Applications for the 2020-2021 signature programs
Social Innovation Fellowship
The Social Innovation Fellowship is a nine-month, hands-on entrepreneurship program that inspires and empowers Jewish teens to be changemakers in their community. Under the guidance of innovation experts and local mentors, fellows will develop an entrepreneurial mindset and skill set to create and implement their own social enterprise to tackle problems in our community.
The fellowship offers a real-world, resume-building experience that includes a kick-off innovation boot camp, workshops, mentoring sessions, and a winter trip to Israel to explore one of the world’s leading countries in innovation.
Program Dates: August 2020-May 2021
Grades: 9 – 12
Cost: $1800 (Financial Aid Available)
Community Service Hours: 15 Hours
For more information, please contact Diana Solomon at dsolomon@4frontbaltimore.org or 410.500.5985
Students Taking Action for Change (STAC)
Flex your leadership muscles and get political! STAC gives teens the opportunity to meet with local and state legislators to create change in your community. Through this nine-month program, you will develop an understanding of the political process, gain real life experience with lobbying and public speaking, and advocate for change at the grassroots, local, state, and federal levels.
The experience includes monthly Sunday seminars, a mid-year overnight retreat, a dynamic day-trip to Washington D.C. and the Baltimore Jewish Community’s Advocacy Day in Annapolis, MD.
Program Dates: August 2020-May 2021
Grades: 9 – 12
Cost: $850 (Financial Aid Available)
Community Service Hours: 15 Hours
For more information, please contact Cody Gelvar at cgelvar@4frontbaltimore.org or 410.843.7480
FUN(d): A Teen Giving Circle
Want to make a difference in the community? Put your money where your mouth is! Make an impact with thoughtful, strategic, and inspired giving to causes you care about. Teens in FUN(d) will experience the importance of philanthropy and fundraising using their personal passions while engaging in a group allocation process. Experience what it means to be a philanthropist and why it is so important to give back to the community. Learn how to think outside of the (tzedakah) box!
FUN(d) is open to all female-identifying teens in 9-12 grade. This unique cohort experience encourages participants access and interactions with incredible female philanthropists and a space to grapple with issues specifically relating to young women. The program includes two immersive weekend retreats, a couple of value-added workshops, site visits, and coffee meetings with local philanthropists.
Program Dates: November 2020-May 2021
Grades: 9-12
Cost: $800 ($700 Tuition + $100 Towards Fundraising Goal), (Financial Aid Available)
Community Service Hours: 15 Hours
For more information, please contact Sam Kahan Strakes at sstrakes@4frontbaltimore.org or 410.843.7477
Teen Service Council
Teen Service Council is a great first step towards identifying needs in your community and making a real difference. This program is comprised of four Sunday workshops featuring exciting, hands-on service learning, plus several additional community-wide opportunities to give back. Through Teen Service Council, participants will learn about the many needs in our community, work with organizations addressing those needs, and make their own impact!
Program Dates: September 2020-June 2021
Grades: 9 – 12
Cost: $250
Community Service Hours: 15 Hours
For more information, please contact Jeffrey Snyder at jsnyder@4frontbaltimore.org or 410.500.5453
Diller Teen Fellows
Diller Teen Fellows is a one year immersive leadership program inviting teens from six continents and 32 communities to step up, lead their communities, and repair the world. Diller will provide you with the tools, feedback, and guidance you need to experiment, collaborate, and grow as a leader, while exploring your own Jewish identity. You’ll connect with teens in Baltimore’s partner city, Ashkelon, giving you a new, broader perspective. The program includes monthly workshops, weekend retreats, a 10-day seminar with Ashkelon teens in Baltimore and a three-week summer seminar in Israel.
Program Dates: August 2020-September 2021
Grade: 11th Grade
Cost: $3100 (Financial aid available )
Community Service Hours: 20-30 Hours
For more information, please contact Erin Weinblatt at eweinblatt@4frontbaltimore.org or 410.500.5984
Peer Leadership Fellows
4Front’s new Peer Leadership Fellows program trains and empowers teens to be communal connectors! Fellows will learn how to build relationships, engage their peers in meaningful, identity-based conversation, and connect their social networks to the vast menu of opportunities available to teens in the Baltimore Jewish community and beyond. Fellows meet monthly (in real life and virtually), building a team of leaders helping to strengthen the community and each other.
Open to sophomores and juniors, Peer Leadership Fellows runs from January-December each year (applications open in late fall) beginning with an immersive leadership training experience. In the months that follow, Fellows will also receive training on social network mapping, community organizing, and peer-to-peer engagement following the nationally recognized Hillel campus curriculum. Peer Leadership Fellows is a legitimate, resume-building internship! Fellows receive a $500 annual stipend which represents a commitment of approximately 10 hours each month. Each Fellow is charged with building relationships with uninvolved Jewish teens in their own communities. Serving as a conduit to a plethora of communal opportunities, the Peer Leadership Fellows strive to advance Jewish values in the context of their relationships.
For more information, please contact Jeffrey Snyder at
jsnyder@4frontbaltimore.org or 410.500.5453
But wait, there’s more…
If these programs aren’t doing it for you, then talk to us. As a hub for teen engagement, 4Front knows TONS of great programs from service learning to youth groups, to sports and arts experiences, that we can connect you with. Waaaay too many to list here.
For more information, please connect with us through our link up page.
