Offering Fellowships

Applications are now open for the 2020 Voqal Fellowship. The Voqal Fellowship is a talent accelerator aimed at giving underrepresented social entrepreneurs a chance to enact their visions at center stage. The Fellowship provides a $30,000 stipend and six months to work on an early-stage idea. “In this continually changing political and social environment, we

The Voqal Fellowship is an investment in people as individuals and budding entrepreneurs; a talent accelerator aimed at giving underrepresented social entrepreneurs a chance to enact their visions at center stage. With only a few days left until the 2020 Voqal Fellowship applications open we take one last look at the 2019 Voqal Fellowship cohort.

Nick Guthman is a former Voqal Fellow and is the co-founder and executive director of Blue Future. Below he shares some reasons why you should apply for the 2020 Voqal Fellowship.  It was a cold, rainy day in December of 2017 when I received an email from Voqal. It said, “you have been selected to

The Voqal Fellowship is an investment in a new generation of social entrepreneurs interested in launching the next “big idea” aimed at increasing equity for those who are least well off politically, economically and/or socially. In the latest 2019 Voqal Fellowship spotlight, we take a look at Fellow Sam Bonar and his project Showupia. Showupia

July 16, 2019 Last week, Voqal attended Netroots Nation in Philadelphia with the 2019 Voqal Fellows to wrap up another successful Voqal Fellowship cohort. As a first-time sponsor, Voqal was particularly excited for this year’s conference. As usual, Netroots Nation did not disappoint. The day before Netroots Nation, Voqal started things off on a high

July 3, 2019 The Voqal Fellowship is an investment in a new generation of social entrepreneurs interested in launching the next “big idea” aimed at increasing equity for those who are least well off politically, economically and/or socially. In this month’s 2019 Voqal Fellowship spotlight, we take a look at Fellow Kevon Paynter and his

June 13, 2019 The Voqal Fellowship is an investment in a new generation of social entrepreneurs interested in launching the next “big idea” aimed at increasing equity for those who are least well off politically, economically and/or socially. In honor of pride month, this month’s 2019 Voqal Fellowship spotlight takes a look at Alec Fischer and

May 29, 2019 This week we wrap up the Poetic Profile of the 2019 Voqal Fellows with the final installment of the Cooperative and Collaborative Politics of Change. As a reminder, Adrian H. Molina created this insightful poem during the Fellowship convening back in January using a process called Live Scribe Poetics. The Fellows liked

May 23, 2019 The Voqal Fellowship is an investment in a new generation of social entrepreneurs interested in launching the next “big idea” aimed at increasing equity for those who are least well off politically, economically and/or socially. This month’s 2019 Voqal Fellowship spotlight takes a look at Ali Fadlallah and his project CleffNotes for

May 17, 2019 This week we take a look at the penultimate installment of this year’s Voqal Fellowship poem, Cooperative and Collaborative Politics of Change. The poem was created by Adrian H. Molina through a process called Live Scribe Poetics that took place during the Fellowship convening back in January. VII. Inkfluence What is true