Learn more about AFG’s Fellows Program! We’re looking for two fellows who want to learn more about non-profits, advocacy, and gender equity to join our team!
We at Alliance for Girls (AFG) have always prided ourselves on a number of things - the innovative work we do, the fantastic team we have built and nurtured, and most importantly - being a girl-centered organization. As an alliance of organizations, AFG listens to the girls and gender-expansive youth we and our member organizations serve and amplifies their voices and leadership in order to advance gender equity. One way we’ve accomplished this is through our Youth Fellows program which supports young women and gender-expansive youth to be in the driver’s seat of effecting the change they want to see in the world.
Our former AFG Advocacy Fellow Viviana Arenas, a young mother herself, played a lead role in the When Young Moms Thrive (WYMT) Initiative in Santa Clara County – a landmark initiative led by the Young Women’s Freedom Center (YWFC) and Alliance for Girls in order to improve the ecosystem of care available to young parents across the County. This initiative trained seven young mothers to be researchers and advocates, who in turn engaged 100 young moms across the county in youth participatory action research around the challenges that young moms face in their communities. As AFG’s Advocacy Fellow Viviana took the lead in drafting a policy memo and working with AFG and the YWFC teams and other young moms themselves to outline key policy recommendations that came out of the research and present them to the Board of Supervisors in Santa Clara County.
“Through this work, I have learned so much about advocating for my community and drawing from my lived expertise to enact change. In my conversations with county agencies that provide childcare and other services, I have provided feedback on how we can improve the way Santa Clara County serves young moms. There is something really empowering about driving change in this way and seeing my experience being seen, heard, and valued.”
Viviana Arenas, When Young Moms Thrive & Former AFG Advocacy Fellow
Are you interested? We are hiring an Operations Fellow and an Advocacy Fellow to join our team this August both of whom will be with our team for a full year. Visit the job descriptions if you want to learn more about non-profit ops, and the nuts and bolts in how to make one work or if you’re passionate about affecting change through advocacy. Both positions are perfect for folx early in their career.
We look forward to reading your applications!
