[mgj-discuss] fellowship

[gwen bradley]

This crossed my desk & I thought some here might be
interested. I don't know any more about it than what
it says.

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Alston/Bannerman Fellowships Provide Sabbaticals to
       Organizers of Color

Deadline: December 1, 2004

The Alston/Bannerman Fellowships
(http://alstonbannerman.org/ )
are annually awarded to ten organizers of color who
have devoted their lives to helping their communities
organize for racial, social, economic, and
environmental justice.

Fellows receive $15,000 to take sabbaticals of three
months or more for reflection and renewal. Fellows may
use their sabbaticals in whatever way they think will
best re-energize them for future work.

To qualify for a fellowship, applicants must be a
person of color; have more than ten years of community
organizing experience; be committed to continuing to
work for social change; and live in the United States
or its territories. While most fellows have been paid
organizers, an applicant's work can be as a volunteer
organizer or leader, or involve a mix of paid and
unpaid work.

Beyond the basic eligibility criteria, the program
seeks applicants whose work attacks root causes of
injustice by organizing those affected to take
collective action; challenges the systems that
perpetrate injustice and effects institutional change;
builds their community's capacity for
self-determination and develops grassroots
leadership; acknowledges the cultural values of the
community; creates accountable participatory
structures
in which community members have decision-making power;
and contributes to building a movement for social
change by making connections between issues,
developing alliances with other constituencies, and
collaborating   with other organizations.

For complete program information and application
procedures, see the Alston/Bannerman Fellowship Web
site.

RFP Link: http://bannermanfellowship.org/

For additional RFPs in Civil and Human Rights, visit:
http://fdncenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_civil_rights.jhtml





		
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