Fellowships

[[Campus Progress]] maintains a comprehensive, regularly-updated list of fellowships in electoral politics and social justice activism. These fellowships span the following fields:

• Public Policy/Political
• Media
• International
• Environment
• Community/Social Justice

[[Young People For|The Young People For Fellowship]] is a year-long fellowship program for 150 freshmen, sophomores and juniors from colleges and universities around the country. The fellowship will help today’s rising progressive leaders accomplish their goals and make a difference on their campuses, in the community and across the nation. The fellowship begins with a free, all-expenses-paid summit in Washington, D.C., with networking, receptions, workshops and trainings on how to:

• Develop progressive networks and coalitions
• Learn effective messaging techniques
• Use the media to get your message out
• Improve your campus and community organizing skills

Following the January summit, Fellows will have the opportunity to organize with other Fellows on their campus and around the country—and receive funding and support to take effective action!

Fellows will also have the opportunity to:

• Participate in an online progressive academy as a student and as a course facilitator
• Participate in monthly conference calls with young elected officials and national progressive leaders
• Receive support for internship and job placements
• Network with a mentor throughout the year
• Apply for our Front Line Leaders Academy
• Participate in our Creative Resistance Media Club
• Use ongoing access to People For the American Way Foundation’s reports, materials and on-campus trainings

[[http://youngpeoplefor.org/fellowship/apply/|Apply Here]]

[[http://www.scholarships-ar-us.org/our-scholarships/political-blogging.htm|Scholarships Around the US]] - Political Blogging Scholarship This group offers a $2000 scholarship to college students who maintain a political blog. Applicants must be US citizens attending college full-time and maintaining a GPA of 3.0 or higher. Applicants are required to submit a 300 word essay answering any of the following questions:

• If you nominated a friend, what makes them and their blog so special?
• How can blogging improve democracy?
• Do bloggers enable and protect free speech?
• What are the best ideas you have helped spread?
• How do you intend to use blogging in the next election?

[[http://www.scholarships-ar-us.org/our-scholarships/political-blogging.htm|Apply Here]]