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What is the Commutiny Learning and Leadership Journey?

The Commutiny Learning and Leadership Journey (LLJ) is a year long programme offered by COMMUTINY - THE YOUTH COLLECTIVE. CYC is a group of progressive and like minded individuals/ organizations from across the country, who have a passion and belief in the power of young people to bring about social change.

LLJ offers young people opportunities for intensive personal learning and reflection combined with an opportunity to lead an independent social change experiment.

As a participant of the LLJ, (we call them Commutineers!), you will be supported to strengthen your passion for creating a better world, undergo personal transformation and lead social change through community engagement. You will gain opportunities to work closely with other young change-leaders and be navigated by experienced professionals in the social sector and other fields. You will have open spaces for learning interactions among participants and play a part in co creating collective spaces that make the journey more meaningful, relevant and sustainable. You will also receive year-long financial support (between September 2010 and August 2011).

CYC invites young people from across the country to apply for the Learning and Leadership Journey.

Who can apply

Young people between18-30 years:

• Who have a passion and ideas for impacting change in society.
• Who have a desire to undertake a social change experiment.*
• Who have a basic understanding on chosen area of exploration and action.
• Who have clear search questions about self and society

*The experiment might address one or diverse areas of social transformation in any specific community and include issues of particular concern to youth.

Please note

• In case you wish to apply while already working with an organization, we encourage you to be transparent about the application process. We will need to develop an understanding with your organization prior to final selection.
• We welcome your engagement in LLJ through sabbaticals from your current organizations.

All applicants must have

• comfort in speaking and writing in Hindi or English
• minimum 6 months previous experience of active engagement with social issues
• entrepreneurial ability
• ability to 'walk their talk'
• openness to learn and spirit of collaboration
• readiness to co-create and execute group processes for learning and development of all Commutineers.
• appreciation of the principles of diversity and non-violence
• readiness to commit 1 year's full time engagement with the proposed experiment.

** CYC's LLJ programme closely partners with Changelooms, an initiative of Pravah, New Delhi. Changelooms is a Leadership and Organizational Development Programme that supports, encourages and recognizes Young people and their teams who have started and are running their own independent projects or organizations working for social change.

You can read more about the programme here [http://www.pravah.org/content/CL] . We encourage you to appropriately apply to the programme that is most suitable for you.