Dalai Lama Fellows (DLF) offers emerging social innovators a rigorous, interdisciplinary, and deeply contemplative program to reimagine leadership as involving self-awareness, personal sustainability, genuine compassion for others, and the capacity to skillfully navigate complex systems at multiple levels. Our Fellows learn practices for cultivating emotional intelligence, self-care, resilience, empathy, deep listening, and communication skills in order to foster systems for human and planetary flourishing for generations to come.
WORTH
They provide each Fellow with:
- Immersion in their distinctive yearlong Head, Heart, Hands online leadership curriculum
- One-and-one and small group coaching to support their personal development and leadership in social innovation work
- Participation in the Contemplative Leadership Assembly with Fellows from around the world and dynamic faculty
- Lifelong affiliation in a global learning community and support system
ELIGIBILITY
In order to fulfill the minimum requirements, through the application a candidate must demonstrate:
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Age requirements: 20-35 years old as of July 1, 2023
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Fluency in written and spoken English
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Current engagement with or well-articulated plans for a social change project and sustained engagement with the project throughout the fellowship year (NOTE: due to the difficulty of launching a social innovation project from scratch, we give preference to applicants who have ongoing projects, but each year we have selected Fellows who have a concrete vision for a project and plans to launch during the fellowship year, given they have the adequate expertise, resources, and community connections at the time of applying)
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In-depth knowledge of the community and the issue that the project is seeking to address, preferably with at least one year of previous experience working with the community
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Interest in learning and engaging in contemplative practices throughout the year
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Commitment to participating in all dimensions of the program (online learning platform, 1-on-1 coaching calls, group learning calls, etc.)
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We estimate full participation in the fellowship requires about 12 hours per month, not including Fellows’ work on their projects
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Attendance at the Contemplative Leadership Assembly in late July 2023 (DLF will cover all costs for travel, lodging, and meals for the Assembly)
DEADLINE: December 1, 2022
To apply and for more information, visit here
