Here’s a great opportunity for serious activists and campaigners.
SLA is considering full financial support for a successful local applicant.
The Community Organising Fellowship is an exciting initiative that equips community leaders and non-government organisations’ staff with the skills they need to build community power to influence decision-makers.
https://www.thechangeagency.org/community-organising-fellowship/
This Fellowship is for campaigners with political experience who have the capacity to develop and implement campaign strategies. It creates a cohort of highly skilled and effective organisers.
The Change Agency, the Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales and the Sierra Club have come together to develop a program that includes:
- Equipping 25 organisers with core skills needed to confidently plan and implement local campaigns on various scales
- Three experiential residential workshops (2020 dates: March 4 (Wed) to 11 (Wed), June 7 (Sunday) to 12 (Friday) and September 6 (Sunday) to 11 (Friday).
- A structured curriculum that covers a wide range of topics
- Mentoring and network support between and after workshops and
- An extensive collection of training materials shared online and the knowledge to bring trainings to your community.
Applications for the 2020 Fellowship are open from 1 August to 30 September 2019
If you intend to apply for a Fellowship, and would like to request financial support from SLA, please submit your contact details, and (on one A4 page) your reasons for wanting to apply for the Fellowship; what campaigning experience you have had; and how you would expect to apply the skills.
Send this by email to SLA secretary, Sarah Johnstone sej.aus@gmail.com
