The Cesar E. Chavez Fellowship is a year of volunteer service sponsored by AmeriCorps* VISTA . Through the Cesar E. Chavez Fellowship, the NFWSC intends to honor its commitment and continue providing quality programs that emphasize education, leadership and life skills for the families that reside, within each of our affordable housing communities.

Two main programs of the Si Se Puede! Learning Center, are the After-School and Summer Program, which offer a continued educational experience for youth and teens, beyond the classroom. Both programs support academic achievement by focusing on homework assistance, literacy, math and technology.  For our math and literacy curriculum we use KidsLit and KidsMath modules. While using KidsLit and KidsMath, the Si Se Puede Learning Center is able to make learning fun and still increase mathematical and literacy skills, for each student. 

While helping to increase these two specific areas, in a child, we are hoping to impact a child's success later in life and increase their opportunity to go to college. These two programs reinforce a culture of excellence where hard work and dedication, to one's education, is rewarded.

The National Farm Workers Service Center (NFWSC) is accepting applications for the Cesar E. Chavez Fellowship available to recent college graduates, or individuals with equivalent work experience and skills, interested in:

• community and resource building
• learning more about nonprofits
• managing an after-school and summer program
• supervising volunteers
• connecting with parents
• learning more about youth development

As a Cesar E. Chavez Fellow, you will have the unique opportunity to connect with underprivileged disenfranchised communities and partner with families, youth and teens to empower themselves and improve their quality of life.

Early Submission Deadline is December 18, 2009. For applications received by December 18, 2009, early offers to participate in the Cesar E. Chavez Fellowship will be made by March 31, 2010. Regular Submission Deadline is April 5, 2010. For Applications received by April 5, 2010, offers to participate in the Cesar E. Chavez Fellowship will be made by Mid-May 2010. Applications must be submitted via mail. To download an application, please click on the link below.

The Cesar Chavez Fellowship Application

Complete applications will consist of the following:

• Completed application form
• Personal statement
• Three sealed letters of recommendation with at least one from a University/College faculty member
• Resume
• Photograph of yourself

  Please ensure all items are submitted together. Only completed applications will be reviewed. Once applications are received, the staff will review them and offer first-round interviews to qualified applicants. Offers to participate in the Cesar E. Chavez Fellowship will be made by mid-May 2010.

  Faculty and university administrators interested in recommending an exceptional individual to the fellowship should contact Christina Gloria LeDeit,Volunteer Coordinator

  For more information about the work of the Community Services Department or the Cesar Chavez Fellowship, feel free to contact our Volunteer Coordinator: