The Mozilla foundation calls applications for the Community Leaders For Internet Health 2020. Interested candidates can apply until 30th January 2020.

• Digital Grassroots was found in 2017, and now the organizers have added an open leadership program to the grassroots efforts.
• Over the past few months, the organizers have been working to launch Community Leaders for Internet Health during Open Leaders X.
• Community Leaders for Internet Health will spotlight internet issues in diverse local community contexts and collaborate with local leaders to engage with tools for open campaigning towards Internet Health.
• Their program enables people in underrepresented regions to assess the state of the Internet in their community and share their stories on the challenges and opportunities encountered.

Benefits

The short-listed candidates will receive the following benefits

• The program showcases the Digital Rights Monopoly game to bring awareness on digital inclusion issues affecting young people
• Also, the participants will collaboratively learn open leadership models necessary for raising awareness of the impact of the internet on society.
• Additionally, the participants will also receive guidance on open campaigning for the Internet Health Report from their assigned mentors.
• Furthermore, the collaboration between mentors and community leaders will keep the internet health movement active even up to the next MozFest.
• The participants get an education on key internet themes through the issues highlighted in the Internet Health Report as a reference point (openness, privacy & security, web literacy, decentralization, and inclusion).
• The program also guides the participants on how to design and implement minor projects on internet health within their community.
• Therefore, through these projects, the participants can contribute to the internet health movement by documenting and sharing their experiences in fueling a healthy internet in their community.

Eligibility

The Digital Grassroots will short-list ten eligible applicants for the program, online.

Selection Criteria

The candidates must meet the following requirements

• They must be between 18 and 29 years old in 2020
• Also, they should be able to dedicate 8 hours per week in March
•  Similarly, they must be working on an existing internet-related project ( any type of project – academic, activist, research, media, etc)
• Moreover, the candidates must have good access to the internet (this is a web-based program)
• The organizers encourage women to apply.
• Furthermore, it also encourages applicants working on issues of gender, youth, and underrepresented groups.
• This program is free for selected participants and is not paid.

For additional details, visit the official website.