The Commutiny Journey
Application and selection
- To be a part of the Commutiny Learning and Leadership journey, please fill the application form and submit it to us by
December 28, 2008January 4th 2009. - We will review your application and select you for a telephonic interview.
- We will further invite you for a face to face interview.
Once you clear the above phases, we will select you as a COMMUTINEER.
As a Commutineer, you will receive a monthly living and learning stipend between May 2009 and April 2010
>> The journey begins
By April 2009
An experiential event
As a Commutineer, we will invite you to an experiential event of 5 days in April 2009.
This event will consist of workshops on building leadership skills, discussions on social issues, spaces to share personal passions and ideas for change, and a scope to transform a social change idea into a social initiative...
Preparation for the journey
Based on your social initiative, you will prepare yourself to undertake the year-long journey.
>> The Learning-Leadership journey
May 2009 to January 2010
A learning exposure
You will intern in a voluntary organization(s) for a period of 3 months. Here you will gain a deeper understanding of the issue that you have chosen to address and exposure to various field processes.
A unique gathering
With your experiences, learnings and improved ideas, you will meet the other fellows and us after the 3 months. You will share your sharpened initiative, work more with us to finalise its design. You will submit your completed design of the social change initiative in the form of a proposal.
Self-directed action
With your experiences, learnings and improved ideas, you will meet the other fellows and us after the 3 months. You will share your sharpened initiative, work more with us to finalise its design.
You will submit your completed design of the social change initiative in the form of a proposal.
Submission of project
At the end of the 6 months, you will submit the work you did as a Commutineer. This could be a report, an art-work, a campaign design, a document, a film/video - Anything that substantially puts together your effort and understandings during the journey and will add to the resource pool that we will together build for a range of young initiators to draw inspiration and reference from in the future.
>> The journey continues
February 2010 to April 2010
Exploring the future
You will join the members of COMMUTINY - THE YOUTH COLLECTIVE to work on ways to further promote youth development and youth action.
The Commutiny Festival
You will work with the other Commutineers to organize a youth event to inspire more young people to take up social change initiatives such as yours.
