Belle H. Bennett Fellowship

Mission: The Belle H. Bennett Fellowship is a unique leadership development program that trains, inspires, and sustains emerging women leaders committed to social justice at Scarritt Bennett Center in Nashville, Tennessee.

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The Belle H. Bennett Fellowship is a unique leadership development program that trains, inspires, and sustains emerging women leaders committed to social justice. The program is available to five female/ woman-identifying post-undergraduate applicants.

For the duration of the program, fellows are empowered to explore the dynamics of social change, spirituality, and activism and are encouraged to discern their vocations within this context. Fellows gain practical experience engaging social justice and anti-oppression work through placements in community-based organizations in Nashville, as well as experience working on personal and group dynamics, conflict management, community building, and self-care.

The purpose of the program is to prepare young women to lead social justice movements and organizations with integrity and the capacity to engage oppression with intersectionality. The program also builds capacities necessary for women to articulate deep, personal conviction about their work and integrate self-care for sustainable, life-long leadership.

The Program

Each year, 5 participants are selected from around the country for this ten-month program.

Fellows are placed for ten-months with community-based organizations engaged in social justice and anti-oppression work at the local level, such as grassroots organizing groups and nonprofits. Each site placement identifies specific goals and outcomes for the fellows and provides the supervision and resources necessary to accomplish them.

Fellows also work as team assistants with Scarritt Bennett’s Education Office, connect one-one-one with a mentor, build community at the Center, and meet weekly for personal and professional development trainings.

Participants live together in an intentional community practicing a simple and sustainable lifestyle. Scarritt Bennett supports the well-being of each fellow throughout the program so that these young women will be able to dedicate their lives to the work of the program. For the allotted program length, each participant will receive housing with all utilities paid, full health insurance coverage, 40 hours of paid work per month at Scarritt Bennett Center, street or lot parking, and help in getting student loans deferred.

Benefits

Arranged unpaid internship with Nashville nonprofit
Part-time paid work with Scarritt Bennett Center
Health insurance
Housing and utilities
Membership in a learning community of fellows
Experience with community leaders
Training / Mentoring / Leadership Development
Experience with project management

Applying

The priority application deadline for the 2016-2017 program is February 19, 2016. The final deadline is March, 1 2016.

Questions? See below or contact the selections committee at bhbfellows@scarrittbennett.org.

Contact

Marie Campbell, BHB Fellowship Program Director

Assistant Director of Education

Email: emcampbell@scarrittbennett.org or bhbfellows@scarrittbennett.org

Phone: 615.340.8804

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