COMMUTINY
Transforming yourself and your community
A YOUTH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME
www.commutiny.in
THE FIRST MUTINY IS WITHIN!
Commutiny is a year-long fellowship programme offered by The Youth Collective
to support young people strengthen their passion for creating a better world,
ignite change within their own selves and lead social change on their own
terms.
As a Commutiny Fellow, young people will gain platforms to question, understand
and explore complex social issues and analyse their effects on human and
natural worlds. They will gain opportunities to work closely with other young
people who have similar passions and be navigated by leaders in the social
sector and other fields.
Communtiny Fellows will also avail of a year-long financial support (between
May 2008 and April 2009) to implement a social change initiative that they are
passionate about.
The Youth Collective this year will select 33-40 fellows, who will undertake
the Commutiny journey over one year.
The Collective is encouraging young people who have already been making a
difference in their communities, and young people/youth groups with ideas of
change initiatives that address issues of particular concern to the young, to
apply.
What is Commutiny
Commutiny is a year-long fellowship programme offered by The Youth Collective
to support young people strengthen their passion for creating a better world,
ignite change within their own selves and lead social change on their own
terms.
As a Commutiny Fellow, young people will gain platforms to question, understand
and explore complex social issues and analyse their effects on human and
natural worlds. They will gain opportunities to work closely with other young
people who have similar passions and be navigated by leaders in the social
sector and other fields.
Communtiny Fellows will also avail of a year-long financial support (between
May 2008 and April 2009) to implement a social change initiative that they are
passionate about.
The Youth Collective this year will select 33-40 fellows, who will undertake
the Commutiny journey over one year.
The Collective is encouraging young people who have already been making a
difference in their communities and young people/youth groups with ideas of
change initiatives that address issues of particular concern to the young to
apply.
Who can apply
A: YOUNG PERSONS between ages 20-27,
* who have a deep interest to get engaged in social change processes
* who already have experience of setting up or being involved in a social
change project or have volunteering experience
* who have already demonstrated social change initiative/s on the ground.
B: YOUTH GROUPS (where members are between 20-27 years of age), which are
already making a contribution towards social, environmental and development
problems and issues that face their communities, their country or the wider
world.
C WORKING PEOPLE between 20 and 27 years, who have been nominated by the
voluntary organisations where they are working.
All applicants must have:
* proficiency in Hindi or English
* ability to commit 1 year for fellowship work
* openness to learn
* ability to 'walk their talk'
* spirit of collaboration
* intent to dialogue
* appreciation of the principles of diversity and - non-violence
* commitment of the head, heart and hands to issues of social concern
The Commutiny Journey
Application and selection
1. To be a part of the Commutiny journey, you will fill the application form
and submit it to us by November 7, 2007.
2. We will review your application and select you for a telephonic interview
by November 15, 2007.
3. We will further invite you for a face to face interview. Once you clear
the above phases, we will select you as a COMMUTINY FELLOW. As a Commutiny
Fellow, you will receive a monthly living and learning stipend between May 2008
and April 2009.
>> The journey begins
January 2008 to April 2008
An experiential event
As a Commutiny Fellow, we will invite you to an experiential event between
January 2-6, 2008. This event will consist of workshops on building leadership
skills, discussions on social issues, spaces to share personal passions and
ideas for change, and a scope to transform a �social change idea� into a
�social initiative�.
Preparation for the journey
Based on your �social initiative�, you will prepare yourself to undertake
the year-long journey.
>> The fellowship journey
May 2008 to January 2009
A learning exposure
You will intern in a voluntary organization for a period of 3 months. Here you
will gain a deeper understanding of the issue that you have chosen to address
through your initiative and experience how such issues are worked upon on the
ground.
A unique gathering
With your experiences, learnings and improved ideas, you will meet the other
fellows and us after the 3 months. You will share your sharpened initiative,
work more with us to finalise its design. You will submit your completed design
of the social change initiative in the form of a proposal.
Self-directed action
You will implement your initiative for a period of 6 months. In this phase you
will keep us informed about your progress and successes, and we will support
you in ways we mutually agree upon.
Submission of project
At the end of the 6 months, you will submit the work you did as a Commutiny
fellow. This could be a report, an art-work, a campaign design, a document, a
film/video � anything that will add to the resource pool that we will build
to help future Commutiny fellows to learn from or adopt to work further on.
>> The journey continues
February 2009 to April 2009
Exploring the future
You will join the members of The Youth Collective to work on ways to further
promote youth development and youth action.
The Commutiny Festival
You will work with the other Commutiny fellows to organize a youth event to
inspire more young people to take up social change initiatives such as yours.
Application steps
Application Deadline: 7 November 2007
1. Please fill the application form.
2. E-mail the form back to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or send by post/courier to
Durba Ghose, C/o Pravah, C-24B, 2nd Floor, Kalkaji, New Delhi 110019 by
November 7, 2007.
3. We will review your application and if it is suitable, we will call you
for a telephonic interview. Please note that we will only contact selected
applicants.
4. We will next invite the selected applicants for a face to face meeting.
We will reimburse your travel cost if needed.
5. If successful in the interview, you will be awarded the COMMUTINY
FELLOWSHIP for a period of 1 year.
About The Youth Collective
The Youth Collective is a group of progressive and like minded
individuals/organisations who have a passion and belief in the power of young
people to bring about social change. As a group we wish to make sure that young
people question and explore complex issues in the human and natural worlds in
different ways, and act to bring about a positive change. For this, we are
working at:
* creating a common platform for youth development and youth action
* creating a positive image about youth citizenship action
* developing a bridge between policy makers and influencers to strengthen
youth programmes
* bringing more organisations towards youth development
The members of The Youth Collective are:
* Amrita Patwardhan, Sir Ratan Tata Trust (Mumbai)
* Arjun Shekhar, Pravah (New Delhi)
* Ashraf Patel, Pravah (New Delhi)
* Avinash Kumar, OXFAM GB (New Delhi)
* Dr. Ram Narayan Syag, Samavesh (Madhya Pradesh)
* Gagan Sethi, Jan Vikas (Ahmedabad)
* Meenu Venkateswaran, Pravah (New Delhi)
* Mukesh Tiwary, Sir Ratan Tata Trust (Mumbai)
* Nanni Singh, Youthreach (New Delhi)
* Nayan Patel, Yuvshakti - Janvikas (Ahmedabad)
* Rustam Vania, Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology (Bangalore)
* Sandip Naik, Samavesh (Madhya Pradesh)
* Vartika Jaini, Sir Ratan Tata Trust (Mumbai)
All the best with your application.
For further queries, you can contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Or contact Durba Ghose / Ashraf Patel at Pravah, 2nd Floor, C-24B, Kalkaji, New
Delhi 110019
Tel: +91-11-26213918/26440619/26291354
Visit www.commutiny.in for more information on how to apply.
