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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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Carlos Menchaca
2023Carlos Menchaca will gather and share stories of migrant families crossing the southern U.S. border to seek asylum, with the aim of educating the public and inspiring humane immigration policies. -
Jennifer Kates
2023Jennifer Kates will develop accessible models for nonprofit and movement organizations to effectively use the power of local government to improve material conditions and build power for marginalized communities. -
Mike Bonin
2023Mike Bonin will advance housing justice, economic justice, and public safety by building capacity and infrastructure to implement progressive solutions in partnership with elected officials and community-based organizations. -
Miya Saika Chen
2023Miya Saika Chen will build the capacity of community organizations to develop a pipeline of legislative staff and civil servants to work towards policy and budgetary solutions that address the root causes of poverty. -
Montina Cole
2023Montina Cole will create a community advocacy toolkit to ensure that Black histories are included in federal environmental justice reviews. -
Frances Colón
2019Frances Colón will work to catalyze policy change to counter the effects of climate gentrification on vulnerable communities of South Florida. -
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.
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Brett Rosenberg
2024Brett Rosenberg will use narrative and humor writing to increase awareness of and drive participation in foreign and national security policy. -
Emily Tulli
2024Emily Tulli will help build the capacity of organizations that aim to support immigrant workers enforce their rights under labor and employment laws without fear of retaliation. -
Eric Shaw
2024Eric Shaw will create a framework for the establishment of offices of philanthropic partnership in city governments to align and accelerate city and philanthropic investments in affordable housing, park equity, food access, and local entrepreneurship. -
Helen Gym
2024Helen Gym will develop models for narrative storytelling, while building the capacity of leaders and grassroots voices within the nation’s public school systems to elevate public education as an engine of democracy-building. -
Jahi Wise
2024Jahi Wise will identify interventions that can accelerate the mobilization of private and public capital into climate and clean technology projects, particularly in underserved and overlooked communities. -
Tariq Habash
2024Tariq Habash will develop guidelines for higher education institutions to protect academic independence and integrity, and to foster a more inclusive democracy.