KHD Fellows

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KENTUCKY HUNGER DIALOGUE FELLOW?

The Kentucky Hunger Dialogue Student Fellowship aims to empower students to actively engage in addressing food insecurity within their communities. By fostering collaboration, education, and advocacy, the fellowship seeks to cultivate leadership skills and innovative solutions that promote sustainable food access and equity across Kentucky. Through dialogue and action, participants will contribute to a statewide movement to alleviate hunger and build a healthier future for all.

Fellows will receive:

Exposure for programs on their campus
An opportunity to build leadership skills
Ability to network with statewide programs and other students
A $750 stipend.

What is a Kentucky Hunger Dialogue Fellow?

The Kentucky Hunger Dialogue fellowship will provide a space for college students interested in anti-hunger work in the state to team up with other college students to support anti-hunger initiatives in Kentucky. The fellowship will provide an opportunity to build leadership skills, while also providing networking opportunities with statewide programs and other students interested in this work. In addition, fellows will help encourage student participation and leadership in the annual conference as well as other initiatives throughout the year. Fellows’ work may include research, evaluation, organizing, advocacy, outreach, and public education, depending on the fellows’ interests and strengths.

Successful candidates will possess the following:

A commitment to ending hunger and poverty in the United States
An ability to adjust and adapt to new situations
An ability to solve problems in creative and innovative ways
Enthusiasm for learning from a wide variety of individuals with expertise in the area anti-hunger
A willingness to search for new models in anti-hunger and anti-poverty work
Excitement about peer learning in a tightknit community of fellows
U.S. citizenship or permanent legal residency (required)

📣This fellowship is open to students at EngageKY member schools:

Ashland Community & Technical College
Bellarmine University
Berea College
Centre College
Kentucky State University
Kentucky Wesleyan College
Lindsey Wilson College
Madisonville Community College
Midway University
Morehead State University
Northern Kentucky University
Somerset Community College
Spalding University
University of Kentucky
University of Louisville
West Kentucky Community & Technical College

All fellows will:

Attend an orientation and policy/advocacy training
Maintain and publish quarterly hunger dialogue newsletter
Asked to submit a legacy binder, highlighting your experience as a fellow at the end of your fellowship
Participate in one group project and one individual project per fellowship period.

The following are examples of potential projects that fellows may participate in, though projects will be proposed by the fellows.

Volunteer at your campus food pantry
Plan a Virtual Mini-dialogue
Plan and implement a food drive
Assist with the Hunger Dialogue
Plan and execute a service project (September Hunger Action Month, Poverty and Homelessness Week, etc.)
Create a sponsorship campaign

Orientation and Training

Orientation

The fellowship begins with a comprehensive orientation exploring the history of hunger and poverty in the United States, including their root causes, and the importance of applying an inclusive and equitable lens to anti-hunger and anti-poverty work. In addition, fellows will explore leadership essentials and network with the Fellows cohort.

Policy/Advocacy Training

Halfway through their service, fellows come together to reflect on their experiences, and discuss their key insights about solutions to ending hunger and poverty. They will also attend a policy/advocacy training.

Dates

Fellowship Dates: February 2025 – August 2025

November 1, 2024: Application opens
December 31, 2024: Deadline to submit applications
January 15, 2025: KHD Fellows are selected and notified of acceptance
February 2025: Virtual Orienation

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All applicants must submit an application, resume, personal statement, and short essay questions as well as contact information for a reference.

The application includes:

Application form that will include questions about your skills, interests, demographic information, and contact information for your reference;
A one-page resume;
A short personal statement, which addresses the following:
- What values shape your interest in the Kentucky Hunger Dialogue Fellowship?
- How do you expect this fellowship to contribute to achieving your professional goals?;
Short responses to the following questions:
- How your life experiences and community work have influenced your perspective on issues of hunger and poverty in the United States.
- Share ideas about how you would create impact and increase awareness of campus food insecurity on your campus and across the state.

Once your application has been received, we will send a reference form directly to the reference listed on your application. This reference should be a faculty or staff member at your college or a professional reference from a job, internship, community engagement experience, or other professional experience.

Applications are due on Tuesday, December 31.

For more information, contact Susan Byrd at susan.byrd@kycompact.org or (859) 240-8614.

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