New Voices Fellowships for Social Justice Leaders and Orgs

Posted by on November 19, 2004

[posted from RFP Bulletin]

New Voices Fellowships to Support Organizations and Promising New Leaders Committed to Social Justice
Deadline: January 10, 2005

The New Voices National Fellowship Program is a capacity-building and leadership development grant program that assists nonprofit organizations and professionals entering fields related to human rights and social justice. The program is designed to help community-based and nonprofit organizations bring innovative, fresh talent to their staffs and to cultivate and strengthen the leadership potential of these "new voices."

New Voices Fellows are offered financial assistance, training, and other opportunities for personal and professional development. Their host organizations are provided salary-support grants and other benefits to employ the fellow for two years. The goal of the program is to help both the host organization and the fellow realize their full potential.

Eligible organizations must be U.S.-based and address key issues in fields related to justice and peace, including international human rights, women’s rights, reproductive rights, racial justice, HIV/AIDS, and migrant and refugee rights.

Applications are prepared jointly by the organization and its proposed fellow and submitted by the organization, which may recruit its candidate based on its goals, priorities, and needs; or the prospective fellow may approach an eligible organization based on his or her professional interests and/or needs.

For this competition, the New Voices program hopes to receive more applications from men of color. The program is also interested in receiving applications from non-profit organizations in cities not previously funded by New Voices (e.g., Detroit, St. Louis, Little Rock, Louisville, Birmingham, Chicago, Memphis, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Jackson, Minneapolis, and Richmond).

Complete program guidelines, grant application forms, and eligibility criteria are available from the New Voices Web site.

RFP Link: <a href="http://newvoices.aed.org/">http://newvoices.aed.org/</a>

For additional RFPs in Civil Society, visit: <a href="http://fdncenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_civil_society.jhtml">http://fdncenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_civil_society.jhtml</a>