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The image shows three women: Beyssa Buil (left), Nicole Coratti (middle), and Shelby Nurse (right) sitting indoors. Beyssa is sitting in a regular dining chair and wearing glasses, a red dress and blue shoes. Nicole is sitting in a wheelchair and is wearing glasses, an orange shirt with a white tank top underneath and a patterned skirt with black shoes. Shelby is sitting in a wheelchair and wearing glasses, a red sweater and black pants.

About the FL SAND Fellows Leadership Program

The FL SAND Fellows Leadership Program is an immersive training program for experienced self-advocate leaders committed to further development of problem solving, leadership, and management skills. In addition to virtual training sessions, Fellows’ assignments range from providing technical assistance to the FL SAND board of directors and network of self-advocacy groups, to developing training in self-advocacy-related topics through FL SAND’s Breaking Barriers Training Academy.

Duration of Fellowship

Fellows are paid and serve for one year with the possibility of a one-year extension. Time commitment for Fellowships vary but generally range from four to eight hours a week. Training and project work is conducted virtually but Fellows do travel 1-2 times a year in Florida. 

Image description: The photo shows Michelle Zeman (left) and Matthew Walzer (right) smiling indoors at the FL-SAND 2023 Conference. Michelle is a woman that has has her hair down. She is wearing glasses and a white dress with yellow lemons on it. Matthew is a man that has short brown hair, glasses and a tan jacket with a black shirt.
This image shows Chatequa Pinkston (left) and Jason Hahr (right) smiling and seated in their wheelchairs at a table with a blue table cloth, overlaid with a white runner that reads "Florida Self-Advocates Network." Chatequa is a woman wearing a brown jacket with a red shirt. Jason is a man wearing glasses, a black shirt and khaki pants. Behind the man stands a sign reading "Florida Self-Advocacy Central," highlighting this organization as Florida's go-to source for self-advocacy news and information.

Application Process

Fellowship applications are accepted throughout the year but review for the next year begins in August. Email contactflsand@gmail.com for more information.

 

Download a PDF application here.

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Download an MS Word application here.

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FL SAND is a tax-exempt non-profit organization, under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. All charitable donations to the FL SAND organization are deductible to the full extent allowed by law. 
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This project is provided by the Florida Developmental Disabilities Council, Inc., supported in part by grant numbers 2301FLSCDD and 2401FLSCDD from the U.S. Administration for Community Living (ACL), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Washington, D.C. 20201 as part of financial assistance awards totaling $8,889,783 with 100% funded by ACL/HHS. Grantees undertaking projects with government sponsorship are encouraged to express freely their findings and conclusions. Points of view or opinions do not, therefore, necessarily represent official ACL policy and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by ACL/HHS or the U.S. Government.

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