The Academy Fellowship Program is an annual leadership training program for multi-ethnic students who want experience working on low-income and minority economic development. Fellows work independently and develop expertise in a project area with the direction of a Program Manager and the Academy Director.
Fellows conduct research, write reports and position papers, help organize community events, and interface regularly with multi-ethnic community, corporate, and government leaders. They write articles for various papers, represent the Greenlining Institute on TV and radio, and give presentations and testimony at policy hearings. Fellows also attend small group seminars on lobbying skills, public speaking, writing, media relations, and other personal development topics. Students also attend a Power Lunch series in which community, corporate, and government leaders are invited to meet informally with all Academy participants.