About the LSI Fellows Program
The 2007-08 Fellows
Want to change the world? Be a global changemaker? Are you a sophomore or junior in Virginia, Maryland, or DC?
On the LSI Fellows program DC area high school students to 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 an ever-changing global economy. Working together with like-minded peers from an eclectic mix of area high schools, LSI trains Fellows to understand the global challenges we face, and how they respond. In collaboration with our partner organization, Youth Venture, our goal is to inspire and teach young people how to become leaders for change and how to direct their future careers toward entrepreneurial and social leadership.
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, 2005-06 Fellow
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 2008-09 Fellows
- Program details for students, parents, and advisors
- The Fellows’ private group on Facebook
- The private Facebook group for Fellows’ parents
- The Fellows’ Ventures Wiki
