Career World Magazine: Making a Difference Careers in Politics

By T.J. Wallis

Do you get an adrenaline rush when you consider:

• Images of young people at the World Trade Organization meetings in Seattle, Washington, protesting the trade of products made by child labor?

• Hundreds of people vowing to block the return to Cuba of a 6-yearold boy named Elian Gonzalez?

• Protesters attempting to block Makah Indians from resuming whaling off the coast of Washington for the first time after more than 70 years?

What issues do you get involved in? Perhaps you’d like to see more funding for AIDS research, or you feel strongly about environmental issues. Maybe you have views on gun reform or affirmative action. Whether your opinions are liberal, conservative, a little of both, or neither, a career in politics offers you the opportunity to make a difference in your community.

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October 1, 2000 | Filed Under Consultant, News Mentions | Comment