for the Asian American community and the nation.
The Interns will be trained intensively for 2 weeks and then let go to recruit dues-paying members for 80-20 under semi-weekly supervision. The expectation is for each Intern to recruit sufficient members whose dues will equal to an intern's stipend. In this manner, the Memorial fund will be self perpetuating, thereby providing a last memory of Chancellor Tien. At the same time, the program will provide our youths with the real world experience of the joy and frustration of organizing the Asian American community. To apply visit http://www.80-20initiative.net/intern.html