Environmental Justice Climate Equity Fellowship

 

Join Us. Do work that matters!

The Environmental Justice Climate Equity Fellowship is a paid 8-week virtual fellowship that empowers future leaders of color to help advance equity and environmental justice in their communities. Fellows will collaborate, document, and recommend strategies to leverage, expand, and build capacity through project-based climate justice internships in their communities. Fellows will be selected from and/or target 10 - 15 urban cities, and will collaborate in teams to present their findings.  The Fellows’ recommendations will help create a youth and community-led framework for climate justice engagement in these communities. 

Your Work:

MobilizeGreen seeks motivated, passionate college/graduate students and recent graduates of color to join the its innovative Environmental Justice Climate Equity Program as a Fellow. As an EJ Climate Fellow, you will join a national cohort of Fellows working in key cities to collaborate, document, and recommend strategies to leverage, expand, and build climate justice capacity through project-based internships opportunities in your community. At the end of your Fellowship, you and your team will recommend a framework for engaging young people to help advance equity and environmental justice on the ground where you live.

Your work as a Fellow will help engage communities of color and advance equity and environmental justice.

 

Location: Virtual/Remote

Term:  

  • 10 weeks starting June 5, 2023

  • Full Time/40 hours per week.

Benefits:

  • $650 - $850 per week stipend, depending on school status

  • Hands on learning and job training experience

  • Mentorship, coaching, and self-care

  • Networking for career and professional development

 Deadline to Apply: Application opening soon!

Responsibilities:

As part of your work, you will:

  • Work within your community to research and identify climate justice leaders and projects;

  • Learn how to conduct interviews and needs assessments for leaders and projects;

  • Develop a project workplan and identify outcomes for engagement;

  • Conduct leader interviews and project assessments;

  • Write up notes and prepare consultation summaries, community concerns, and capacity building options, identifying themes in compliance with the workplan;

  • Assist in developing program-related guidance, training materials, and training opportunities; and

  • Draft themes into recommendations and make group presentation.

Experience and Qualifications:

  • Current college/graduate students and recent graduates; preference for rising juniors and seniors, graduate students, and recent graduates (0-2 years)

  • Knowledge of and point of view on societal and racial inequities that frame challenges communities of color face solving climate/environmental challenges

  • Strong planning and organizational skills, with the ability to think and act both strategically and tactically in developing and implementing interviews and project assessments

  • Strong writing, teamwork, and communication skills

  • Proficiency in MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint and Google Workspace

  • Demonstrated coursework or experience with community/campus engagement in green activities and self-care (0-2 years) a plus.

Deadline to Apply: CLOSED