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May 2017 movetoendviolence.org

PREVIEW APPLICATION FOR COHORT 4

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Welcome to your application for Cohort 4 of Move to End Violence!

We are excited that you are applying to be a part of this transformative community of Movement Makers. Please read the application instructions carefully so that you don’t miss any important information. We look forward to reading your application!

Application information and instructions:

The deadline to submit your application is 1pm PT / 4pm ET on June 15th, 2017.

You (the applicant) are responsible for completing several sections of the application. They are as follows:

3 Personal information

3 Organizational/Program Information

3 Network Information

3 Eligibility

3 Program Commitments and Obligations

3 6 Short Answer Questions (300 words max.)

3 Uploads (resume, bio, headshot)

In addition to your application, there is a required support for application which needs to be completed by your Executive Director (or Board Chair if you are the Executive Director). You can forward this section of the application to the appropriate person by entering their email in the online application form. Please note: your application will not be considered complete until your application and the support for application are submitted.

Questions? Need assistance with filling out and/or submitting the application?

Your application must be submitted through the Survey Gizmo platform. You can find the link to the online application on our website www.movetoendviolence.org. If you have any questions, please email us at [email protected].


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I. Personal Information

*First Name:

*Last Name:

Name you prefer to be called (if different from above):

*Mailing address where you prefer to receive direct correspondence:

Gender:

Preferred pronouns:

Age:

Race and/or Ethnicity (check all that apply):

You may further specify your race and/or ethnicity here if you would like:

Arab/Middle Eastern

Black/African American

Hispanic/Latino/a

Native American/Alaskan Native/ Native Hawaiian

Pacific Islander

South Asian

South East/East Asian

White/Caucasian

Biracial/Multiracial

Other (please specify)




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*Title:

*Email:

*Work Phone:

*Cell Phone:

*Years in current organization:

*Total years of experience working to end violence against girls and women:

*Effective groups require a diversity and balance of strengths. Please select one of the following statements that best fits you and your work style. If you find that different aspects of each statement may be true for you, try to identify the one that is most representative of how you act in new or challenging situations. There are no “right” answers to this question.

I like to work independently, take risks, and am task-oriented.

I value collaborations, prioritize building trust, and am process-oriented.

I am forward-thinking, comfortable with change, and energized by opportunities to think creatively.

I work best methodically, base my thinking and work in known facts, and ask important questions.

If you’d like, you can briefly explain your selection:




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II. Organizational/Program Information:

Move to End Violence believes in supporting and strengthening the organizations in which Movement Makers are based. Applicants may represent an entire organization, or a particular program or division of an organization (for example, a rape crisis response center based at a university). Please provide the following information for the entity that would receive the benefits (e.g. a grant for program support and organizational development assistance) and that would be responsible for the obligations associated with this program.

*Name of the Organization:

Name of the Program or Division (if relevant):

Please check one:

The information below is for the entire organization

The information below is for my program or division

*Name of the Executive Director:

*Name of the Board Chair:

*Address:

*Main Phone Number:

*Mission:

*Age of Organization (or Program):




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*Annual Budget of Organization (or Program):

*Total number of staff in Organization (or Program):

*Website:

My organization is:

501(c)3

501(c)4

other, please specify:

Note: Grants via MEV are for participating 501c3 advocacy organizations. If you represent another type of institution (i.e. government agency or foundation), organizational benefits will be determined on a case-by-case basis.

*At what levels does your organization (or program) work? Check all that apply:

Local/Community

Indigenous community (rural, urban, or reservation) and/or tribal organizations

State

Regional

National

Transnational

Global

Other

You may further specify your above selections, if you would like:




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On which of the following issues does your organization primarily work, if any? Please select up to 3:

* Please briefly describe a project led by your organization that advances social change and of which you are proud.

