The program will deliver advanced skills training using the methodologies and approaches taught at elite institutions such as Stanford d.school. We will teach participants interdisciplinary skills through design thinking, systems thinking, and other relevant tools and mindsets. We will also teach participants social entrepreneurship to help them start their careers in social entrepreneurship or nonprofit leadership. We will use global case studies and public policies to help participants understand complex social challenges, explore practical solutions, and build skills they can apply in real time. Once participants gain interdisciplinary skills and understand social entrepreneurship, we will nurture leadership through immersive, real-world scenarios, from conflict resolution and stakeholder engagement to adaptive decision-making and ethical challenges.

The Fellowship supports individuals with expertise in disciplines such as filmmaking, storytelling and writing, photography, animation, graphic design, painting, music, dance, and theatre, to use their creative skills and ideas to drive change at the grassroots level. Depending on the Fellow’s discipline and focus, the fellowship may take various forms. A visual artist can create public murals that highlight issues such as water scarcity or food insecurity, turning neglected walls into canvases for collective voice and hope. A filmmaker could produce a short documentary following the daily lives of ragpickers, using intimate storytelling to humanize systemic inequities.