Fellowship applications are now available! Please fill out yours by October 26. Contact Rachel Burrows with any questions.
Jess Klein used her 2007 Young People For (YP4) fellowship to launch the 1 in 3 Ask Me campaign to raise awareness of sexual assault and violence against women.
Building on this Blueprint for Social Justice, Jess has used the YP4 internship program to work on her project full-time and take the campaign to other campuses in Michigan.
How to Enroll in the Progressive Academy Online
To enroll, you must have a MyYP4 account. (They're free.) If you do not have an account, you can register for one right now. If you're already registered, simply password recovery form or contact us for help.
Participants of past Progressive Academy Online courses should click here for an important update on their account info.
Time Commitment
The course will require at least 2–4 hours per week, depending on the length of the readings and the amount of discussion throughout the week. As with any educational opportunity, the more time you can devote to the course, the more reward you will get out of it.
We recognize that some weeks are busier for participants than others. For this reason, we require that each participant commit to posting to the discussion board at least twice per week, but strongly encourage them to post more. The course will be driven by online discussion, and participants should expect to engage in the Progressive Academy Online website at least three days per week.
Course Platform
The Progressive Academy Online is a web-based learning discussion that includes curriculum posts and online discussion fora. You must have regular access to a computer to participate.
Although participants will not have to “show up” for a lecture, the course instructor will ask for regular and timely responses to discussion questions based on readings and assignments, and that participants engage with the weekly guest speaker by posting questions weekly that guest speakers will respond to. All information and readings related to the course will be available online free of charge.