WASHINGTON- The Institute for Responsible Citizenship has selected Tougaloo’s Jarvis
McInnis as one of twenty-four young men to participate in its summer leadership program in
Washington, DC. He was chosen from hundreds of applicants from universities all over the
country to be part of the sixth class of the Institute.
Jarvis C. McInnis is an English major at Tougaloo College. Jarvis is an inductee to both the
Sigma Tao Delta and Alpha Lambda Delta honor societies, and serves as president for the latter.
He has also served as freshman class president at Tougaloo. In 2006, the Boys and Girls Clubs
of America honored Jarvis as the Youth of the Year, a recognition that enabled him to represent
the organization, which serves more than 4 million children. Jarvis aspires to be a college
professor, and later a U.S. Senator.
The Institute for Responsible Citizenship admits twenty-four exceptional minority male students
each year for its two-summer program at Georgetown University. During the first summer,
students take courses on campus while interning in the DC Metro area. A generous stipend is
provided to cover the cost of transportation and food . During the second summer, students work
full-time and act as mentors to the twenty-four newly admitted young men. Students live on
campus in university housing provided by the Institute during the program. When not at work or
in class, students are treated to intimate meetings with high-level government officials, which in
past years have included Supreme Court Justices, the Secretary of State, U.S. Senators, U.S.
Congressmen, and business leaders.
For more information on the Institute for Responsible Citizenship visit
http://www.i4rc.org. Details about the other twenty-three young men selected for this year’s Institute can be found at
http://www.i4rc.org/scholars/dc_2009.htm. # # #
Posted By: Kenyana Madison
Wednesday, July 23rd 2008 at 10:23AM
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