*Does your organization have communications staff? Y/N

*Does your organization have organizers on staff? Y/N

Child sexual abuse

Child welfare

Commercial sexual exploitation

Criminal justice

Disability rights

Domestic violence

Economic justice

Education

Engagement of men and/or boys to end violence

Environment

Family/Community health and wellness

Food justice

Housing

Immigration

Indigenous rights

Juvenile justice

Labor rights

LGBTQ rights

Pornography

Racial justice

Reproductive justice/rights

Sexual violence

Stalking

Street harassment

Trafficking

Women’s and/or girls’ leadership

Other




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III. Network InformationNetworks allow us to connect to, learn from, and initiate collaborative actions with each other to generate creative and effective solutions.

*What role(s) do you typically play in organizations or networks? Please rank up to three choices. Again, there are no “right” answers.

Other people look to me to resolve difficult problems, especially when there are conflicts.

I find myself providing direction on alternative paths that can be taken – pros and cons, why and why not.

Once a direction has been chosen, I am the one that will put the details together and manage the project.

I am the historian and the storyteller, the keeper of institutional knowledge and community struggles.

I create big ideas and ways to do the work.

My role is to fight for and give voice to individuals and/or ideas.

In a paragraph, tell us about a collaborative relationship that has been transformative in your work. Who was it with? What characteristics made it so?

How did you hear about this initiative? Check all that apply:

Individual (who? Please be sure to note if it was a Movement Maker)

Listserv (which one?)

Social Network Site (which one?)

Internet Search

Other




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Cristy Chung

ML Daniel

Cristine Davidson

Sandy Davidson

Lorena Estrella

Alexis Flanagan

Annika Gifford

Priscilla Gonzalez

Trina Greene

Ed Heisler

Monique Hoeflinger

Vivian Huelgo

Neil Irvin

Ariel Jacobson

Vivian Jojola

Leiana Kinnicutt

Suzanne Koepplinger

Tamar Kraft-Stolar

Andrea Lee

David S. Lee

Debbie Lee

Dorchen Leidholdt

Heidi Lehmann

Beckie Masaki

Nicole Matthews

Kelly Miller

Nancy Nguyen

Klarissa Oh

Marcia Olivo

Jodeen Olguin-Tayler

Eesha Pandit

Patina Park

Sandra Park

Tony Porter

Archi Pyati

Maria Rodriguez

Ana Romero

Lynn Rosenthal

Corrine Sanchez

Edith Sargon

Joanne Smith

Andrew Sta. Ana

Lovisa Stannow

Nan Stoops

Farah Tanis

Scheherazade Tillet

Aimee Thompson

Patti Tototzintle

Karen Tronsgard-Scott

Quentin Walcott

K. Shakira Washington

Jamia Wilson

We seek to spark and strengthen relationships between innovative leaders in the movement as the basis for powerful, networked movement leadership. Please help us to map current relationships in the field by telling us about the Movement Makers of previous cohorts with whom you have relationships, and whether you would characterize those relationships as informal exchanges (e.g. you share information on events, campaigns, programs, and/or services and/or occasionally connect on strategies and best practice) or formal collaborations (e.g. you work together, participate in the same coalition or network, have presented at summits and conferences together, and/or collaborate on advocacy efforts).

Do not be discouraged if you don’t have relationships with any of the Movement Makers listed below. In network theory, those on the periphery of this network are likely to be a source of innovative ideas and to bridge with other networks, which supports Move to End Violence’s goal of broadening the U.S. movement to end violence against girls and women. Additionally, we see everyone who applies as part of the Move to End Violence community, and we want to take this as an opportunity to map our connections to strengthen our collective power.




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IV: Eligibility To qualify for this initiative, participants must meet all of the following eligibility requirements. Please check the box next to each requirement to confirm your ability to meet these terms:

I am based at an organization that works (at least in part) to end violence against girls and women.

I anticipate staying in my current organization for the next two years;

I have at least five years of experience working for social justice; and

I acknowledge that Move to End Violence is a program of the NoVo Foundation and that participating organizations become grantees of NoVo. Therefore, only organizations that are consistent with NoVo’s overall grantmaking strategy will be accepted into the program.

