Diversity Fellowship

2019

The Partnership for People with Disabilities at Virginia Commonwealth University will establish a Diversity Fellowship Program to support at least one fellow each year to be immersed in diversity issues related to disability and who will become a part of a national cohort for knowledge exchange. The goal is to increase focus, attention, and awareness on existing and emerging concerns and practices in disability and cultural and linguistic diversity. The objectives are: 1) To establish a Diversity Fellowship Program, including a recruitment process and sustainability plan; 2) To increase fellows knowledge and skills related to disability and diversity through a) participation in an action learning (capstone) project in a community program, b) training experiences to increase disability and diversity knowledge, and c) mentoring by Partnership leaders for knowledge exchange; and 3) To increase the knowledge of others by sharing learning gained through the fellowship with Partnership staff members, project partners, and the UCEDD cohort of fellows. Long term Outcomes include: diverse perspectives inform and enhance UCEDD network programs; and staffing at the UCEDD reflect the greater diversity of our communities. Products that will be developed (and available in multiple languages and formats) include: descriptive information about the Diversity Fellowship Program, recruitment information, reports based on capstone projects, fact sheets/briefs/posters to share with Partnership staff members and partners that highlight diversity issues and promising practices.

Diversity; cultural broker

Training Trainees, Performing Research or Evaluation

Other - Cultural Diversity, Other

Professionals and Para-Professionals, Family Members/Caregivers, Children/Adolescents with Disabilities/SHCN

Racial or Ethnic Minorities, Limited English

State

N/A