AuthorFellows, alumni and experts from the Forward Seattle community. ArchivesCategories |
Back to Blog
Forward Seattle's year-long fellowship affords 20 young people the opportunity to grow together into a force for good in our community. In an effort to build skills to implement progressive policies, each weekend of the fellowship will focus on a different topic. We will explore topics such as communications, coalition building, supply chain management, fundraising, crafting policy, legislative advocacy and more. Forward Seattle will cultivate a speakers' bureau of experts in various fields both from Seattle and nationwide.
To give you a sense of the value of the fellowship, here is a sneak peak into what the fellows will experience the first weekend session when we focus on communications and its role in effectively driving change. Specific speakers and experts are to be determined, but the curriculum is the same. Sample Agenda Saturday 9:00 Greetings/Agenda 9:30 Icebreakers and Introductions of fellows and leadership 10:00 Public Speaking Training -- Experts from PR firm 12:30 Lunch 1:30 Communications Training -- Experts from Comms firm 5:00 Adjourn 5:30 Happy Hour with fellows @ local establishment Sunday 9:30 Greetings/Agenda 10:00 Digital Strategy Session-- Fuse Washington 11:30 Working lunch: Planning for fellow-led fundraiser 12:30 Digital Strategy Session--Fuse Washington 2:15 Messaging and Framing--Local politician comms director 3:45 Chapter Business 4:00 Adjourn If this sounds interesting to you, consider applying today!
Back to Blog
SEA a brighter future4/3/2021 You know those days when the mountains (and the mountain) are out, with blue skies and sun shining off the water? Those days are something else. Those days remind everyone why they suffer through the 9 months of gray. Those days inspire paddleboarders on Lake Union, runners around Green Lake, dog walkers through Discovery Park, and beachcombers on Alki Point. Those days inspire us to think about the world as it could be - as it should be.
But we can't just wait for those beautiful days to come in order to create meaningful change. We have to work through those gray days all year long to achieve a brighter future. Forward Seattle is bringing together an inaugural cohort of 20 young professionals for a 9-month fellowship where the central question is: How do we make Seattle, our community, our country and our world better? To us, better means:
If this sounds like how you SEA a brighter future, consider applying for the Forward Seattle fellowship. The fellowship will equip you to move the ball forward on any of these dreams, or any of your own. Learn more about how we give you the tools to create meaningful change in your sphere of influence - whether that's in a conference room at a tech company, behind a farmer's market table for your nonprofit or under your feet as you knock on doors. Join us as we SEA a brighter future and apply today.
Back to Blog
let's go forward, seattle3/14/2021 We're building something powerful, and we want you to join us. Forward Seattle is a mock company created for educational purposes at Washington State University. There are a few existing leadership programs that focus on public service, but not explicitly about building a pipeline to place progressive leaders (and therefore, their ideas) into positions of power within the powerful for-profit structure. Seattle is home to a very politically active culture that is predominantly progressive. Seattle is also home to some of the country’s (and the world’s) most powerful companies: Amazon, Starbucks, Microsoft, etc. Even the smallest shift in a company’s standard operating procedure or public support can have ripple effects on industries and societies across the world. There is a lot of untapped potential in using the capitalistic system to the advantage of progressive goals if advocates organize effectively. Our training program would help propel young Seattleites to engage with their employers in a new way that improves the lives of fellow employees and larger systems. There is a hunger for advocacy opportunities among young people. However, at the same time, there is a fatigue with the gridlock and glacial pace of progress within traditional institutions of change (like the U.S. Congress). Because Seattle has such a population of young people and powerful corporations, it only seems natural to marry it with a training program geared for this environment. |