[psych-hr] Fellowships for civil rights education

Dear Friends,

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Peace, Anne

Anne Anderson
National Coordinator
Psychologists for Social Responsibility
2604 Connecticut Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20008
(202) 745-7084
(202) 745-0051 fax

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From: llnelson@calpoly.edu
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 12:07:25 -0800
Subject: Fellowships for civil rights education
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TO: psychhd-peace/cpslo_pdla@degas.artisan.calpoly.edu

If you teach at the undergraduate level, this announcement sent to me by
Rick Weinberg may be of interest to your students.

 >
 >Civil Rights Summer (CRS) -
 >A Fellowship for Emerging Social Justice Leaders
 >                                       http://www.civilrights.org/summer/
 >CRS is for college students who want to understand, live,
 >and shape the social justice movement. The fellowship is
 >a new leadership development program designed to place
 >contemporary and future social justice struggles within a
 >national and historical context. CRS is currently seeking
 >applicants who will be rising sophomores or juniors by
 >summer 2001.
 >
 >Program Description
 >
 >The fellowship begins June 8, 2001 at Harvard University
 >with a week of academic study and leadership training. The
 >group travels to Washington, D.C. for seven weeks where they
 >will continue their studies while interning in policy-shaping
 >national organizations. Fellows will return to their campuses
 >motivated to play a leadership role, supported by their new
 >knowledge and skills and a large network of CRS peers and
 >mentors.
 >
 >CRS is for rising second and third year students at four-year
 >colleges who wish to:
 >
 >          o Understand and discuss critical issues and future
 >trends with progressive thinkers and policy leaders from
 >around the country;
 >
 >          o Ground their social justice work in knowledge of
 >civil rights struggles, past and present;
 >
 >          o Learn about advocacy, grassroots organizing,
 >organization leadership, legislation, enforcement, the
 >media, the courts, and other ways to pursue social justice.
 >
 >          o Develop organizing skills and a deep respect for
 >diversity throughtraining as well as through new friends
 >and mentors.
 >
 >          o Engage national civil rights leaders in effective
 >communication with young leaders.
 >
 >CRS provides housing and transportation; Fellows will also
 >receive a stipend of $120 per week for incidentals and a
 >
 >$1500 scholarship at the end of the fellowship.
 >
 >Click here for an application form
 >http://www.civilrights.org/summer/application.pdf.
 >(Adobe Acrobat needed
 >http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/alternate.html
 >
 >For more information, click here
 >http://www.civilrights.org/summer/description.pdf, or
 >contact us via e-mail at  mailto:summer@civilrights.org.
 >
 >or write, phone or fax us:
 >
 >1629 K Street NW, Suite 1010
 >Washington DC 20006
 >Tel: 202-466-6058
 >Fax: 202-466-3435
 >
 >Applications must be postmarked by Friday, February 23,
 >2001.
 >
 >(From the Black Radical Congress)
 >
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 >Kathleen E. Bethel, African American Studies Librarian
 >Northwestern University Library, 1935 Sheridan Road
 >Evanston, Illinois 60208-2300, U.S.A.
 >Office: 847.491.2173,   Office Fax: 847.491.5678
 >E-mail: kbethel@northwestern.edu