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Page 8 The Skanner Portland & Seattle October 13, 2021 News ACLU Launches New Fellowship Program for Black and Underrepresented Students The Skanner News NEW YORK — The American Civil Liberties Union launched its new Pauli Murray Fellow- ship today, a leadership development program designed to cultivate the next generation of lead- ers in civil rights and liberties. The goal of the program is to create new pathways and provide access, exposure, and training to Black and oth- er historically underrep- resented recent college graduates aspiring to be- come leaders in the non- profit sector. This fellow- ship is part of the ACLU’s larger Systemic Equality agenda, which aims to address systemic racism and racial inequalities in America through trans- formative action. The Pauli Murray Fel- lowship is the ACLU’s first fellowship that will work across ACLU teams and will be charged with overseeing large, inter- nal initiatives and proj- ects — potentially but not limited to the develop- ment, communications, and affiliate support de- partments. Fellows will be matched with a team based on experience and interests, and the fellow- ship program will begin in fall 2022. “When the Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray served on the ACLU national board of directors, Murray carved out an intersec- tional approach to civil rights discourse that still shapes the ACLU’s work to this day,” said Antho- ny Romero, ACLU exec- utive director. “Now, we are excited to honor this impact by addressing the barriers to access in the nonprofit space many marginalized communi- ties face. We are thrilled to launch the Pauli Mur- ray Fellowship and to help the next generation of civil rights leaders grow and thrive profes- sionally and personally.” This fellowship is open to recent college under- graduates (those who have graduated between winter 2021 and summer 2022) from all schools who identify with a group that is historically underrepresented in the nonprofit and civil lib- erties space, including but not limited to Black, Latinx, Native American, LGBTQ+, women, stu- dents with disabilities, and veterans. Key features of the fel- lowship include: • Full-time employment, $72K salary, and bene- fits for 18 months at the ACLU national head- quarters • Skill development in professional commu- nications, organiza- tional strategy, proj- ect management, and more • Individual mentors at the organization, care- fully selected for each fellow • Stipends to expand ca- reer and professional development outside of the ACLU through conferences, course- work, graduate school coaching, etc. • Access to senior lead- ers and mentors at the ACLU and partner or- ganizations, including career networking op- portunities and gradu- ate school coaching • Regular roundtables and fireside chats with leaders from inside and outside the ACLU • Ongoing mentorship, guidance, and resourc- es on their post-fellow- ship initiatives • Community with fel- lowship cohort and col- leagues In its inaugural year, the program will sponsor a cohort of three fellows from Black and histori- cally underrepresented communities as full-time employees for 18 months, investing in and cultivat- ing leadership for fellow- ship participants. “Rev. Dr. Pauli Mur- ray’s vision for an eq- uitable world left an indelible impact on the civil rights space,” said Rosita Stevens-Holsey, Pauli Murray family am- bassador. “I’m thrilled to have my Aunt Pauli’s legacy honored through a program that will help shape growing leaders who will follow in my aunt’s footsteps.” The deadline to apply for the Pauli Murray Leadership Fellowship is Friday, Jan. 14, 2022, by 11:59 p.m. ET. Learn more, and ap- ply at https://www.aclu. org/news/topic/the-pau- li-murray-fellowship-in- vesting-in-the-next-gen- eration-of-leaders.
