Key Commitments and Dates for CPGC Fellowships

Unless otherwise noted, all dates below are required components of the Fellowship experience:

Application

• Application Deadline: February 11, 2024 11:59 p.m. ET
  • Students applying to partnerships will need to participate in an interview the week of February 19th, depending on scheduling with partner organizations.
  • As part of the application process, all students must identify a fall course they will opt into to continue the learning related to their summer experience. More information about options will be available by February; options will be broad.
• Students will be offered funding by spring break and asked to commit to the Fellowship as soon as possible thereafter. Advisors will communicate specific final decision deadlines.

Fellowship Program Commitments

• CPGC Fellows should expect to spend time between Spring Break and the end of the semester getting prepared for their internships.
  • CPGC Fellows will be matched with a program mentor and meet one-on-one before April 11.
  • All CPGC Fellows are required to attend a workshop on Thursday April 11, 6:00—8:00 p.m. featuring keynote speaker Vince Warren '86. Warren is a leading expert on racial injustice and discriminatory policing and the executive director of the Center for Constitutional Rights, who will draw on decades of experience to share a model of engaging grassroots activism to advance multi-layered policy change for justice in the US and internationally.
  • International Partner interns will participate in pre-departure meetings specific to their organizations.
  • Philadelphia Region Interns participate in the Philadelphia Orientation Program, May 27-31, 2024.
  • CPGC Fellows are encouraged to enroll in a half credit course offered in the Peace Justice & Human Rights concentration: PEACH105H001 Global Solidarity and Local Actions: Interdependence, Intercultural Understanding, Social Change. Fridays, 1:30-4:00 p.m. The course learning goals are to:
    • Identify, analyze, and apply critical concepts for engaging fundamental issues of inequality and social justice.
    • Critically reflect on the intersection of key concepts, institutions, and structures, and their relationship to one’s own identity and vocational and civic interests.
    • Identify and develop personal opportunities or ambitions for putting learning into action for greater ethical purposes.
• During the summer, students will be supported by mentors and CPGC staff and are required to submit the following assignments that enhance internship learning:
  • Mid-summer written reflection
  • Photo & Caption due in early August
  • Final report due in mid-August
• CPGC may offer a Fall semester course to continue and deepen internship learning.
• Welcome Back Event with Ignite Presentations on a Sunday in September.
• CPGC Poster Fair: Friday evening in October.