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Applications to the 2024 - 2025 Ukombozi Fellowship will be open February 1st thru April 30, 2025
The Ukombozi Fellowship is a year-long professional development program designed to train, cultivate, and support current and new leaders committed to anti-racism change work. Increasingly, the leaders of today are acknowledging the exigency of eliminating racism from our organizations and systems if we want to create a more equitable world. However, structural barriers remain in place that result in individuals lacking the tactical skill set or strategy to effect change. This is especially relevant to emerging Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian and other leaders of color. Leaders need practical, proven strategies that can be used to reshape our organizations and movements into inclusive, anti-racist spaces.
We at the RE Collective understand that our collective liberation is tied together, regardless of race, age, class, sex, ability or gender. The Ukombozi fellowship is open to ALL individuals. We understand that we all come into our anti-racism journey at different levels. We offer dual cohorts (BIPOC & white identifying), in order to mitigate harm and provide folx space to practice, process and grow into the anti-racist leader they want to become.
The Ukombozi Fellowship is a year-long professional development program designed to train, cultivate, and support current and new leaders committed to anti-racism change work. Increasingly, the leaders of today are acknowledging the exigency of eliminating racism from our organizations and systems if we want to create a more equitable world. However, structural barriers remain in place that result in individuals lacking the tactical skill set or strategy to effect change. This is especially relevant to emerging Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian and other leaders of color. Leaders need practical, proven strategies that can be used to reshape our organizations and movements into inclusive, anti-racist spaces.
We at the RE Collective understand that our collective liberation is tied together, regardless of race, age, class, sex, ability or gender. The Ukombozi fellowship is open to ALL individuals. We understand that we all come into our anti-racism journey at different levels. We offer dual cohorts (BIPOC & white identifying), in order to mitigate harm and provide folx space to practice, process and grow into the anti-racist leader they want to become.
Why you should apply
Fueled by the RE Collective, the Ukombozi Fellowship is a year-long fellowship program for BIPOC and aspiring white co-conspirators interested in becoming part of a national network of leaders dedicated to breaking barriers and advancing racial equity across industries.
The program is intended for current and emerging professionals and community leaders working across various fields. Ideally, fellowship candidates will be those who seek to build their capacity to lead or step into leadership roles as their own work evolves.
The program is intended for current and emerging professionals and community leaders working across various fields. Ideally, fellowship candidates will be those who seek to build their capacity to lead or step into leadership roles as their own work evolves.
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This year-long program is built on trust between fellows and the facilitators. Each participant will receive a baseline and two follow up assessments to evaluate their leadership growth potential.
Our curriculum takes a comprehensive approach to racial equity, rejecting one-size-fits-all models. At the end of this year-long fellowship, participants will join a growing network of anti-racist leaders who support the work and build a movement throughout the state of Texas and nationally.
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What you will learn
bipoc cohort offeringsOur focus is to give BIPOC leaders the support and community to build confidence with using their voice for racial justice, build solidarity with other BIPOC communities, and free our communities from white supremacist structures. |
White identifying cohort offeringsOur focus for our white cohort is to remove the socialization of white supremacist values, build the muscle of calling and combating white supremacist structures in their own communities, and learning to be accomplices to/uplifting BIPOC voices and initiatives. |
Following orientation aimed at helping new fellows build a shared analysis for how to approach liberation through racial justice, our curriculum focuses on four primary areas of focus:
Strengthening Racial Justice LensLearn how to critically assess the impact of racism by examining your own experiences and developing an anti-racist lens that will support your leadership development and collective action.
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Technical Skill-BuildingReceive training and support to help build tangible skills needed to effectively lead and “operationalize” racial justice in your chosen spaces.
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Organizing & AdvocacyDevelop engagement strategies in organizing and leading anti-racist policy advocacy and civic engagement experiences with BIPOC and across your communities.
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Organizational LeadershipAcquire anti-racist leadership skills that allow you to develop clear strategies that promote a culture of racial equity within your organizations.
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We encourage individuals to ask their employer to use professional development funds for the fellowship. We also provide full and partial scholarships.
The fellowship is open to all individuals who aspire to become anti-racist leaders with an emphasis placed on the equitable recruitment of BIPOC folx. As you complete your application, you will be asked about your financial needs. Full and partial scholarship will be awarded to applicants while funds last! |
2025 Program Timeline BIPOC COHORT
DEC 2024 – FEB 2025 |
MARCH - JUNE 2025 |
JUNE - SEPTEMBER 2025 |
OCT 2025 - JAN 2026 |
ALUMNI |
Fellow application & selection process |
Fellow application & selection process |
First semester: Ongoing monthly trainings, dialogues and coaching |
Second semester: Ongoing monthly trainings, dialogues, and coaching |
2025-2025 program concludes. Cohort becomes Alumni and joins collective of anti-racist leaders |
2025 program timeline WHITE IDENTIFYING COHORT
DEC 2024 – FEB 2025 |
MARCH - JUNE 2025 |
JUNE - SEPTEMBER 2025 |
OCT 2025 - JAN 2026 |
ALUMNI |
Fellow application & selection process |
6 week Examining Whiteness training sessions |
First semester: Ongoing monthly trainings, dialogues and coaching |
Second semester: Ongoing monthly trainings, dialogues, and coaching |
2025-2025 program concludes. Cohort becomes Alumni and joins collective of anti-racist leaders |