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Families USA, a national nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to
the achievement of high-quality, affordable health care for  all Americans,
is accepting applications for the Wellstone Fellowship for Social Justice.
The Fellowship provides a unique opportunity to honor the memory of the
late Senator Paul D. Wellstone by fostering the advancement of social
justice through participation in health care advocacy work that focuses on
the unique challenges facing many communities of color. The goals of the
Wellstone Fellowship Program are three-fold:

          1. To address disparities in access to health care;
          2. To inspire Wellstone Fellows to continue to work for social
justice throughout their lives; and
          3. To increase the number and racial and ethnic diversity of
up-and-coming social justice advocates and leaders.

Through this Fellowship, Families USA hopes to expand the pool of talented
social justice advocates from underrepresented racial and ethnic minority
groups, particularly from the Black/African American, Latino, and American
Indian communities.

The Wellstone Fellowship is a year-long, full-time, salaried position. The
term for the next Fellow will begin in August 2005. The Fellow will be
engaged in health care advocacy work in Families USA's office in
Washington, D.C., where he or she will learn about Medicare, Medicaid,
efforts to achieve universal coverage, and other important health policy
issues. Specifically, the fellow will be engaged in Families USA's outreach
to and mobilization of communities of color. At the same time, the
Wellstone Fellow will learn about conducting health care campaigns through
communication and collaboration with our network of state grassroots
advocates and organizations.

The ideal candidate will express an interest in social justice work and in
working with communities or color. Additionally, we are looking for an
individual who displays the potential to continue to contribute to social
justice work after their year of hands-on experience. There is no bias in
favor of any academic discipline, although we prefer that the fellow have a
college degree as of August 2005.

I encourage you to forward this announcement on to any students or alumni
who you feel would be interested in this opportunity. For more information
about Families USA and the Wellstone Fellowship, including a description of
the fellowship and the application process, as well as an online
application, please click on the link below.

Please do not hesitate to contact me at 202-628-3030 or at
[log in to unmask] with any questions or if you would like
to receive hard copies of the application brochure.

  Sincerely,

  Melissa Rosenblatt
  Director
  Internship and Fellowship Program

  http://www.familiesusa.org/site/PageServer?pagename=Wellstone_Fellowship_index
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