BOLD
Leadership Fellowship

The BOLD Leadership Fellowship is a personalized leadership training that provides participants with proven strategies to improve outcomes in their communities and organizations. 

 

During a 4-week leadership cohort, in partnership with other community organizations, the fellowship meets twice a month to: 

• Develop strategies to better engage the black community, with a specific emphasis on black youth;

• Learn the historical context of the community;

• Collaborate on a team community project to help eradicate disparities in the Black community (i.e. mentoring, church support, minority business assistance, policy advocacy.) 

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Application processing fees apply.

 

Fellowship Objectives

This personalized leadership training provides you with proven strategies to improve outcomes in your community and organization:

• Engage in critical conversations about the state of students and the overall community as it relates to race, diversity, and education

• Experience an immersive dive into the lives of Black citizens, with an emphasis on Black youth

• Analyze our own internal biases, cultural understanding, and impacts on those around us

• Develop skills and credentialing for understanding bias

• Develop a culminating team project that works towards addressing disparities in the community (ex. student / school partnership, policy, art, business-owner, church)

 

Curriculum covered in each fellowship includes: 

• Session 1: BOLD: What, Why, & How | Understanding the Intersection of History and Outcomes in our Community

• Session 2: Bias and Cultural Competency | Micro-Credential in Bias

• Session 3:  Full-Day Leadership Training

• Session 4:  Final Presentations

• Evening Reception with Keynote (Later date)

 

Guidelines for each fellowship include: 

• 15-20 participants per cohort

• 50% of participants are educators

• 25-50% Black male representation

• 50% split between application or invitation process

• All sessions led or co-led by a Black male
   

Honorarium for speakers/guests available. 

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Register
To sign up as a BOLD Leadership Fellowship participant, please fill out the application on this page.

 

Please note there is a fee to attend the fellowship which includes your curriculum, administration supports, events and access to the BOLD Leadership Network community.

 

Scholarships are available.