Pros
Caring and easy to work with supervisors/managers. Chance to have published 21 articles. I did get the opportunity to write the Education for All Act Advocacy letter to be used by The Borgen Project and it's volunteers, so that was a plus. You feel like you're making a difference in writing your articles to inform the public about global poverty misconceptions. I learned a lot researching content for my articles. Management is understanding if you need to omit a week if you have other things going on. You become more politically involved in the lobbying and advocacy of global poverty reducing legislation with your congressional representative which are very valuable skills.
Cons
Unpaid. High expectations in fundraising a mandatory minimum of $500 or your internship is marked incomplete, 25 hours of internship must go towards fundraising efforts. Felt disconnected from Seattle HQ since internship was telecommute, even more so now that there is no more monthly call ins to learn about the state of the union each month for the Borgen Project. Editing your articles takes forever, I am on Week 8 and I have only had one article published. The others are in very early stages of the editorial process. Some of the week's tasks can be very mundane and can cost you money (I.e. postage in sending fundraising letters to HQ and letters to congressional representatives). No paid jobs to work towards and hardly any incentive. I was very enthusiastic to start but now I am ready for it to end. As my internship went on I felt that they only care about the money you can raise and that they'd just hire anyone. I don't think it's as competitive of an internship as they make it out to be. No one in my family or any my friends new about The Borgen Project and I feel like most employers will be to same way in seeing an internship OK my resume they know nothing about.