Soros Justice Fellowships: Apply Now

Those working to advance reform and spur debates on juvenile justice issues listen up: The Open Society Foundations are looking for Justice Fellows working on the following issues:

• Promoting just and effective sentencing practices
• Combating the criminalization of marginalized populations, eg. people with mental illness, homeless individuals, young people
• Ending the prosecution, sentencing and incarceration of children as adults
• Promoting new approaches to drug policy
• Reducing unnecessary pretrial detention

Fellows receive funding through the following two categories:

Advocacy Fellowships
Advocacy Fellowships fund outstanding individuals—including lawyers, advocates, grassroots organizers, activist academics, and others with important perspectives—to initiate innovative policy advocacy projects at the local, state, and national levels that will have a measurable impact on one or more of the Open Society Foundations’ U.S. criminal justice priorities. Projects may range from litigation to public education to coalition-building to grassroots mobilization to policy-driven research. Advocacy Fellowships are 18 months in duration, may be implemented in conjunction with a host organization, and fellows are expected to make their projects their full-time work during the term of the fellowship. Projects can begin in the spring or fall of 2013.
Media Fellowships
Media Fellowships support writers, print and broadcast journalists, bloggers, filmmakers, and other individuals with distinct voices proposing to complete media projects for local, regional and national markets that engage the public and spur debate on one or more of the Open Society Foundations’ U.S. criminal justice priorities. The fellowships aim to mitigate the time, space, and market constraints that often discourage individuals from pursuing important but marginalized, controversial or unpopular issues in a comprehensive manner. Media Fellowships are 12 months in duration, and fellows are expected to make their projects their full-time work during the term of the fellowship. Projects can begin in either the spring or fall of 2013.

October 17, 2012 is the deadline to apply. Good luck!
Check out our Opportunity Board for additional juvenile justice funding opportunities.
 

Liz Wu is a Digital Accounts Manager at Prichard Communications, where she oversees digital outreach for Reclaiming Futures and edits Reclaiming Futures Every Day. Before joining the Prichard team, Liz established the West Coast communications presence for the New America Foundation, where she managed all media relations, event planning and social media outreach for their 6 domestic policy programs. Liz received a B.A. in both Peace and Conflict Studies and German from the University of California at Berkeley. She tweets from @LizSF.