The Kairos Fellowship is designed to build the next generation of leaders in the field of technology, analytics, digital campaigning, and online organizing.
Through the Fellowship, we invest in leaders, now and for the long term, with training, mentorship, and strategic support. The Fellowship is an 8-month program where fellows are placed at leading national and state-based organizations. Fellows receive a salary and full benefits for the duration of the program, as well as ongoing support, mentorship, and training from their placements and Kairos.
We believe in thorough leadership development, political education, and training as core components to long-term power building. The program is designed to teach you our unique strategic framework and pillars of digital campaigns, which is rooted in racial and gender justice. For the duration of the 8-month program, the support Fellows can expect from Kairos includes but is not limited to:
Training on resiliency practices, digital security and design principles, analytics and data management, political education, digital campaign strategy and online organizing, narrative and communication strategy, coding, and product development and design.
Two to three in-person retreats and trainings. One is a bootcamp-style training led by expert campaigners to get you ready for your job placement.
Ongoing webinar trainings, speaker series, and exposure to the for-profit and nonprofit technology and online organizing sector through weekly cohort calls.
Support from both an experienced supervisor at your placement and a Kairos mentor who is a leader in the field of technology, digital campaigning, or online organizing to actively coach and support you throughout your fellowship.
Connection to a wide network of talented campaigners and digital leaders of color.
Peer support through the Kairos Fellowship cohort.
If you are a field organizer, union organizer, community leader, or movement builder who wants to lead on digital strategies and campaigns to build power at the local, state, and national level, then this is the program for you!
It is Kairos Fellows and alumni who will create the new technology and change the way we organize to build long-term winning power for our communities.
WHEN DOES THE NEXT FELLOWSHIP BEGIN?
We are not accepting applications this year for the Kairos Fellowship.
Given the political moment we're in, we're working to assess the needs of our moments and how the fellowship can best serve them.
Email us at info@kairosfellows.org to sign up for updates on the Fellowship Program.