AFSC selected as host for ACLS Leading Edge Fellowship Program

PHILADELPHIA (February 8, 2022) The American Friends Service Committee is pleased to announce their selection as a host partner for the 2022 American Council of Learned Societies Leading Edge Fellowship program. Twenty nonprofit organizations were selected as hosts for these two-year fellowships, which pair recent PhDs in the humanities and interpretive social sciences with social justice organizations to advance initiatives including campaigns for voting rights, equal access to education, housing justice, and more. This program is made possible by funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Formed in 1919, the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is a nonprofit federation of 78 scholarly organizations. As the preeminent representative of American scholarship in the humanities and interpretive social sciences, ACLS holds a core belief that knowledge is a public good. As such, ACLS strives to promote the circulation of humanistic knowledge throughout society. ACLS is currently accepting applications for these positions via their online application system, with a deadline of March 28, 2022 at 9pm EDT.

The list of organizations selected for the program in 2022 follows:

  • ACCESS (Dearborn, MI)
  • ACT-LA (Los Angeles, CA)
  • American Friends Service Committee (Philadelphia, PA)
  • Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Atlanta (Atlanta, GA)
  • Beloved Community (Remote)
  • Caring Across Generations (Remote)
  • Center for Court Innovation (New York, NY)
  • Deep Center (Savannah, GA)
  • Educational Video Center (New York, NY)
  • HEAL Food Alliance (Remote)
  • Namati (Remote)
  • Operation Shoestring (Jackson, MS)
  • People Powered (Remote)
  • PowerSwitch Action (Remote)
  • Project Equity (Remote)
  • Restore Justice (Chicago, IL)
  • Sembrando Sentido (Remote)
  • The Petey Greene Program (Washington, DC)
  • YWCA Chicago (Chicago, IL)
  • Zora's House (Columbus, OH)

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The American Friends Service Committee is a Quaker organization that promotes lasting peace with justice, as a practical expression of faith in action. Drawing on continuing spiritual insights and working with people of many backgrounds, we nurture the seeds of change and respect for human life that transform social systems.