Applications now accepted for the 2011 Alston Bannerman Sabbatical Fellowship. Download application here.
Applications must be postmarked by April 05, 2011
CRITERIA
To qualify for an Alston Bannerman Sabbatical Fellowship, you must:
- be a person of color
- have more than 10 years of community organizing experience
- be committed to social change work in communities of color
- live in the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa or U.S. Virgin Islands
Beyond the basic eligibility criteria, the Alston Bannerman Program seeks applicants whose work:
- attacks root causes of inequity by organizing those affected to take collective strategic action;
- challenges the systems that perpetrate injustice and effects 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;
- contributes to building a movement for social change by making connections between issues, developing alliances with other constituencies, and collaborating with other organizations.
The Alston Bannerman Program distinguishes between organizing, services, and advocacy and believes that organizing low-income people at the grassroots level is an indispensible part of successful social change.