>The deadline to apply to the Environmental Leadership Program (ELP) >Fellowship Class of 2002-2004 is OCTOBER 1, 2001! Please see our website >for further details and application materials: www.elpnet.org. > > >ELP is a non-profit organization dedicated to training and supporting a new >generation of environmental leaders from diverse cultural backgrounds, >disciplines, and sectors. The three-year ELP Fellowship offers unique >networking opportunities, intensive leadership and skills training, >mentoring, project seed money and technical assistance. ELP seeks to bring >together individuals with approximately 3-10 years environmental experience >from a broad spectrum of disciplines, professions, sectors, educational >experiences, and cultural and ethnic backgrounds. > > >Please contact us if you have questions: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 413/268-0035. > > >Environmental Leadership Program >Fellowship Office >P.O. Box 446 >Haydenville, MA 01039 >Ph: 413/268-0035, Fax: 413/268-0036 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >www.elpnet.org > > > >********ELP FELLOWSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT************* > > >The Environmental Leadership Program (ELP) is delighted to invite >applications for the ELP Fellowship Class of 2002-2004. > > >Application deadline: October 1, 2001 > > >Application and information available at: www.elpnet.org > > >ELP is a non-profit organization that seeks to transform public >understanding of environmental issues by training and supporting visionary, >action-oriented emerging leaders. Through its fellowship program, ELP >provides training and project support to 25 talented individuals each year >from nonprofits, business, government, and higher education. ELP is >committed to fostering a reflective, diverse environmental movement capable >of responding to our complex social and environmental challenges. > > >FELLOWSHIP DETAILS > > >The ELP Fellowship is an innovative national program designed to build the >leadership capacity of the environmental field's most promising emerging >professionals. We define emerging professionals as practitioners who are >relatively new to the environmental field with approximately three to ten >years of experience. Each year, a new class of fellows is chosen to join a >select group of environmental professionals from diverse backgrounds, >sectors, and areas of expertise. The three-year fellowship offers unique >networking opportunities, intensive leadership and skills training, project >seed money, technical assistance, and mentoring. Fellows receive a $2,000 >participation stipend; travel and accommodations for four training retreats; >access to funding for capacity building leadership activities; and national >recognition through the program. The ELP Fellowship provides an opportunity >for talented individuals to have a unique and substantial impact on the >environmental movement through collaboration with other emerging leaders. > > >Required Commitments > > >Applicants for the ELP Fellowship must commit to participating in four >retreats over three years-two retreats in the first year and one retreat in >the summer of each subsequent year. In 2002, retreats will be held April >3-7, 2002 at the Trinity Conference Center in West Cornwall, CT, and August >14-18, 2002 at Sleeping Lady Retreat Center in Leavenworth, WA. >Participation in all ELP retreats-in their entirety-is a mandatory component >of the fellowship. ELP pays all retreat travel and accommodation costs. In >addition, each fellow conducts a leadership building project with support >from the ELP Activity Fund. While fellows must participate in fellowship >activities throughout the year and complete periodic assignments, they are >expected to continue their full-time jobs or studies. > > >BECOMING A FELLOW > > >Who Should Apply? > > >The ELP Fellowship targets newly established environmental practitioners >eager to connect their specialized work to larger environmental and social >concerns. While applicants need not be young in age, they should be >relatively new to the environmental field with approximately three to ten >years of professional or post-undergraduate experience. ELP promotes >diversity of race and ethnicity, gender, sector, professional background, >and issue expertise in the environmental field. In choosing each class of >fellows, ELP seeks individuals from across these broad spectrums. > > >Demonstrated talent as a practitioner or scholar is a prerequisite. >Participants will be evaluated on the basis of their past accomplishments, >promise for future leadership, and potential as interdisciplinary thinkers >and effective communicators. Successful applicants will be able to >articulate a clear understanding of how their specialized work fits into >complex social, economic, and environmental issues. > > >How will applicants be evaluated? > > >Applicants are evaluated on the basis of the accomplishments, background, >and professional progress as shown in their resume or c.v.; the >recommendations of colleagues who have worked closely with the applicant; >and the clarity, breadth, and thoughtfulness of responses to the narrative >questions in the fellowship application. > > >ELP also evaluates applicants' leadership potential; originality of ideas; >ability to convey a persuasive, coherent vision for environmental progress; >and ability to reach key constituencies and work across disciplines and >issues. Successful applicants will also clearly articulate the utility of >the fellowship to their personal and professional development. > > >SELECTION PROCESS > > >Applications must be mailed to the ELP Fellowship Office, and postmarked by >Monday, October 1, 2001. Each application will be reviewed by the ELP >Fellowship Selection Committee that is composed of professionals from >diverse disciplines, backgrounds, and institutions. Final decisions will be >made and all applicants will be notified by December 21, 2001. > > >Applications and further details are available at www.elpnet.org. ---- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
