We are seeking Fellowship Pod Leaders for 2026! This is an opportunity for you to be connected to the fund in a substantial way and one way of engaging in reciprocity.

Please respond to Nadjwa Norton, Fellowship Pod Coordinator at nelnorton@gmail.com by September 14, 2025 if you would like to be a Fellowship Pod Facilitator.

You can sign up knowing who your dyad facilitator will be and your pod content. You can also sign up and I will match you with a dyad facilitator and then you will decide your pod content.

Email Nadjwa with any questions. The actual final pod abstracts will be due October 5, 2025.

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Design Rationale Thinking

• The pods increase our alignment to fellowship within and across fellows of all classes.

• The pods reduce the likelihood of the fellowship interactions being abandoned as a result of mismatched schedules, relational synergy, or solitary responsibilities for maintaining contact.

Fellowship Pod Design

• Two veteran fellows come together to facilitate the fellowship pod.

• 3+ new fellows are in the fellowship pod.

• Pods meet every 2 months for at least an hour and a half.

• There is some type of interactive component with materials/resources included.

• Commitment to the pod is for a year, 6 pod sessions, for both facilitators and fellows.

Fellowship pod dyad facilitators write an overview of their pod focus. A pod focus indicates the area of interest/expertise/focus for a pod dyad. A description of the pod dyad and pod focus will be made available to new fellows.

There will be a host day, October 25, 2025, in which all fellows can listen and learn with and about each other. New fellows will meet and greet the dyads and have an opportunity to ask questions and have short conversations. The dyads will have an opportunity to share about their pod foci and themselves, answer questions, and learn about the fellows.