Accompanying and activating emerging leaders through praxis-based vocational discernment.
When room is made for courageous leadership to awaken, leaders abound. Meeting young leaders— in a social concern class on a college campus, neighborhood organizing around schools, our justice cohorts, and from friends of friends showing up around the edges of church— we saw a pattern emerge: young leaders were curious about their vocation and a possible calling to ministry and yet had no space or resources to discern a pathway forward.
Out of relationship, we create residency sites alongside partners for Fellows to practice their way to possibility.
Nuts & Bolts
1.) Fellows are identified through our on-the-ground work and relationships
2.) Fellows are connected to a residency site - their primary praxis space
3.) 15/hrs a week, 10hrs at residency site, 5hrs of reflection together and with a seasoned companion
4.) Fellows are paid through a web of networks
5.) New Fellows are onramped each fall and winter
Current Fellows...
Julia Rankin
Residency Site: Climate and Disaster Resilience, Organizer
Julia is excited to accompany teams in the climate and disaster resilience room in learning how to become a better community member and listener, and how to organize for the sake of our communities' needs and longevity.
Shaniya Berry
Residency Site: Leaven Community Land & Housing Coalition, Organizer
Shaniya is excited to learn how to organize in a tangible way that creates real and lasting change in communities. By the end of the Fellowship, Shaniya hopes to be able to have some positive impact in Portland, be it on a church, a community, or a person.
Gelsi Tuz
Residency Site: Leaven Community Land & Housing Coalition, Organizer
As a senior student studying Communication and Community Engagement with a minor in Digital Media she is devoted to accompanying and supporting communities as they explore more about storytelling, the sacred organizing spiral (encounter, unveiling, action, pause), house meetings, power mapping, community organizing, and much more.
Edwin Ntiranyibagira
Edwin is excited for this opportunity to learn, grow, and connect with people working towards making change. He is eager to use his skills as a storyteller to weave together the different stories of the rooms in the house and their respective areas to tell one whole story of connection and change.
