Alaska Fellows Program
Help us shore up contracts and understand COVID-19 liability
Help us understand how we can sustainably serve our fellows and partner communities during COVID-19.
Posted July 9, 2020
Background & Context
Immediate Problem
Work & Deliverables
Preparation Phase
- Intro call with program director
- Access to relevant contracts and other documents
Collaboration Phase
- Review contracts and recommend revisions or additions, esp. in context of COVID
- Provide a memo summarizing our potential liability in the context of COVID.
Wrap Up
- Check-in with program director to review contract revisions and answer questions about memo

Alaska Fellows Program
The Alaska Fellows Program (AFP) is a fall-to-spring residential fellowship program that nurtures the next generation of Alaska-based leaders by pairing talented young people with strong communities and professional mentors. By attracting young, dynamic professionals to the state of Alaska, AFP arrests and reverses the “brain drain” of young people supersaturating in Seattle, San Francisco, Boston, New York, and D.C. AFP also helps Alaska retain homegrown talent by connecting born-and-raised Alaskans with high-impact opportunities in their home state. Fellows serve with a dynamic non-profit or public-sector organization for the seven-to-nine month fellowship term and receive modest living stipends and housing. Fellows live communally, work closely with professional mentors, and make lasting contributions to their host community. Fellows attend opening and closing retreats as well as two facilitated “convenings” — events that draw together fellows across all three sites to cultivate connections, friendships, and common identity.

Alaska Fellows Program
The Alaska Fellows Program (AFP) is a fall-to-spring residential fellowship program that nurtures the next generation of Alaska-based leaders by pairing talented young people with strong communities and professional mentors. By attracting young, dynamic professionals to the state of Alaska, AFP arrests and reverses the “brain drain” of young people supersaturating in Seattle, San Francisco, Boston, New York, and D.C. AFP also helps Alaska retain homegrown talent by connecting born-and-raised Alaskans with high-impact opportunities in their home state. Fellows serve with a dynamic non-profit or public-sector organization for the seven-to-nine month fellowship term and receive modest living stipends and housing. Fellows live communally, work closely with professional mentors, and make lasting contributions to their host community. Fellows attend opening and closing retreats as well as two facilitated “convenings” — events that draw together fellows across all three sites to cultivate connections, friendships, and common identity.