Thank you for your interest in applying to the Beyond the Bars LA Fellowship.
Please note we have extended our deadline to April 30th.
The Beyond the Bars Fellowship offers students and community members an interdisciplinary leadership development program to develop and deepen their identity, analysis, skills and network towards ending mass criminalization and incarceration, and creating a more just and safe world. Through seminars, workshops and guest lectures Fellows explore their own experiences and identities as people working for social change; gain a theoretical and practical understanding of mass incarceration; and are introduced to various models of social change including community organizing, legislative advocacy, messaging and communications and more. In addition, Fellows identify issues and existing efforts for change and then work together to develop advocacy and/or organizing projects to further support those efforts. A primary goal of the Fellowship is to support Fellows’ in finding their place in the movement while offering them the knowledge, skills, experience, and community to sustain their work. The Fellowship is made up of both students and community members and our aim is to work collaboratively with the university and community towards social change.
The entire Fellowship including the Beyond the Bars LA conference on November 18-20, 2021 will be held online.
For more information about the Fellowship, including our timeline of commitments please click here: https://prisoneduprogram.ucla.edu
To apply, please continue to the form. Most questions are required but a few, including the submission of a resume, are optional. If you have questions you can email: armandotellez@pep.ucla.edu