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Young Black Climate Leaders (YBCL) Youth Futures Fund 2025 Cohort Application - Apply NOW!

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2 days ago2 min read
Applications for our 2025 Young Black Climate Leaders Youth Futures Fund are still open,
Applications for our 2025 Young Black Climate Leaders Youth Futures Fund are still open,

There is just one week left to apply! Come get this money and be sure to submit your application by March 27!

The YBCL Youth Futures Fund provides financial awards to young Black climate leaders who are advocating for and transforming their communities toward racial and climate justice. The fund offers access to capacity-building support and resources for young Black climate leaders who are reshaping the broader climate movement. With a focus on centering local movements and initiatives, the YBCL Youth Futures Fund will uplift models of climate resistance and regenerative practices rooted in creativity and advancing transformative change.

Application criteria
Applicants must
  1. Identify as Black, African, Afro-Latinx, and or part of the Afro-Indigenous diaspora.
  2. Be based and implement their project in one of the following places: the United States (including Alaska and Hawaii), Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands or the U.S. Virgin Islands.
  3. Be 18-28 years old (OK to turn 18 by July 1 or 29 during the project).
  4. Be available to complete a ZOOM interview - interviews will be scheduled between  May 7 and May 16, 2025  (if needed).

To receive funding, you must be able to commit to
  1. Making a one year commitment to complete the program as an active participant.
  2. Signing an award agreement and providing a project reflection at the conclusion of your project term. (Reflections can be in the form of videos, songs, blogs, photojournalism, zines, art, or interviews).
  3. Completing all surveys and evaluations.
  4. Attending at least six virtual bi-monthly learning calls/training (up to three (3) hours/month, with calls held approximately every other month).
  5. Attending the YBCL virtual welcome/orientation session on June 25.
  6. Attending an in-person gathering for 3-4 days during the week of July 21.
(Travel expenses will be covered, and safety protocols for COVID in place, including masks, daily tests, and hand sanitizer. All staff and participants must test and report any positive results to staff).


Application Timeline
  • Fund applications will be accepted from Tuesday, February 25 to  Thursday, March 27, 2025 at 11:59 pm Pacific.
  • Interviews will be held from May 9 to May 16, 2025.
  • Decisions will be announced by June 9, 2025.

Please let us know if you need any special accommodations to submit an application.

You can refer to our FAQs before directing any questions to direct questions to YBCL@climateinnovation.net.




 
 
 

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