Student

KAREEM MAJEED

909-***-**** adhk74@r.postjobfree.com

EXPERIENCE

UCLA Student Media - The Daily Bruin Los Angeles, CA News Intern ` October 2020 – present

• Attend weekly staff meetings, collaborate with news team, and pitch articles.

• Edit and write news articles using Associated Press style to meet the paper's journalistic standards. SAC Media Walnut, CA

Contributor September 2019 – June 2020

• Draft, write, and edit local news for Mt. SAC Student Media, powered by the Washington Post.

• Cover campus events which are not conventionally covered by local news organizations.

• Edit opinion articles relating to current events to provide alternative student perspectives in student media. U.S. House of Representatives (CA-39) Washington, DC Legislative Intern June 2019 – August 2019

• Responsible for handing legislative portfolio for the following issues: Foreign Affairs (MENA region), Defense, Civil Rights, and Veterans Affairs.

• Researched policy issues and prepared co-sponsor recommendations involving House Resolutions on environmental conservation efforts, public education equality, Southern Border immigration crisis, and others.

• Answered constituent calls, logged messages for staff, and gave tours of the Capitol building.

• Drafted responses to bill legislation, co-sponsorship forms, and daily briefing memos for legislative team.

• Attended briefings for legislative staffers for issues such as transportation, defense, and spending. Muslim Public Service Network Washington, DC

Fellow June 2019 – August 2020

• Engaged in faith-based community building exercises and discussions with past alumni and a group of speakers.

• Networked with accomplished Muslim professionals in public service across a variety of disciplines.

• Attended seminars with past alumni to learn from the experiences of current Muslim-American policy practitioners.

Cisneros for Congress Brea, CA

Campaign Intern July 2018 – November 2018

• Engaged in faith-based community building exercises and discussions

• Outreached, canvassed, and phone banked during promotion events to potential voters.

• Staffed local community events to share campaign talking information and voting information.

• Worked with and trained local volunteers to ensure adequate community outreach. EDUCATION

University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA B.A. Communication Studies, B.A. International Development Studies 2020 - 2023 (expected) Mount San Antonio College Walnut, CA

Transfer Student 2019 – 2020

Honors Program, President’s List, Student Media

Walnut High School Walnut, CA

2015-2019

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