EDJE Fellowship Program
EDJE "Education Dedicated to Justice & Equity" Fellows:
Our Community Engaged Fellows-Fellowship Program is for students who wish to make a year or more commitment to building relationships with specific community partners, advocating and representing community engagement on and off campus, supporting service-learning/community-engagement programming, and capacity building with partners. Fellowships are developed around community interests as well as students’ personal and career goals.
Criteria:
Have taken at least one SL course
Attend and engage in training, education, and reflection multiple times a semester
Maintain good academic standing
Log Hours and Document CE experience on GivePulse
Declare the Community Action and Social Change minor (CASC)
Attend and engage in training, education, and reflection multiple times a semester
Create cohesion and deepen community partnership (usually with specific community partner). Time commitment is roughly 2 hours a week (depends on partnership, fellow role).
Speaker Pool: Facilitate SL Orientation, SL Symposium, Classroom visits etc.
Community Building and Outreach on Campus (recruit for SL classes, CASC minor, SJ major, increase understanding and dispel myths about community engagement)
Cultivate Social Justice Club--trainings, outreach etc.
Cultivate interpersonal, collaborative, and leadership skills
Community of peers passionate about community and social justice
Staff, faculty, and community partner mentorship
Resumé, reference building (internships, grad school, public service, Peace Corps, jobs)
Participation in national conferences
Networking opportunities
Financial support
