Our 2024 Fellowship Applications is OPEN!

Do you see problems in your community, neighborhood or workplace you want to improve? Organizing for or against issues for change is the way things get better. Whether it’s a parking regulation, something in your school, or abuse you keep seeing against someone you love, you can do something about it.

Join us to learn how to organize with who you already know and increase influence and power to change things for the better. 

The Latino Community Fund (LCF Georgia) will be hosting a summer fellowship organizing program for Latinx community members who want to learn how to increase civic participation and advocacy in their community and make a difference! 

About the Program: This is a FREE Fellowship Program that aims to build capacity within our community to organize, engage civically and build power so local students, parents, workers, and leaders can address their own local issues with knowledge and support. A portion of the program will focus on election participation and understanding the current legislative process and ways to engage.

The LCF Georgia 2024 Civic Participation Fellowship Program aims to develop the next generation of Latino leaders and allies for Latino communities in civic engagement and community development. The program provides a comprehensive learning experience that includes a weekend-long training session on community organizing, community education, and civic leadership followed by three weeks in the field putting those newly learned skills to work. The program also provides an opportunity to get funding for a community civic participation or organizing project at the end of the fellowship for any fellow that has successfully completed the program and has a drive to keep doing civic participation work. 

As a fellow you will learn about:

• The history of  Latinos and the latino electorate in Georgia

• The fundamentals of organizing and field tactics (Phonebank, Textbank, Canvassing)

• Power mapping

• How to conduct outreach in the community

• How to implement community organizing and civic engagement strategies around specific issues relevant to your community

• Importance of Civic Participation work for the Latino Community

• Latino Civic Participation work across the state

Fellows will have the opportunity to listen to presentations from esteemed community leaders and experts in their field.

Fellows will also gain hands-on experience implementing civic engagement efforts in their communities that focuses on nonpartisan education, voter engagement and turn out.

Fellowship requirements: 18 years or older; interest in community organizing, fluency in Spanish and English is recommended but not required. The program will be delivered in English.

Fellowship Expectations: attendance at all sessions in person at the LCF Georgia Main Office in downtown Atlanta. This fellowship will not exceed 20 hours and will be include a stipend of $300 upon completion.

Application window: April 22nd - May 24th 

Fellowship dates: June 21st - June 23rd 

Location: Atlanta, 30303