How do you feel about where you live?
Our local towns need to hear about what it’s like to live in your community while aging, with dementia, with a disability, or while acting as a care partner with someone who is. That is why the Connecticut Age Well Collaborative is launching the Community Leaders Fellowship, a paid opportunity for Connecticut community members who are aging, living with dementia, living with a disability, or acting as a care partner to someone who is.
In a process of shared learning, trust-building and empowerment, participants will help guide and shape the work of the Collaborative and pilot a model for municipal community engagement that emphasizes valuing lived experience, especially from historically disempowered populations. A subset of Fellows will be selected to join the Collaborative’s Steering Committee longer-term.
As part of the Community Leaders Fellowship you will:
- Learn leadership skills and shape policy about making more livable places.
- Share stories about what works well now and what feels hard.
- Participate in three, 90-minute online conversations in March, April, and May 2023.
- Get paid $100 for participating in all three conversations!
- Receive meals during meeting times (via DoorDash gift cards).
Applications are due Wednesday, March 1, 2023 by 5:00pm.
Apply now
Selection Criteria:
- Applicants must be Connecticut residents, have been Connecticut residents within the previous two years, or will be Connecticut residents by March 15, 2023.
- To the extent possible, Fellows will be equitably selected from various regions across Connecticut.
- Preference will be given to applicants who are:
- Aging, living with dementia, living with a disability, or acting as a care partner with someone who is; from historically marginalized groups; low-income (based on the average median income of their geographic location); working in or have an interest in learning more about community organizing/social justice movements; and willing to share information and lived experiences to help shape local policy to make communities places where we all can thrive.
To learn more, watch the recording of our info session. In this webinar, we review what the Connecticut Age Well Collaborative is, what Fellows will learn and do, the benefits of participating, how to apply in 2023, and how fellows will be selected. To watch, click here.
About The Connecticut Age Well Collaborative
The Connecticut Age Well Collaborative is a statewide, cross-sector initiative that fosters Connecticut communities where we all thrive as we grow up and grow older. Delegated by the Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity & Opportunity, we’re leading the state’s livable communities initiative (Conn. Gen. Stat. Section 17b-420a).
Apply for the Community Leaders Fellowship today
Application Deadline: Wednesday, March 1st by 5:00pm.
Questions? Please call 203-244-7142 or email [email protected] for assistance. Visit ctagewellcollaborative.org to learn more.
