Brewer Fellowship to Unite america launches!
in partnership with The Institute for Citizens & Scholars and Unite America Fund
As the United States faces more uncertain times, inspired leadership is more necessary than ever.
To help develop such leaders, The Institute for Citizens & Scholars (formerly the WW Foundation) is pleased to launch the Brewer Fellowship to Unite America. Developed in partnership with Cultivate the Karass (CtK) and supported by the Unite America Fund (UAF), this fellowship will bring together leaders from across the political spectrum for a series of professional and capacity-building opportunities.
The Brewer Fellowship is dedicated to the legacy of Jacob “Jake” Brewer (1981–2015), a political organizer and social activist who served as senior policy adviser to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Obama Administration. Throughout his life, Jake continually dismantled political, cultural and religious barriers in order to create unlikely coalitions to tackle intractable social problems.
The 17 Brewer Fellows in the program’s inaugural class represent a variety of new and established nonprofit organizations working to strengthen American democracy and reform the political system. They are working on initiatives such as advancing nonpartisan election reforms, supporting reform-minded candidates for public office, and building support for the growing movement to put voters first. (See the full list of Fellows and their organizations below).
The 2020 class will serve as a pilot program for the 18-month Fellowship. Initial grant funding was seeded by the Unite America Fund, a philanthropic community that aims to accelerate and scale nonpartisan democracy reform organizations and leaders who are committed to fostering a more representative and functional government.
Inaugural Cohort of Brewer Fellows to Unite America
Daniella Ballou-Aares | CEO, Leadership Now Project
Mindy Finn | Founder & CEO, Citizen Data
Katie Harbath | Founder & CEO, Anchor Change
Francis Johnson | President, Take Back our Republic
Eli Lehrer | President, R Street Institute
Sarah Longwell | Founding Director, Defending Democracy Together
Maya MacGuineas | President, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
Amber McReynolds | CEO, National Vote at Home Institute
Aaron Menenberg | Co-Executive Director, Institute for Political Innovation
Debilyn Molineaux |Co-Director, Bridge Alliance
Nick Penniman | Founder & CEO, Issue One
Rob Richie | President & CEO, FairVote
Josh Silver | Executive Director, RepresentUs
Cynthia Richie Terrell | Executive Director, RepresentWomen
Nick Troiano | Executive Director, Unite America
Sarah Walker | Executive Director, Secure Democracy
Layla Zaidane | Executive Director & COO, Millennial Action Project
