Manne Postgraduate Fellowship
The Freedom Project Network is thrilled to announce a 15 month-fellowship opportunity for a recent college graduate to work full-time at one of the Freedom Schools in Mississippi and advance our mission of building community and power alongside young people.
The Manne Postgraduate Fellow would be an instrumental teammate, doing meaningful work both directly with students and with the organization to advance the FPN mission. In this role, the Fellow would develop significant experience working with young people, as a teacher and a mentor; within an organization working towards justice and equity by empowering the youth of Mississippi; and as part of a small nonprofit team building and developing the organization and its mission.
Application Deadline: Extended until April 26th
Fellowship Pay: $50,000 (15-Months)
Fellowship Dates: May 2024 - July 2025
Location: Sunflower, Rosedale, or Meridian
THE FELLOWSHIP EXPERIENCE
Training & development in teaching & program leadership, Civil Rights Movement history, youth empowerment, and nonprofit administration.
Leading programming, sessions, and classes with middle- and high-school Freedom Project students.
Organizing and executing experiential learning opportunities for middle- and high-school Freedom Project students.
Working alongside a small, committed staff of educators, organizers, and leaders to build and develop Freedom Project programming.
Communicating and collaborating with students, their parents, and other stakeholders to enroll them in and build the Freedom Project mission.
Collaborating with, supporting, and managing Freedom Project interns and other short-term teaching staff.
Mentoring Freedom Project students in various stages of development, from middle school through college.
ADDITIONAL FELLOWSHIP BENEFITS
An immersive experience within a civil-rights focused nonprofit organization in Mississippi.
A designated mentor, selected based on Fellow’s career interest, from FPN supporters or staff alumni (for example, in the fields of law, medicine, academia, government, and politics).
Opportunities to connect & collaborate with other Mississippi nonprofits, advancing civil rights, economic justice, healthcare.
Connections to the Freedom Project family, including alumni from 25 years of Freedom Project alumni, staff and former staff members, Board Members, and other supporters in Mississippi and around the country.
Opportunities to reflect on fellowship experience through formal reflection prompts and mentorship conversations with organizational leadership.
QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS
A commitment to the organization’s mission of empowering Mississippi youth and a willingness to learn, grow, and develop as part of a team working towards that mission.
Some knowledge of the history of the Civil Rights Movement and the Black Freedom Struggle in Mississippi and the United States.
The ability to enroll others in a mission and outcome and to work collaboratively as part of a small team.
Ability to plan, organize, and implement various projects with crucial deadlines affecting students’ overall experience.
Vision, creativity, charisma, flexibility, compassion, patience, and trustworthiness.
A Bachelor’s Degree by the summer of start date.
Staff and organizational leaders at the Freedom Projects often continue to work at the Freedom Projects for multiple years, seeing their work at the Freedom Projects as part of a lifelong movement for justice and equity. Staff members have also gone on to careers as lawyers, judges, professors, writers, leaders of political campaigns, and staff members in the federal government. These staff alumni retain a lifelong commitment to the Freedom Project and its mission and continue to describe the Freedom Project as having shaped how they see the world. We hope you consider joining them as a Freedom Project staff member through this fellowship opportunity.