The DDJW Community Service Fellowship provides scholarship and work experience to a DDJW graduate who is about to enter college. In order to be eligible for the annual award, a DDJW graduate must achieve good grades overall, declare a major in dance, arts management, deaf culture or women's studies, and serve in a brief internship with a local arts or community organization that has donated funds to DDJW specifically for this purpose.

Since DDJW members participate in all aspects of running the dance company, the Fellowship will allow eligible participants to practice their skills elsewhere and to share their talent, while giving back some of what has so freely been given to them.

DDJW is seeking companies, organizations and individuals to fund the Community Service Fellowship and provide a brief internship for one of its members. It is an opportunity for DDJW graduates to gain valuable hands-on experience in a new environment, and a chance for a contributing organization to introduce a fresh new perspective into its corporate or organizational culture. Sponsoring organizations are requested to donate a minimum of $100 toward the DDJW Community Service Fellowship. Def Dance Jam Workshop will then provide a matching grant toward the same Fellowship.

For more information about the DDJW Community Service Fellowship or if you or your organization would like to sponsor a DDJW Fellow, please contact Aziza via email: info@defdancejam.org or call 212.694.0477.

CONTACT DDJW FELLOWSHIP PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS:

EVIDENCE
Ron Brown - http://www.evidencedance.com/

Director/Actress
Elizabeth Van Dyke

Movin' Spirits
Marlies Yearby - myearby@earthlink.net

The Zenzalai Project
Lenora Zenzalai Helm - Zenzalai@aol.com or visit her web site at http://www.jcurverecords.com

FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENTS:

	Tiffany Leysath 2000 DDJW Community Fellowship Award College: TBA Major: TBA Class of 2004
	Shanel Turner 2000 DDJW Community Fellowship Award College: TBA Major: TBA Class of 2004
	Kyisha Brooks 1999 DDJW Community Fellowship Award Northeastern University Major: Political Science and Sociology Class of 2003
	Celia Flores 1999 DDJW Community Fellowship Award Temple University Major: Mathematics Class of 2003
	Takiyah Gramby 1998 DDJW Community Fellowship Award State University of New York at Purchase Major: Women's Studies Class of 2002