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Smart Justice Fellowship
The 2025-2026 Smart Justice Fellowship will run for ten months (September 2025 – June 2026) and will consist of ten meetings (one per month) aimed at training Fellows to become organizers and leaders in their communities. Meetings will mostly be remote, with certain in-person meetings at the ACLU of Minnesota’s office in Minneapolis. The classes will be taught by a selection of community experts, and will focus on topics such as… Organizing community actions Navigating coalitions Interacting with elected officials and policy makers Communications Canvassing/phone banking Building relationships with judicial officials The history and present of mass incarceration in Minnesota, including immigration detention The ACLU-MN’s Smart Justice policy platform, which aims to (1) shrink Minnesota’s incarcerated population by 50% and (2) reduce racial inequalities within Minnesota’s incarcerated population
| Funder | ACLU of Minnesota |
| Destination | the United States |
| Study level | associate, bachelor, graduate, high_school |
| Value as published | $2,000 |
| Deadline as published | August |
| Source database | careeronestop.org |
| Type | Student award |