EMILY's List Fellowship Application 2021

This is the application form for EMILY's List's Ignite Change Fellowship

Applications are due September 7, 2021 at 11:59pm ET.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

The EMILY's List Ignite Change Fellowship is a nine-week virtual initiative to train community leaders and advocates to develop their political skills, leadership and confidence in potentially running for office.

EMILY's List's mission is to support the election of Democratic pro-choice women. The fellowship is designed to develop the next generation of pro-choice Democratic candidates by facilitating the leadership of applicants from historically underserved communities, including, by way of example, women of color, LGBTQ+ women and non-binary people, women from rural communities, and women with disabilities. Applicants should additionally exhibit the following attributes:

experience serving as an organizational leader or advocate in their community.
an interest in to potentially running for office in the future.
no prior or current history of being a candidate or running for office.

The fellowship will launch in October 2021 and will be capped at 30 participants. Participants should expect 2-3 hours of work per week, either in session or doing homework and other projects. The fellowship will cover a variety of topics for potential candidates, including:

Understanding the nuts and bolts of politics
Developing your personal story and messaging
Fundraising best practices

Fellowship session dates and times are the following Saturdays: 10/9, 10/23, 11/6,11/20, 12/04 from 12:00 PM-3:00 PM ET. Fellows will have out-of-session work to do on their own time between session weeks.

For long-form answers below, we encourage you to write 200-300 words

If you have any problems with this application or have any questions, please email us at training@emilyslist.org.

Individual Information

First Name Last Name

Date of Birth

Gender Sexual Orientation (Optional) Race Ethnicity

Street Address (home or office preferred) Address Line 2 (Optional)

Postal Code City State/Province

Email Home Phone number (Optional) Cell Phone Number

Please share your Twitter Handle (Optional) Please share you Facebook Handle (Optional)

(Optional)

Employer-Occupation

Occupation Employer

I am retired

Additional Demographics and Political Experience

Education (Optional)

Marital Status (Optional)

Religion (Optional)

Are you a veteran? If yes, select branch: (Optional)

If Native American, of which tribe(s) are you a member? (Optional)

Are you an Union Member? (Optional)

If Union Member, please list affiliation(s): (Optional)

Have you previously held elected office?

Are you interested in running for public office? (Optional)

What position are you interested in running for? (Optional)

When are you considering running? (Optional)

Have you ever participated in a candidate training program before? (Optional)

If yes, Which program? (Optional)

Tell us about your background and experience as a leader in your community:

Why are you interested in participating in this campaign fellowship and potentially running for office?

What about EMILY’s List and its mission and vision is particularly interesting to you?

This fellowship is for people who do not have experience running for office. What, if anything, has given you pause in running before? How will this fellowship help address that challenge?

Describe what being pro-choice means to you

Do you support any restrictions to reproductive freedom?

If so, what are they and why?

In what ways do you want to further your community leadership skills?

In what ways would your leadership and/or election strengthen diverse representation in your community?

How did you hear about this fellowship? (Optional)

Do you have any scheduling conflicts to attend session as detailed at the top of the application? (Optional)

If yes, please explain. (Short Answer) (Optional)