Are you taking a creative approach to solving persistent challenges? Did you envision and develop a moonshot idea and are now seeing excellent results? Have you consistently centered communities of color in your work leading or supporting non-profit schools? We want to hear about it, and we hope you will not stop there! We want to know why you do the work you do. We are also eager to learn how you are thinking about your professional development needs and what you hope to gain from the Fellowship. 

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We aim for diversity of voice and lived experience in our cohorts that is inclusive of the breadth of our humanity across socioeconomic background, race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical ability, religious affiliation, and political ideology. 

 

We curate cohort communities that are vibrant spaces of curiosity, reflection, and learning and include leaders holding multiple differences in background, experience, perspective, and orientation. 

 

We’ve learned over time that this environment is fostered by participants’:

• dedication to their personal learning journey; 

• commitment to suspend judgment on what they believe to be true;

• value for interdependence and desire to build durable bonds across lines of difference;

• ability to stay in inquiry, holding complexity and discomfort with openness and resilience; and

• skill to self-regulate and navigate differences in values when activated.

 

We care deeply about leaders and their well-being. In order to create the most productive experience, one’s ability to adhere to our Pahara Community Commitments is required. If you desire a space where everyone shares your worldview, this is not the right experience for you. If your personal experiences or needs warrant more than can be reasonably managed in a group of 24 leaders, please assess if the timing feels right for you to apply.