FOR-USA Walter Wink & June Keeler Wink Fellowship 2023-2024 Application

“Evil can be opposed without being mirrored.

Oppressors can be resisted without being emulated.” – Walter Wink

Fellowship Period: May 2024 – May 2025

Fellowship Award: $25,000

Fellowship Candidates: The Wink Fellowship is awarded to a divinity, rabbinical, ijazah, monastic or other faith-based or spiritual training program student, emerging faith leader, activist, or community organizer.

Walter Wink was an author, pastor, biblical scholar, peacemaker, and risk-taker with an abiding commitment to what he called the “Third Way” – the way of active nonviolent resistance to oppressive powers. June Keener Wink is a dancer and artist whose work helps people to connect with their full humanity in the struggle for justice.

Applicant Information

Essay

Tell us about yourself. Share your work and vision by responding to the following questions. Feel free to use stories, statistics, publications, links, or attachments to complement your response.

• Describe your understanding of and commitment to nonviolence, justice, peace, and the spirit of love and reconciliation. What change are you seeking to create?
• What skills, experiences, and attributes (personal, professional, academic, etc.), would make you a good fit for this fellowship opportunity?
• How could you see this fellowship opportunity fitting into your personal or professional trajectory or future?
• If you have received any awards, prizes, fellowships, or scholarships, share them with us.
• Are you familiar with Walter Wink’s work and if so, what experiences do you have with it?
• What about Walter’s work speaks to or inspires you and/or what aspects of his work are you the most interested in exploring?

References

List the names, affiliations, and contact information of three (3) people — ideally, faith and/or peace and justice leaders, current/former supervisors, close colleagues, or people familiar with your work. Applicants selected as finalists will be asked to supplement their applications by providing letters from two of the three people named.