***This application will take about 15-20 mins to complete***

Overview:

The Ella Baker Young Adult Fellowship is inspired by the fearless leader Ella Baker, a firm believer in the training and development of those most affected by oppression to impact systemic change in their communities. The City School has always committed to youth (primarily teenagers) to address the major gaps in social justice training and education. In the EB Fellowship, we will do this by supporting the next generation of young adult leaders.

The  Ella Baker Young Adult fellowship seeks to develop young adult youth workers, facilitators and organizers in becoming effective organizational leaders and staff, in order to strengthen movement building and movement infrastructure. We will ground the program in the principles of organizing, mental health and collective care, transformative justice and popular education around racial, economic, gender, queer and disability justice.

Qualifications:
- The Fellowship is intended for those who identify as Black, Indigenous and/or a person of color.
- The Fellowship is intended for young adults between the ages of 18-25 who have experience in youth or grassroots organizing work.
- The Fellowship is intended to support young adults who are actively involved in youth work, community organizing, collective care and mutual aid work currently OR who have been disconnected from youth and community work and are looking to reconnect.
- Must be able to attend all the sessions below, and participate and engage with in coaching, 1:1s with peers in the program, supplementary readings, etc, from October through mid-May

Time Commitment & Compensation:

- The fellowship is a two year commitment  taking place October 2024-May 2026, with a time commitment of 10-12 hours per month year one and 15-20 hours per month year two. The fellowship will pause both years during the months of June-September. We will strongly encourage Fellows to apply to be staff in The City School’s Summer Leadership Program for the summers of the Fellowship.

- Each fellow will be expected to attend a 3-hour evening session on Tuesday afternoons/early evenings twice per month (for a three hour block sometime between 3 and 8 p.m.; we will solidify the timing of the sessions with the cohort)

- Each fellow will be awarded a stipend of $5000 for the duration of the program. $2500 and per year. 

Please feel free to reach out to Tara Venkatraman (tara@thecityschool.org) or Amatullah Sip (amatullah@thecityschool.org ) with any questions.