Are you civically engaged?
Are you interested in mentoring youth serving their community?
Are you looking for an exciting internship opportunity while earning upper-division credit?
Changemaker Scholars work with Changeist to mentor youth civic activists in their pursuit of social change. All students selected to be Changemaker Scholars will receive a $2,000 scholarship and will enroll in a 4-unit upper-division UCLA independent study course.
“As a Changemaker Scholar, I become both a better student and a more impactful agent of change. As a student, I learned to intentionally connect my personal experiences and the experience of those around me with what I was learning in the classroom. As an agent of change, the program introduced me to a community of other changemakers to learn from and gave me an academic foundation in social change work to deepen my impact. I was able to develop a critical lens while engaging in service, a skill that has been crucial to my career after UCLA as a youth worker in Stockton, CA. This was by far one of the most impactful experiences I had as a student at UCLA!”
Austin is a former Changemaker Scholar and Team Leader at Changeist. After graduating from UCLA, Austin was hired to be the founding Program Manager for the 2nd Changeist location in Stockton, CA.
Changemaker Scholars work Changeist
Changeist runs a 25-week Saturday program for young people to transform themselves and their communities in pursuit of social change, executing their vision for a more just society. Middle school and high school-aged youth work in small teams to build context for the issues that matter most to them, develop relationships with local changemakers on the ground and build an impactful project that they have full ownership over.
Benefits
- Learn youth development skills
- Actively work toward greater social justice outcomes
- Develop your critical consciousness
- Join a network of young people working to bring about change throughout California
Eligibility
- Have sophomore, junior, or senior standing
- Open to all majors
- Minimum 2.8 GPA in your major
- Must have at least 90 cumulative units
- Ability to work with assigned team 3 Saturdays a month from TBA (~end of October, 2022) to TBA (~end of June 2023)
Adriana Bernal
Adriana is majoring in Public Affairs with a minor in Education Studies
Elias Berrick
Elias is double majoring in Public Affairs and International Development Studies.
Claudia Carr
Claudia is double majoring in Political Science and Global Studies.
Isabella Lares
Isabella is majoring in English.
Kayleigh Morrissey
Kayleigh is majoring in English.
Grace Xu
Grace is majoring in Art with a minor in Visual and Performing Arts Education.
Sean Sugai
Sean is double majoring in Human Biology & Society, and Anthropology with a minor in Public Health.
Arisbeth Navarro Chavez
Arisbeth is majoring in Public Affairs and Sociology.
Please apply using this Google Form.
The application deadline is October 13th at 5:00pm.
Questions? Contact Douglas Barerra, Associate Director for Faculty and Community Engagement: dbarrera@college.ucla.edu
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