On December 15, nineteen WFF Yale Public Voices Fellows met for their 2nd of 4 convenings over the course of the academic year. The Fellowship is led by journalists from The OpEd Project, an organization whose goal is to “increase the range of voices and quality of ideas we hear in the world.” Through the Fellowship, the participating Yale scholars are supported as they make their voices heard in public thought leadership venues, such as op-ed writing and radio and TV interviews.
The Yale WFF Public Voices Fellowship, designed specifically to support women and underepresented minority scholars, was originally an OpEd Project pilot program. But, the pilot has been so successful that several other schools now have their own fellowship!
These fellowships has been an incredible success at Yale and beyond in leading the way in helping to change public discourse over critical issues.