Applying to the Healthy Native Communities Fellowship 2012
Real People | Extraordinary Change
This year, applying to join the Fellowship is easier than ever!
Just click here to get started - you’ll be taken to an online “letter of interest” form where you can enter your basic contact information, and asked three questions:
- Why do you want to be in the fellowship?
- How will your participation in the fellowship benefit your community?
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- Do you already have your team together?
Each applicant must apply as part of a team of 2 - 3 individuals. The other members of your team should also answert the questions. You can copy the link to this page: http://www.hncpartners.org/HNCP/HNCF_Application.html - and email it to your team members so they can visit and complete their own letters of interest. If you don’t have your team together yet, go ahead and send in your letter of interest, and we’ll provide some information on how you might find your team.
All members of your team should have their letters of interest submitted by August 19, 2011.
What happens next?
After you and your other team members complete and submit your letters of interest, the Fellowship staff will review them and send you information about the
next steps:
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1) APPLICATION : Supporting Documents
-Two (2) letters of Recommendation
-One (1) Letter of Support from CEO of your organization
-One (1) Signed Supervisor Agreement
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2) INTERVIEW - once your application is complete we will set up an interview for you - either in-person or on the phone with Fellowship alumni from your local area
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3) Your application and interview will be reviewed by a panel made up of tribal leaders from across the country. This selection committee will meet in Fall 2011
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4) 2011 Fellowship class will begin March, 2012
If you have questions, or need some help,
please call Marge at 505-368-6568 or Tina at 505-368-7429
Letter of Interest deadline is
August 19, 2011
Healthy Native Communities Partnership Inc. Box 1019 Shiprock, NM 87420 (505) 368-6568
Are you ready to make a difference in your community? Do you want to learn and practice effective strategies that build strong Native communities? Become a part of the Healthy Native Communities Fellowship! This community leadership / grass-roots organizing experience connects you to tools that engage communities in collective actions that make a difference in Indian country. You will meet and learn from other aspiring community change leaders working with Native people across the country. The Fellowship is created in collaboration with the Healthy Native Communities Partnership and the Indian Health Service National Health Promotion Program
The Team Approach:
We are looking for teams of 2-3 people who want to take action for change in their community. It takes a team of people from different sectors of the community to build and sustain community wellness. For example, law enforcement, education, youth, elders, business, spiritual/cultural leaders and others who can work together to achieve solutions.
How Will this Benefit My Community & Organization?
Fellows will become more effective community change leaders, with increased group process and inter-personal skills, strengthened critical thinking and problem-solving abilities and a greater capacity for effective teamwork. Fellows will bring back new ideas and models to engage communities and organizations to take collective actions towards solutions to their community’s felt needs. Fellows will train others in their community and organization in new skills learned in the Fellowship.