Nomination for the 2025 Job Quality Fellowship: Fixing Work in the South |
The Job Quality Fellowship, hosted by the Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program, brings together leaders from differing lines of work, in communities across the country, who are working to expand the availability of better quality jobs. This form allows you to nominate individuals for the Fellowship Class of 2025-26, representing job quality practitioners from the US South. Individuals are allowed to nominate themselves for participation.
Nominees should be able to commit to participating in three in-person convenings on October 26-29, 2025, February 22-25, 2026, and June 7-10, 2026. All travel and lodging expenses will be paid by the Aspen Institute with the generous support of the the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Surdna Foundation, Prudential Financial, the Gates Foundation.
Nominees should be:
Nominees should be able to commit to participating in three in-person convenings on October 26-29, 2025, February 22-25, 2026, and June 7-10, 2026. All travel and lodging expenses will be paid by the Aspen Institute with the generous support of the the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Surdna Foundation, Prudential Financial, the Gates Foundation.
Nominees should be:
- Engaged in work and strategies aimed at improving job quality and committed to ensuring all jobs are good jobs that provide economic stability, economic mobility, and a fair, dignified, and equitable workplace. For more information on how we define job quality strategies, please go here.
- Engaged in work in the US South as defined by the US Census or the Council of State Governments.
- Innovative, forward-thinking, and passionate about addressing the challenges of poverty, opportunity, and equity in the US economy through job quality.
- In a leadership position at an organization focused on improving job quality, including organizations such as labor unions, worker centers, public agencies, workforce or economic development organizations, organizations that advise or coach businesses, community development finance institutions, worker advocacy organizations, social enterprises, state centers of employee ownership, chambers of commerce, private sector businesses and employers, community colleges or universities, and more.
- Open to learning and reflection, eager to engage with peers, and able to commit their time and energy to the Fellowship process.