Alumni Summer Fellowship Program
(A partnership between the Alumni Association & The Catholic Institute for Lasallian Social Action (CILSA)
May 31st – July 26th 2014
Budget
Overview: The Alumni Summer Fellowship Program is designed to allow current
Saint Mary’s students the opportunity to live, learn, and serve in the example of
Saint John Baptist de La Salle. This is an intensive immersion program designed to
advance the student’s professional development, leadership development, and a
growing awareness of important social issues. The Alumni Summer Fellows will
be positively changed through learning and serving and as a result become a force
for positive social change.
Student Learning Objectives
Learn the underlying social justice issues evident in the work of the agency
or firm.
Develop concrete skills necessary to engage in social change.
Understand structural barriers and possible solutions to social justice
issues at the agency.
Learn how non-profit organizations work to create systemic change by
working within current political framework.
Learn how to be a leader of a non-profit organization.
Deepen self-awareness and a sense of vocation.
Deepen knowledge of themes of Catholic Social Thought and connections
to the work.
Student Financial Benefits (per student)
Service Award
$2,000
Transportation
$550.00
Housing (in kind alumni
$1,000
donation
Food
$320.00
Flight (potentially in kind
$350.00
donation: eg: miles
donation)
Total:
$5,000
Sources
Alumni Chapter Support
$3,000
Alumni Host (in kind
$1,000
donation, tax deductible)
Community Partner
$1,000
Support for Student
Service Award
Total: $5,000
Community Partner, Agency, Firm Benefits
One experienced and qualified SMC student leader to serve 35-40 hours
per week from June 1st – July 24th
Job description of Alumni Fellow to be determined by host agency.
Host agency to interview and select their Alumni Fellow.
The student will work directly with clients and/or staff in order to implement strategic objectives of the organization.
The student will enhance the work that is being done by clients and/or staff.
The student’s presence and energy will be a significant help given current budgetary constraints.
Basic Information
One qualified Saint Mary’s student will be selected to participate in the Alumni Summer Fellowship Program. The student will serve
for eight weeks (June 1st – July 24th) with Bayside Community Center in San Diego, California. The student may work directly with
homeless and marginally housed individuals to help provide access to basic needs such as food, shelter, education, jobs, and health
care. The student may also work directly with staff and citizens to plan and implement campaigns to end homelessness, advocate for
access to health care, neighborhood safety, employment, and education. The students’ service will directly or indirectly empower and
benefit those who are economically disadvantaged and in need of the above items.
The fellow will live in the home of a SMC Alumni and will have his/her own bedroom. There will be a reading and writing
component to the program. A CILSA staff member coordinates and facilitates the Alumni Fellowship experience, maintaining regular
contact with the Fellows and community partners. Fellows are expected to devote 40 hours each week and are not allowed to engage
in any other employment during the fellowship period. Because the fellowship experience may impinge upon students’ ability to earn
money during the summer to pay for school expenses in the fall, each fellow will receive a $2,000 service award upon completion.
Alumni Summer Fellowship Program
(A partnership between the Alumni Association & The Catholic Institute for Lasallian Social Action (CILSA)
May 30th – July 26th 2014
PROGRAM VALUES
1. LEADERSHIP: Leadership is the process of people coming together to benefit the common good. It is
guided by individual growth, personal commitment, collaboration, service to others, respect for all, and
civic engagement.
2. COMMUNITY: Fellows will be housed in the homes of alumni, Lasallian Christian Brothers and/or site
directors with their own bedroom and bathroom. The process of building community offers an opportunity
to share experience, faith and hope. Community requires time, effort and sacrifice, while giving back many
wonderful, unexpected gifts.
3. SOCIAL JUSTICE: The Alumni Summer Fellowship Program is committed to working for social
justice and structural change. Through service and reflection on lived experiences, Alumni Fellows will
examine the causes of oppression and look for ways to bring about justice in our world.
4. SPIRITUALITY/REFLECTION: A core component of the Alumni Summer Fellowship Program is the
opportunity for Alumni Fellows to explore and deepen their spiritual lives. Their journey is part of a lifelong process that can be simultaneously comforting and unsettling, joyous and painful. The fellows are
“contemplatives in action,” engaging in the Ignatian tradition of discernment and reflection in relation to
social justice. Catholic Social Thought and the Lasallian tradition will also be integral components during
the program. Reflection is an opportunity for the fellows to integrate the variety of experiences throughout
the program.
5. SIMPLE LIVING: The Alumni Summer Fellowship Program challenges the Alumni fellow to live a
simple and reflective lifestyle, an alternative way to living in a consumer society. The fellow is invited to
integrate his/her spirituality or faith by serving with and living among those who experience poverty and
oppression. This helps the fellow experience the lives of those with whom they interact on a daily basis and
to raise their consciousness to the human needs surrounding them.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
WHO - Returning SMC sophomores, juniors, and seniors with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher will be considered for the Alumni
Summer Fellowship Program. Students must have service and/or leadership experience as well as a general knowledge of social
justice issues. One Alumni Summer Fellow will serve the people of San Diego, California either directly or indirectly.
