Spring 2021 Fellowship Application

The First-Year Engagement Fellowship and Upperclassmen Engagement Fellowship will be combining forces for the Spring 2021 semester! This brand new Schultz Engagement Fellowship will continue our efforts to engage first-years and upperclassmen, all while creating a large community of student engagers to connect with and learn from one another. As a Fellow, you will: Meet weekly as a cohort and with a student chair; Meet weekly with students in one-on-one’s using Hillel’s peer to peer engagement strategies; Have opportunities to participate in professional development (and grow Jewishly); Be ambassadors for Hillel *If you are interested in participating in the Fellowship as a Student Chair, this will include an increase in stipend

Jewish learning is a cornerstone of any Jewish community, and Berkeley Hillel staff offer creative, fun and meaningful cohort opportunities open to all. In Spring 2021, we are excited to offer several different learning cohorts, organized around different relevant and exciting themes. These groups will meet once a week for one hour, for 10 weeks.

The Berkeley Hillel Social Justice Fellowship is a brand new initiative where students have the unique opportunity to become leaders in local communities working on a variety of social justice issues including poverty, climate change, housing justice, food insecurity, civic engagement, racial justice, gun violence, education equity, and so much more! Driven by the Jewish values of Tikkun Olam (Repairing the World) and Tzedek (Justice), we will show up for the many communities that are disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, and will work to tackle systemic problems locally and globally. As a Social Justice Fellow, you will: Be placed at the local nonprofit or advocacy organization of your choosing that is already doing important work in one of the aforementioned issue areas (if there are issue areas that you are passionate about that are not mentioned above, we’d love to include it!)* Work towards bringing in 25 unique fellow students to volunteer, advocate, educate, and work with you at your organization Participate in at least 10 “acts of service” over the semester Attend weekly 1-hour social justice learning sessions with Hillel staff and various Jewish and non-Jewish social justice leaders in the Bay Area *Volunteering at your nonprofit or advocacy organization can be either in-person (so long as the appropriate precautions are observed) or virtually, depending on Fellow comfortability