The AJC Student Advocacy Fellowship
First Fellowship: May 2026 – June 2027
If you’ve reached this page, you’re probably already a Jewish student advocate, responding to antisemitism, educating your peers, trying to make your campus safer for Jewish students. Often without much support. Often alone.
The AJC Student Advocacy Fellowship is a year-long exclusive program that gives you what student leaders need: practical frameworks for proactive advocacy and crisis response, mentorship from professionals who do this work daily, and a trusted cohort who gets it.
This isn’t another leadership program that ends with inspiration and no action plan. This is training in engaging unresponsive administrators, building coalitions across differences, documenting incidents, sustaining yourself through hard semesters, and thinking strategically when everything feels reactive.
This fellowship is housed within AJCs Center for Education Advocacy (CEA), which has become, in less than two years, the trusted resource for hundreds of universities across the United States. This fellowship brings CEA expertise directly to you. For more about CEA, click here→
Three tracks. One mission: Equip you to lead in educational spaces to bring about a future where all students, including Jewish students, can thrive.
What are the three tracks?
Track 1 – LFT Alumni Fellowship
For graduates of AJCs Leadership for Tomorrow (LFT) high school program who are now college students, ready to take the next step in their Jewish advocacy journey and strategically impact their campus.
Choose this track if you are a LFT alum whose primary focus is campus-wide Jewish advocacy, Israel education, or combating antisemitism across your entire campus.
Track 2 – Greek Life Leadership Fellowship
For leaders in Jewish fraternities and sororities committed to strengthening Jewish identity within Greek life and leveraging Greek life to educate about Jewish identity and antisemitism.
Choose this track if your primary commitment is strengthening Jewish identity within your fraternity or sorority.
Track 3 – Global Jewish Leadership Fellowship
For exceptional students from around the world interested in cross-cultural Jewish leadership using a global lens to inform Jewish advocacy.
Choose this track if you bring an international perspective to Jewish issues and want cross-cultural leadership experience.
What makes this fellowship different?
Real Campus Challenges: The curriculum addresses what you actually face: effective documentation and communication about antisemitic incidents, engaging unresponsive administrators, navigating conversations about Israel across political divides, building coalitions, and sustaining personal resilience.
Cohort-Centered Learning: Your cohort of 12-15 students becomes your support network for campus crises, strategy development, and shared understanding.
Track-Specific Design: Each track is designed from inception for its specific context, not a one-size-fits-all curriculum.
Honesty About Complexity: We teach you to navigate complexity and think strategically, not memorize talking points. Israel is complicated. Campus politics are messy. Antisemitism is ever-evolving.
Access to Global Operations: See how AJC engages governments, builds coalitions, and responds to crises. Meet regional staff and understand how professional advocacy operates.
Long-Term Relationship: Join the ACCESS Network, maintain cohort connections, mentor future fellows, and build relationships with AJC leadership that extend throughout your professional life.