Alston Bannerman Fellowship Program
Shelly
Activists of Color
April 13, 2010 DEADLINE:
Part of the Center for Social Inclusion (http://
www.centerforsocialinclusion.org ) , the Alston Bannerman Fellowship
Program supports long-time activists of color by giving them the
resources to take time out for reflection and renewal. Fellows
receive a $25,000 award to take sabbaticals of three months or more.
To be eligible, an applicant must be a person of color, have more than
ten years of community organizing experience, be committed to
continuing social change work in communities of color, and live in the
United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, or U.S. Virgin
Islands. Both paid and unpaid leaders are eligible to apply. Beyond
the basic eligibility criteria, the program seeks applicants whose
work attacks root causes of inequity by organizing those affected to
take strategic collective action, challenges the systems that
perpetrate injustice and effect institutional and structural change,
builds community capacity for democratic participation 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. Visit the Alston Bannerman
Fellowship Web site for complete program information.