WHAT & WHY - This is an intensive immersion program designed to advance the student’s professional development, leadership
development, and a growing awareness of important social issues. The Alumni Summer Fellows will be positively changed through
learning and serving and as a result become a force for positive social change.
WHEN - Saturday 5/30/2015 – 07/26/2015 (Tentative)
May 30th & 31st
June 1st – July 24th
July 25th
July 26th
Arrival, move-in & orientation of Palmer & Day Break
Alumni Summer Fellowship Program Service
Alumni debrief & celebration
Clean residence and move out.
WHERE - The fellow will live in an apartment or the home of an alumni host family. This person will have his/her own bedroom and
bathroom. There will be a reading and writing component to the program.
BENEFITS: Alumni Summer Fellows will receive a $2,000 Service Award, round trip airfare, food, housing, and local
transportation expenses.
2015 Internship Options: Download job descriptions on Alumni Summer Fellowship Page (BAYSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER is
the only option for 2015)
Site supervision: TBD
Location & Weather: San Diego, California
Housing & Food Will be provided by SMC Alumni. Fellows will be provided with a modest food stipend. Fellows will have access
to a kitchen for cooking.
Local Transportation: Fellows will use a public bus for transportation between housing and work sites. Fellows may be able to
coordinate transportation to the site with the housing host or site supervisor.
Alumni Summer Fellowship Program
(A partnership between the Alumni Association & The Catholic Institute for Lasallian Social Action (CILSA)
May 30th– July 26th 2015
PROGRAM EXPECTATIONS
1. WorkFellows will serve 8 hours a day/4-5 days a week. There will be some flexibility in arranging the work schedule to
account for possible night/weekend responsibilities and to provide for the opportunity to explore the area.
2. ReadingsFellows will be required to complete readings that advance their understanding and engagement with the programs values
including: social justice, community, simplicity, and spirituality. The readings will begin the week before the program.
3. JournalFellows will write weekly reflection papers and meet at least once a week with their site-supervisor to reflect and debrief
their experiences. The reflection papers will incorporate reflections on social justice, community, simplicity, and
spirituality. CILSA staff will review and respond to the journal on a weekly basis. The Alumni fellow will also create a
blog that will incorporate pictures, video, and reflections of the experience. This will allow interested parties to track
4. ProjectThrough collaboration with the site supervisor fellows will complete a project that will benefit the organization such as:
issue research, policy analysis, or program evaluation & assessment. The site supervisor may also propose a project that
would benefit the organization and be completed within the given time frame. This project must be completed by August
7, 2015.
5. PaperFellows will write a final 7-10 page paper designed to help students reflect on the experiences of the Alumni Summer
Fellowship Program. As students reflect, they will refer to readings, reflections, experiences, and activities that have been
particularly meaningful. This paper will explore the following questions:
 How did your overall experience support you in your professional development?
 How did your overall experience support you in your development as a leader for positive social change?
 What are the social issues that you learned about while engaged in the Alumni Summer Fellowship Program?
 How did the readings and meetings with your site supervisor influence and impact your experience?
 What new insights, thoughts, feelings, and/or beliefs about spirituality, community, simplicity and social justice
did you gain from this experience?
 How will you use what you’ve learned during the Alumni Summer Fellowship Program as a student at SMC this
fall?
Your paper is due to Ryan Lamberton RML4@stmarys-ca.edu by August 7, 2015.
6. PresentationFellows will make a minimum of two formal presentations on campus during the following academic year to the Alumni
Association, CILSA, and other interested and appropriate campus organizations.
TIMELINE (at a glance) 2014-2015
Oct - Dec. 2014
December 20
Feb. 1st
March 10
March 12-13
March 16
March 23 – April 3
April 6
May 6
May 29
May 30th & 31st
June 2 – July 25
July 26
SMC seeks community partner organizations interested in
hosting an Alumni Summer Fellow.
Community Partner Organizations confirm interest in
hosting an Alumni Summer Fellow and provide general
job description.
Applications available for students
Application deadline for students
Interviews Stage 1: Students interview with CILSA
Community Engagement Coordinator
Notification of conditional acceptance (or regret) to
Alumni Summer Fellowship Program
Interview Stage 2: Students interview with Community
Partner Organization/s
Notification of final acceptance (or regret) to Alumni
Summer Fellowship Program
Lunch & Pre-Orientation Meeting (12-2:30pm)
Community Partner Support for Student Service Award
DUE.
Orientation
Alumni Summer Fellowship Program
Debrief
Contact Information:
Ryan M. Lamberton, ’05, ‘12
Educational Partnerships & Outreach Coordinator
Saint Mary’s College of California
Catholic Institute for Lasallian Social Action (CILSA)
RML4@stmarys-ca.edu (925) 631-4015
P.O. Box 4595
Moraga, CA 94575