2016-2017 AUTRY FELLOWSHIP APPLICATION

The Autry Fellowship provides an opportunity for talented and passionate recent college graduates to work for one year to address pressing issues of inequity in the South as a full-time, paid staff member at Manpower Development Corporation (MDC).  

The ideal Autry Fellow is deeply committed to advancing social equity and opportunity and is eager to support the mission of MDC—to help organizations and communities in the South close the gaps that separate people from opportunity. 

MDC believes that each Autry Fellow has something unique and fresh to bring to MDC’s work, and in turn the Fellowship is designed to provide the Fellow with an experience that will enhance their understanding of social change and help place them on their own aspired path to promoting equity. 

In this way, the Autry Fellowship advances MDC’s tradition and vision of creating a cadre of young leaders who have experience promoting economic development, increasing equity and excellence in education, building inclusive civic cultures, and who are poised and ready to apply their new learning to benefit the region. 

To date, there have been 16 Autry Fellows. The Fellow's time will center on learning MDC's strategies for promoting economic and social justice by participating in a variety of project teams. The Fellow will devote a significant portion of time to a collection of projects determined jointly by the Fellow and MDC. This allows the Fellow to work collaboratively across all areas of MDC to advance MDC’s mission and to ensure organizational goals are achieved.

Interested applicants must submit their completed application (available for download here) and resume by Monday, January 11, 2016 at 5 p.m. Applicants will receive confirmation of receipt within 48 hours of submission. An interview day for finalists will occur in February 2016.