Twink Frey Visiting Social Activist Nominations/Applications

Deadline: Oct 1, 2012

Eligibility

The
Visiting Social Activist program defines social justice and equity programs
broadly to include activism in such areas as housing, employment, income
support, food security, education, violence, child care, health care, and
employer benefits like paid sick leave and retirement income. The program
supports activists whose work addresses gender equity issues that affect the
lives of women and/or girls.

Visiting Social Activist
Product

Interested
activists must develop a product proposal relevant to their work. Product
examples include a report, plan of action, communication strategy, training
tool or other item. The product will later be published on CEW’s website.
Nominees must outline a plan for working on the product during their four-week
stay and describe how insights gained from the visit will be integrated into
the activist’s future work. Ideally, nominees should be able to suggest ways to
disseminate their product in order to advance the work of other activists.
Product ideas with the potential to have a regional or national impact and/or
to be replicable by other activists are encouraged.  Download the VSA application form here.

Nomination, Application
& Selection Process

The
process to select future Visiting Social Activists occurs every other year. Two
activists are selected at a time, with their Ann Arbor residencies typically
scheduled for the following two academic years. For example, in April 2011,
Mistinguette Smith was selected for a residency in October 2011 and Christine
Ahn was selected for a residency in academic year 2012-13.

CEW
is now soliciting applications and nominations for activists wishing to stay in
Ann Arbor sometime between September 2013 and May 2015.  Applications and nominations should be
submitted to Beth Sullivan at bsulliva@umich.edu
 absolutely no later than October 1,
2012.

•Activists
should complete the application form.

•Individuals
who want to nominate another person should submit a nomination form.   The sooner it is sent to CEW, the sooner we
can contact the activist to see if she/he wishes to submit an application.

•If
you would like to be considered for assisting with the process of reviewing
applications and selecting the next Visiting Social Activists, please contact
Beth Sullivan at bsulliva@umich.edu