Lead for Minnesota Recruiting Fellows for Fall 2021 Now Through June 15

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Jun 09, 2021, 14:46 ET

WASECA, Minn., June 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Lead for Minnesota, a nonprofit that supports young people in reinvesting in hometown communities across the state, is currently recruiting for its next class of leaders. These young professionals commit to a two-year paid fellowship as AmeriCorps members, serving closely with local government leaders and nonprofits to bring added capacity, as well as their skills and diverse perspectives back to their small towns. Applications for Fall 2021 fellowships are being accepted now through June 15, 2021, at www.leadforminnesota.org.

The following Minnesota towns/locations are looking to host Fellows this fall, in the corresponding project scopes:

Appleton: Housing, Broadband & Community Development
Duluth/East Iron Range: Digital Inclusion & Welcoming Communities
Fergus Falls/West Central Region: Broadband Development
Le Sueur County: Digital Inclusion
Little Earth: Environmental Education
Mankato/Region 9 Development Commission: Climate & Sustainable Development
New York Mills: Main Street Redevelopment
Otter Tail County: Digital Workforce Development
Park Rapids: Arts-Based Economic Development
Red Lake: Solar Energy
Redwood County: Broadband Development
Stephen: Childcare
Wadena: Arts-Based Economic Development
Warren: Childcare
Warroad: Broadband Development
Worthington: Immigration

Fellows are trained by national experts in their field upon entering the program and throughout their two years, so they are ready to hit the ground running and channel a national network of expertise to their small towns. To date, there have been 20 Fellows placed in towns and regions across Minnesota, including Red Wing, Winona, the Iron Range, White Earth Nation, Little Falls, Owatonna and more.

Funding partners of Lead for Minnesota include ServeMN, Minnesota's AmeriCorps state service commission, the Bush Foundation, the McKnight Foundation and the Initiative Foundations. Supporting our Fellows focused on broadband development and digital inclusion include Land O'Lakes, Mayo Clinic, and the 18 other partners in the national American Connection Corps initiative.

For more information visit www.leadforminnesota.org.

CONTACT: Megan Anderson
Bellmont Partners Public Relations
(612) 423-0335, [email protected]

SOURCE Lead for Minnesota