Praise Our Peeps April 5, 2021

Nueva Epoca Program – Call for Fellowship Nominations

By, Vicki Stockbridge

The Nueva Epoca Early Career-Development Program is now accepting fellowship nominations for the August 2021-February 2022 cohort 2. This opportunity is designed for members of the Latinx Community and those who recognize the importance of this demographic to the future of the Sacramento Region. The goal of the Program is to build leadership capacity within the Community in order to prepare and empower the next generation of leaders to influence business and civic policy decisions as we enter a Nueva Epoca – New Era – following the pandemic.

Our first cohort of 16 amazing Fellows –(February – July 2021) is already looking at finding a nonprofit board or government commission on which to serve upon graduation.

Nominations will be accepted until Friday, May 28, 2021, at 5:00 p.m. pacific time.

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