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Project

Diversity Fellowship

Center:

AZ-Sonoran UCEDD

Fiscal Year:

2022

Contact Information:

Jacy Farkas
[email protected]
520-626-2207

Project Description:

<b>Diversity Fellowship</b> In 2017 we developed a Diversity Fellowship program through an award from AIDD to increase the diversity of our trainees and future leaders in the field. After the first year with funding, we sustained the program with funding from other projects. The Fellowship provides training and leadership opportunities for historically underrepresented students in disability research, practice, and policy. The current focus of the program is to build capacity in Native communities through a tiered fellowship/mentorship consisting of graduate, undergraduate and community college students. The program is sustainable through our partnership with a tribal institution of higher education, Tohono Oodham Community College, creating a pipeline of indigenous students as disability advocates in their respective fields.

Keyword(s):

student training, diversity, policy, fellowship, internship

Core Function(s):

Training Trainees, Performing Research or Evaluation, Developing & Disseminating Information

Area of Emphasis

Quality Assurance, Education & Early Intervention, Health-Related Activities, Employment-Related Activities, Housing-Related Activities, Quality of Life, Other - Cultural Diversity

Target Audience:

Students/Trainees (long or intermediate trainees), Community Trainees / Short term trainees

Unserved or Under-served Populations:

Racial or Ethnic Minorities

Primary Target Audience Geographic Descriptor:

Single-County

Funding Source:

COVID-19 Related Data:

N/A

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