Overview
The NY-Haitian Leadership Fellowship is a new leadership development program devoted to enhancing local NY-Haitian agencies and leadership while strengthening the ties between the Jewish and Haitian communities. The NY-Haitian Leadership Fellowship fellows are existing leaders within the Haitian community who serve in faith-based and non-profit organizations in New York. The program will
run from January 2011 through June 2011, at which time Fellows will be better equipped to continue building partnerships and working collaboratively. The NY-Haitian Leadership Fellowship is generously funded by the UJA-Federation of New York. The program is in partnership with the Hope and Healing Fund and CAUSE-NY, the Jewish Community Relations Council’s (JCRC) intergroup relations division. Who We Are
As the devastating tragedy of the earthquake in Haiti took place in January 2010, leaders from the Jewish and Haitian communities congregated to discuss joint communal needs and how the Jewish community could further assist locally. The NY-Haitian Leadership Fellowship initiative emerged out of these discussions, and will provide a leadership training program for NY-Haitian professionals at the executive level. What We Do
The NY-Haitian Leadership Fellowship consists of leadership development seminars, which take place once a month and cover issues that are NY-Haitian community centric. Fellows also participate in a Grant Making committee, which is the “hands on” portion of the day. The fellows take on the role of funders, gaining a unique view and better understanding of the grant making process and becoming better grant writers themselves.
