Texas Black Action Fund Fellowship

About The Program

This Fellowship will provide opportunities for rising speakers and Black leaders across Texas to build a network and explore new ideas, and be trained in the best practices of organizing, coalition building and issue advocacy. TBAF Fellowship Program seeks to invest in Black communities by identifying, educating, and partnering with Black leaders on ways to advocate for solutions that will support Black civic engagement in Texas. A fellow’s experience will allow them to harness strategies and techniques for work specific to Texas-based state and local policy solutions in order to help change the narrative and policy landscape on Black leadership in Texas. 

Duties

Texas Black Action Fellows will help with the following tasks (approx. 10 hours a month) 

• Attend monthly calls 

• Speak on at least one TBAF monthly webinar each quarter 

• Help with writing and support for a bi-monthly (every other month) statewide newsletter (launching in July). 

• Support TBAF in growing the network of rising and current Black leaders across Texas. 

Goals

• Educate and train current Black civic leaders to support local organizing around local organizing, legislative efforts, and non-partisan civic education.

• Engage and partner with leaders from Black communities in skills building training and education of the Black electorate. .

• Produce updated advanced curriculum to support educating advocates and stakeholders in each of our hub areas on policy implementation ahead of the Texas Legislative Session in 2025. 

Compensation

All Fellows will receive a $1,000 stipend, as well as travel to and from any TBAF speaking engagements.