A Fellowship to Pursue a Noble Purpose

By On December 22, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Fellowships, Non-profit, Public Service, Rwanda

The Intercollegiate Studies Institute, Inc. (ISI) established the William E. Simon Fellowship for Noble Purpose to support graduating college seniors who are committed to engaging directly in the civic life of their community, such as contributing to the development of new jobs and opportunities for others. The Simon Fellowship program provides unrestricted grant awards in the amounts of $40,000, $20,000 and $10,000 to those graduating college seniors who have demonstrated passion, dedication, a high capacity for self-direction, and originality in pursuit of a goal that will strengthen civil society.

Past Simon Fellowship winner, Evan Hewitt, a graduate of the Templeton Honors College at Eastern University, proposed to found the first public library of Rwanda, the Gahini Library.  English language books are an urgent need for the entire nation of Rwanda after the national secondary language officially changed from French to English in 2008. Teachers were required to teach in a language they didn’t know and are struggling as much as young students. The Gahini Library is helping to serve a community of over 2,000 students in a building donated by the Anglican Gahini diocese.

“[Rwandans] need books and we have books,” says Hewitt. With the library, his aim is “to take all the books that people are just throwing away or ignoring in the US and put them in a place where they’re going to be precious resources.” Read more.

Are you a graduating senior with a noble idea like Ewan? The next deadline for the William E. Simon Fellowship for Noble Purpose is January 17, 2012.

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Baby Boomer Fellowships Brings Wealth of Skills to Non-profits

By On November 23, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Fellowships, Non-profit, United States

The Encore Fellows Program has a unique mission that’s sure to make a lasting impact on our society.  The fellowship program matches baby boomers transitioning from successful business careers with non-profits.  The fellowship brings a new type of talent to non-profits while also offering a renewed sense of purpose for retirees.

Encore Fellows are carefully screened for flexibility, commitment and willingness to adapt and learn and are matched with non-profits to ensure cultural fit.  Non-profits are also vetted to ensure readiness to accept and use matched talent.

The Encore Fellowships Network is an ever expanding network of organizations and non-profits interested in transitioning and hosting retirees.  Currently the Civic Ventures’ Encore Fellowship Program offers Encore Fellowships in Arizona, California, New Mexico, New York, Washington D.C. and Oregon.

Encore Fellowships are typically 6 and 12 month opportunities.  Encore Fellows can participant either full-time or part-time, receive a generous stipend, and commit to a minimum of 1,000 hours of work.  To learn more about the Encore Fellows Program and Encore Fellowships please visit: http://www.encore.org/fellowships.

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New Tides Fellowship for Non-Profit Leaders

By On November 9, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Fellowships, Non-profit, Philanthropy, Public Policy, Public Service, Social Entrepreneurship

There is a new Tides Fellows program is a new social entrepreneurship fellowship at Tides focused on research-based approaches to increasing innovation and capacity in non-profit organizations and philanthropy.  Tides is a values-based, social change platform that leverages individual and institutional leadership and investment to positively impact local and global communities.

This year three Tides Fellows will each pursue a unique set of projects to support a broad progressive agenda. Anthony Jewett, Co-founder of the National Center for Global Engagement, will focus on helping Tides explore crowd-funding in the social sector, particularly for racial justice work. Gara LaMarche, former President and Chief Executive Officer of The Atlantic Philanthropies, will document his experience in various social movements toward his work examining the role of morality in philanthropy. Sonal Shah, former Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of the first White House Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation, will focus her initial research on impact investing and developing tools for the philanthropic sector to better partner with the public and private sectors on critical social and economic issues. Read more about these Fellows!

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Be a Part of the First Class of UNICEF Global Citizenship Fellows

By On November 4, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Fellowships, Human Services, International Develoment, Non-profit, Public Policy, Public Service, Social Work

The U.S. Fund for UNICEF announces a call for applications for 
the first class of UNICEF Global 
Citizenship Fellows, an unprecedented new fellowship program that will unite and
 empower American youth and volunteers in service on behalf of
 UNICEF.

The Fund will deploy eight Global Citizenship Fellows throughout
 the U.S. to serve as grassroots spokespersons for children and bring
 together networks of faith-based communities, schools, universities,
 volunteers, advocates, elected leaders and other Americans to unite 
in service of children around the world.

The Global Citizenship Fund was inspired by the U.S. Fund for
 UNICEF’s commitment to create a U.S.-based social movement in support of 
UNICEF’s work for the world’s children.  Through U.S. Fund signature initiatives, like Trick-or-Treat for
 UNICEF and the UNICEF Tap Project, the Fellows will establish UNICEF’s
 domestic imprint and work to exemplify the concepts of “global citizen”
and  “community mobilizer.”

In January 2012, the eight Fellows will take on their unique
 roles as catalysts for positive change and will begin to affect
transformational change for children around the world. The fellowship is
 a highly-competitive, full- time, 13 month program that prepares 
diverse, committed, and globally-minded individuals for effective 
leadership in public service.

The U.S. Fund for UNICEF is currently recruiting the most
 outstanding recent college or graduate school graduates from across the 
nation to make up the first class of Global Citizenship Fellows, who 
will be placed in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles,
 New York City, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C.

Interested applicants are invited to apply online at http://www.unicefusa.org/about/jobs/. 

Under Current Vacanies, please select Fellowship as the Employment Type and apply for the city of your choice.

Applications are being accepted until Friday,
November 11, 2011. Get your application in now!

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New U.S. State Department Fellowship for Young Leaders from Abroad

By On August 13, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Fellowships, International Affairs, International Develoment, Non-profit, Peace & Security, Philanthropy, Public Service, Social Entrepreneurship, Women's Studies

The U.S. State Department just launched a new fellowship program for young leaders from abroad, aged 25-38, to spend 4 months in the U.S. working at community-based organizations and government agencies. The goal of the Community Solutions Program fellowship is to help these young leaders gain experience and new skills they can use in their own countries.

One of the incoming Fellows, Thomas Julo Barlue of Liberia, will be working at Peace First, an organization in New York City founded as a response to the sky-rocketing youth homicide rates in the early 1990s. Thomas writes:

“During my stay in New York, I will be focusing on critical conflict resolution skills and how to develop projects that improve communities and instill a sense of civic engagement, in schools and among young people.” Read more.

66 young leaders from 21 countries will come the U.S. on August 16 for an orientation in Washington, DC. In addition to spending 4 months at a community-based organization, the Fellows take part weekly in an online leadership institute. The Fellows work in the fields of transparency and accountability, tolerance and conflict resolution, environmental issues and women’s issues. Read the full article here.

 

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