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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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Ameya Pawar
2020Ameya Pawar will work to advise and amplify existing public banking campaigns, and to catalyze new ones around the country. -
Diane E. Thompson
2020Diane E. Thompson will work to advance regulatory advocacy and public accountability at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, in an effort to foster economic advancement and strengthen democratic practices. -
Ingrid M. Vila-Biaggi
2020Ingrid M. Vila-Biaggi will explore policies and solutions to ensure that community empowerment and participation influence the policies used to transition Puerto Rico’s energy sector to sustainable and equitable sources. -
Joshua Breitbart
2020Joshua Breitbart will develop strategies for local and state governments to help connect all of their residents with internet service. -
Julia Figueira-McDonough
2020Julia Figueira-McDonough will work to create good jobs for caregivers to the elderly, design a workforce development program, and push to include both elders and their caregivers in the public conversation on caregiving. -
Marissa Jackson Sow
2020Marissa Jackson Sow will document, amplify, and mobilize black women human rights activists in the United States. -
Walter Katz
2020Walter Katz will work to improve processes for police misconduct complaints and identify emerging customer satisfaction tools and practices to make it easier for members of the public to lodge misconduct complaints. -
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.