Fellows Application

Want to change the world? Make a difference in your school? Strengthen your leadership skills? Join the LearnServe Fellows Program!

Enrollment in the 2013-2014 LearnServe Fellows Program is now open for high school rising sophomores and juniors in the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area! 

Application Deadline is May 20, 2013.

LearnServe International 2013-2014 Fellows Program Application

 

LearnServe Fellows have the opportunity to

• Connect with like-minded students from schools across the DC area.
• Meet local leaders tackling poverty, hunger, discrimination, climate change, and other pressing social problems, in DC and around the world.
• Develop your leadership skills so that you are prepared to respond to these global challenges.
• Design and launch your own “social venture”—an organization or project that will benefit your school or community.

LearnServe Fellows Program in Brief

• Meet on Thursday afternoons, 4:30–6:30pm, three times a month, September to May.  (All meetings Metro accessible)
• Participate in a two-day weekend retreat (September) and four weekend service days and skills workshops throughout the year.
• Pitch your “ventures” to a review panel of professionals, for seed grants to get your projects started, offered in conjunction with LearnServe partner Youth Venture.

Application Process

• LearnServe Fellows are selected through a two-step competitive process, including a nomination by their school, an online application, and an interview.
• For more information ask your LearnServe advisor or contact fellows@learn-serve.org.