To apply for the Fellowship:
Thank you for your interest in the Jews of Color Organizing Fellowship (JOCOF), a national Fellowship with city hubs in New York City, Chicago, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Los Angeles. The Fellowship runs from February 2025 to February 2026.
Applications for the 2025-2026 cohort are open! We encourage you to apply before the February 18th deadline.
Interested and want to know more? Watch this recorded Fellow Info Call and email applications@joinforjustice.org with questions.
Steps for applying:
1) Using this link, fill out the application form to provide us with contact information and responses to short answer questions, and upload your resume.
If the SurveyMonkey application is inaccessible, you may use a copy of this Google Doc as an alternative way to submit your questions. Send a link to your completed Google Doc Application and resume to applications@joinforjustice.org.
2) Use this link to send the Reference Form to your reference.
FAQ:
Finding an Organizing Job:
As someone interested in the Fellowship, you might wonder, “How will I find a job?” or “What does the Matching process look like?”
After JOIN interviews you, you may be selected to become a Finalist. Being a Finalist means you can become a Fellow if you secure an organizing job that JOIN approves as a placement. This can happen in two ways:
1) If you are currently employed by an organization that you plan to be your Placement and your place of work has been accepted as a placement organization, you do not need to go through the Matching process.
- Note: If you are already employed in an organizing job but the organization needs to be approved as a Placement Organization, you can encourage your Organization to apply.
2) If you do not yet have an organizing job, you will be supported in finding one that can serve as your placement organization through a two-pronged approach to increase your likelihood of finding a placement.
- You will be matched for virtual interviews with prospective Placement Organizations in our matching pool, who we believe will be a good fit based on what you’ve shared with us and the Organization’s needs. An organization may then request a second round of interviews, references, or other materials needed to make a hire. You will be formally accepted as a fellow once you receive a job offer through the matching process.
- You will participate in group job coaching facilitated by our Fellowship Director. Through this group coaching, you will be supported in your job search and can apply and interview for jobs outside our current matching pool (provided that the Organization fits JOIN’s criteria as a Placement Organization).
If you have questions, please get in touch with us at applications@joinforjustice.org