V: Program Commitments & Obligations This is an intensive program, and we ask that applicants be prepared to make the following commitments. Please initial the box next to each commitment or obligation to confirm your ability to meet these terms:

I understand that this intensive program runs from January 2018 through December 2019. If selected, I will actively participate in all aspects of the program during its entire duration, estimated at 20% of my time.

I understand that participants are required to attend six convenings with their cohort.

I am available to attend on the following dates absent extraordinary circumstances:

Convening 1 January 22-26, 2018 (West Coast)

Convening 2 May 7-11, 2018 (Southeast)

Convening 3 October 22-26, 2018 (West Coast)

Convening 4/ February 25-March 8, 2019 (Central America) International Exchange

Convening 5 May 13-17, 2019 (Mid-Atlantic)

Convening 6 October 21-25, 2019 (West Coast)

I understand that one of the convenings will be a 10-day, overseas learning exchange. If I am unable to travel internationally, I will help shape and participate in alternative, U.S.-based activities.

I understand that I will be matched with an individual leadership coach to meet with regularly to support me in integrating what I am learning from the program.




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I understand that participants may be asked to share responsibility for leadership by facilitating certain portions of convenings or intersession work and commit to doing so.

I commit to doing light preparatory or planning work for convenings and will engage with my peers between sessions as appropriate to advance our work.

I understand that I am being selected to help build a powerful movement for social change, which includes the responsibility to engage others. I commit to sharing my learnings from Move to End Violence with my organization and the broader movement, via updates at staff meetings, introduction of new practices, conference presentations, blogs and other mechanisms. I will work one-on-one with my coach to develop plans for doing so.

I will regularly engage with MEV’s evaluation partner Social Policy Research Associates to help us assess program quality and impact.

Organizational Commitments

I understand that my organization will receive a two-year project grant designed to cover the time that I will spend on Move to End Violence activities and related movement-building work.

I understand that my organization will receive a three-year general operating grant to provide additional support.

I understand that my organization will be encouraged to participate in a two-day workshop on one of the core fundamentals of the MEV program of my choosing. This training will be held in 2019 and my organization will work with MEV to prepare participants and schedule the workshop.

I understand that we are encouraged to embrace transformative work to ready our organization for deeper movement-building. We will have access to additional coaching and the opportunity to apply for additional funds for this purpose.

I have the approval and full support of my organization’s Executive Director or Board Chair to participate.




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VI. Short Answer Questions Please provide brief answers (no more than 300 words each) to the following questions.

1. What about this opportunity with Move to End Violence most excites you?

2. Please review the Movement Makers’ vision statement, pivots, and video and statement calling for inclusive racial and gender justice movements for social change. What resonates with you the most? Where would you want to explore further or expound upon?

3. What do you see as the greatest strategic opportunity for making headway to end violence against all girls and women in the U.S.? If you had the resources to launch a social change campaign, how would you focus your efforts?

4. How does your organization understand its role in the larger movement to end violence against girls and women? What are the areas of strength and challenge in how leadership is practiced in your organization that impact its ability to excel in this role?




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5. We are seeking to support an inclusive racial and gender justice movement that will search for solutions that end violence for all girls and women. Provide an example that demonstrates how this is manifested in your work.

6. Share an experience from your professional life that demonstrates a commitment to growth and transformation. Describe both the benefits and challenges associated with the experience.

VII. UploadsPlease upload the following documents:

3 Resume Please save your resume as a PDF with your last name and the word “resume” as the file name (e.g. “Baker Resume.pdf”). Max file size: 50MB.

3 Bio Please save your biography as a plaintext or Word Document with your last name and the word “bio” as the file name (e.g. “Baker Bio.doc”). Max file size: 50MB

3 Photo Please save your headshot as a .JPG with your last name and the word “headshot” as the file name (e.g. “Baker Headshot.jpg”). Ideally, your photo would be 300x300 px, and we ask for a minimum of 150x150 px. If selected, this picture may be used publicly in our program materials. Max file size: 50MB


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