Previous Fellowships
Fellowship Campaigns
In previous years, we had a cohort model where each year the campaign issue area would change depending on who made up the fellowship class. Fellows could choose from any issue area related to economic justice — ranging from affordable housing to criminal justice.
The focus area is determined at the beginning of each fellowship class through a consensus-based process. This involved several days of facilitated discussions and storytelling exercises that provided space for fellows to identify the most significant problems in their communities, see how their experiences overlap, and consider solutions to those problems.
2023-2024 Project
The Decriminalize Poverty! fellowship envisioned a community that maintains public safety without relying on the criminalization of poverty and overpolicing of low-income individuals and neighborhoods.
2022-2023 Project
The Links Not Locks fellowship envisioned a community that doesn’t use incarceration as the answer to public health issues but instead connects people to mental, behavioral, and cultural resources that are rooted in the community.
2021-2022 Project
The Lighthouse Initiative envisioned a community where everyone has access to stable, affordable housing where they can feel at home. Removing structural barriers to housing will spur economic mobility community-wide.
2020-2021 Project
Torchlighters Re-Entry Support envisions a community where formerly incarcerated people are welcomed with open arms and given support to thrive in their new lives.
2020 Project
COVID-19 shed light on inequities in our broken systems that we have been feeling for a long time. How we respond to this crisis and rebuild our communities must be guided by people’s experiences.