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Soros Justice Fellowships

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The Soros Justice Fellowships fund outstanding individuals to implement innovative projects that advance the Open Society Institute’s efforts to reform the U.S. criminal justice system. OSI’s strategy takes aim at two overarching ills: the over-reliance on incarceration and harsh punishment, and the lack of equal justice—especially for people of color and the poor.

Fellows receive funding through the following two programs:

Advocacy

Soros Justice Advocacy Fellowships fund outstanding individuals—including lawyers, advocates, grassroots organizers, activist academics, and others with important perspectives—to initiate innovative policy advocacy projects at the local, state, and national levels that will have a measurable impact on one or more of OSI’s U.S. criminal justice priorities.

View the Advocacy Fellowship guidelines.

Media

Soros Justice Media Fellowships support writers, print and broadcast journalists, filmmakers, and other individuals with distinctive voices proposing to complete media projects for local, regional, and national markets.

View the Media Fellowship guidelines.

Deadline

Wednesday, October 14, 2009 (11:59 p.m. EST)

Contact Information

For more information contact sorosjusticefellowships@sorosny.org.

Related Information

Foundation Taps Visionaries to Reform U.S. Justice System
Press Release
April 29, 2009
The Open Society Institute has awarded Soros Justice Fellowships to 17 outstanding individuals working to restore fairness to a deeply flawed criminal justice system.

Soros Justice Fellow Honored by ACLU, City of New Orleans
March 17, 2009
The ACLU honored Norris Henderson for his commitment to the advancement of civil liberties in Louisiana, and New Orleans proclaimed "Norris Henderson Day" in recognition of his work bringing accountability and citizen oversight to the New Orleans criminal justice system.

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