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Open Society-U.S. will award individual grants to former senior-level government officials and staff who have played a significant role in advancing social change.
We are taking a moment to pause and analyze the future of our three U.S. based fellowship programs. This means we will not be issuing a call for proposals for 2025 fellows, as we would have done this fall.
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Hillary Blout
2019Hillary Blout will work to provide relief to people serving excessive sentences and safely reduce the prison population through prosecutor and community engagement. -
Jane Flanagan
2019Jane Flanagan will address employers’ increasing use of exploitative employment contracts that restrain low-wage workers’ labor market mobility as well as their access to meaningful employment rights enforcement. -
Kevin Davis
2019Kevin Davis will write a book critically examining the history of federally mandated consent decrees and the extent to which they provide necessary reforms for troubled American police agencies and the communities they serve. -
Kevin Killer
2019Kevin Killer will work to bring truth, reconciliation, and healing principles to Native American communities in the United States by using collaborative partnerships with the indigenous community and its allies. -
Masum Momaya
2019Masum Momaya will explore how cultural workers and artists in museums, libraries, national parks, and other public institutions work with social movement leaders and policymakers to bring about political and policy change. -
Bob Carey
2018Bob Carey will analyze the policies and practices of the U.S. Refugee Admissions and Resettlement program and develop models for its future structure. -
Jenny R. Yang
2018Jenny R. Yang will seek to strengthen protections for the growing number of Americans in contingent work arrangements as structural changes transform the future of work. -
Jill Habig
2018Jill Habig will build the capacity of state and local prosecutors to enforce civil rights, consumer protection, and environmental laws. -
Mignon L. Clyburn
2018Mignon L. Clyburn will make the case for eliminating the predatory telephone rate regime that currently exists for inmate calling services. -
Roxanne V. Franklin
2018Roxanne V. Franklin will work to promote greater collaboration between municipal government and communities through increased civic engagement, participation and resident leadership development. -
Charles West
2017Charles West will create a guide to help local government officials develop and implement policies and programs to improve the life outcomes of boys and men of color. -
Chiraag Bains
2017Chiraag Bains will write a book addressing the need to reform policing in the United States and build trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve. -
Gigi B. Sohn
2017Gigi B. Sohn will use multi-platform storytelling techniques to help demonstrate how public policy can improve access to communications networks, new technology and media to communities often left behind in the digital age. -
Ralph Becker
2017Ralph Becker will create a guide for local leaders featuring solution-oriented approaches to making policy change in contrary political environments. -
Terri Gerstein
2017Terri Gerstein will develop the capacity of state and local government agencies to improve the conditions of low wage and immigrant workers through strategic enforcement of labor laws. -
Adam J. Foss
2016Adam J. Foss will develop a new training program for junior prosecutors, helping them learn how to use their discretion more effectively and improve outcomes for defendants while improving public safety. -
Anurima Bhargava
2016Anurima Bhargava will work to improve the way schools treat students exposed to racial trauma and violence. -
Rashida Tlaib
2016Rashida Tlaib will develop a step-by-step training program to help communities transcend barriers to full civic participation and make their voices count in policymaking.