Social Change Organizers of Color Invited to Apply for Alston/Bannerman Fellowship

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Social Change Organizers of Color Invited to Apply
for The Alston/Bannerman Fellowship

Deadline: December 1, 2005

The Alston/Bannerman Fellowship Program is committed to advancing
progressive social change by helping to sustain long-time activists of
color. The program is designed to give these activists the financial
support and freedom to "take a break and recharge."

Each year, ten organizers of color working for social change on a
broad range of issues are awarded the Alston/Bannerman Fellowship.
Fellows receive $15,000 to take sabbaticals of three months or
more. Previous fellows have worked on issues from environmental
justice to fair wages, from immigrant rights to native sovereignty,
from political empowerment to economic revitalization. Fellows
have the freedom to use their sabbaticals however they think
will best re-energize them for the work ahead.

To qualify for an Alston/Bannerman
Fellowship, an applicant 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. Both individuals for whom organizing
is a full-time job and those for whom it is voluntary work done
outside of their employment are eligible to apply.

Visit the program's Web site for complete fellowship guidelines,
application materials, and information on previous recipients.

RFP Link: http://fconline.fdncenter.org/pnd/2820/alston