About the LSI Fellows Program
LSI Fellows
Want to change the world? Be a global changemaker? Are you a sophomore or junior in Virginia, Maryland, or DC?
Through the LSI Fellows program, high school students from across the greater-DC region learn how to bring sustainable change to communities, both local and global. We address problems such as hunger, poverty, and climate change in the face of a constantly-changing global economy. This highly-diverse group of students learn to understand and respond to these global challenges. In collaboration with our partner organization, Youth Venture, LSI Fellows design and launch their own social ventures—in the process becoming leaders for change.
This experience has not only given me the education of how this problem must be fixed, but has also given me an idea of what I want to do in life.
Kat, LSI Fellows Alumna
In brief
On the FLOC retreat
The year-long program includes:
- Meeting 2-3 times monthly on Thursday afternoons from 4:30-6:30 in various, metro-accessible locations
- Learning directly from global changemakers who bring life-changing solutions to their communities
- Team-building on a two-day weekend retreat in September and day-long meetings on a Saturday in November and January
- Designing social ventures with guidance from LSI and Youth Venture staff
- Pitching ventures to a review panel for grants and/or loans to launch them in the spring
The application periods begin in May, and decisions are made in early June. Applicants must have the support of a Teacher/Advisor. To learn more or to get involved, please contact us at fellows@learn-serve.org.
To learn about the responsibilities of Teacher/Advisors, please see the Advisors page.
Resources for 2009-10 Fellows
- Program details for students, parents, and advisors
- The Fellows’ private group on Facebook
