The Indiana Youth Institute is seeking applications for its Emerging Leaders of Color Fellowship.
Donor Name: Indiana Youth Institute
State: Indiana
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Fellowship
Deadline: 05/17/2024
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Indiana Youth Worker Well-Being Project recognizes clear disparities between white nonprofit leaders and nonprofit leaders of color and has identified closing leadership equity gaps as a diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging priority. Investment in emerging leaders of color is key to ensuring youth agencies increase and sustain their progress toward welcoming and inclusive workplaces to better serve Indiana’s youth.
The Emerging Leaders of Color Fellowship will identify emerging leaders of color and help them build on their existing leadership skills and community networks required to lead and grow effective youth-serving organizations.
Participants will engage in a six-month fellowship cohort that focuses on advancing their leadership and management skills. Topics will include:
- Adaptive Leadership
- Coaching and Peer Consultancy
- Communication and Navigating Crucial Conversations
- Community Building
- Counter-Dominant, Authentic Leadership
- Liberatory Design and Systems-Thinking
- Management vs. Leadership
- Mindfulness for Equity-Driven Leadership
- Nonprofit Governance Structure and Decision Making
- Performance Management Frameworks and Supervision
- Power, Privilege, and Oppression
- Resource Development
- Self-Reflection
- Stereotype Threat
- Strength-Based and Self Leadership
- Sustainability and Strategic Direction Setting
- Trauma-Informed Leadership and Systems
Benefits
Emerging Leaders of Color Fellowship participants will receive a $500 stipend for participation, an additional $500 scholarship for additional professional development opportunities, and a travel stipend for in-person gatherings. All meals and hotel accommodations will be covered by the project.
Eligibility Criteria
Indiana youth development professionals of color who are employed with youthserving organizations that support the educational, social, emotional, and physical development of Indiana youth (ages five to 18) may be eligible. This includes out-ofschool time professionals, mental health counselors, child welfare professionals, Youth Services Bureau staff, family support clinicians, and clinical treatment staff.
Additional eligibility:
- Is committed to a career in youth services.
- Currently or aspires to lead a youth-serving organization.
- Includes government or school-based youth workers.
- Has at least 1 year of experience working with a youth-serving organization.
For more information, visit Indiana Youth Institute.
