Villers Fellowship for Health Care Justice and the Wellstone Fellowship for Social Justice

Families USA is pleased to announce that they are accepting applications for the Villers fellowship for Health Care Justice and the Wellstone Fellowship for Social Justice.

The Villers Fellowship
The Villers Fellowship for Health Care Justice was created in 2005 by Philippe Villers, Founder and President of Families USA. Each year, the Villers Fellow works in our health policy department and assists our organizations efforts to improve access to health coverage for all Americans, especially for low-income and other vulnerable communities. Specifically, the Villers Fellow will conduct research on a range of health care policy issues and write and contribute to publications that are relevant to health reform implementation and other health policy issues.

The application deadline for the Villers Fellowship is January 14, 2011.

You can find more information, including a downloadable application form, on our website: http://www.familiesusa.org/about/the-villers-fellowship.html .

The Wellstone Fellowship

The Wellstone Fellowship for Social Justice is designed to foster the advancement of social justice through participation in health care advocacy work that focuses ont heunique challenges facing many low-income and minority communities. Through this fellowship, Families USA hopes to expand the pool of talented social justice advocates from underrepresented economic, racial, and ethnic minority groups, including from the American Indian and alaska Native, Asian American, Black/African American, Latino, and Native Hawaiian and Pacific islander communities. The Wellstone Fellow plays an integral role in the work of Families USA's Field and Minority Health initiatives Departments.

You can find more information, includnig a downloadable application form, on our website: http://www.familiesusa.org/about/wellstone-fellowship.html

The application deadline for the Wellstone Fellowship is January 31, 2011.

If you have any questions about the Wellstone Fellowship for Social Justice or would like to request hard copies of the application brochure, please contact me at wellstonefellowship@familiesusa.org

Both fellowships are year-long, full-time salaried positions at our office in Washington, DC. Each year, one candidate will be selected for each fellowship. Selected fellows will receive a compensatory package that includs an annual salary of $38,000 and excellent health care benefits.