2023 FELLOWSHIP APPLICATION DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: 06/1/2023

Erness Wright-Irvin was an active ToP Network member, facilitator and trainer in New Orleans beginning in the 2000s. Her smile was infectious, her spirit open and eager to support others in moving forward. She provided leadership as a local host to the ToP Network Gathering in 2018. She died in November 2020. The Erness Wright-Irvin ToP Trainer Fellowship Program is created to enhance the opportunity for community-minded individuals who are Black, Brown, Indigenous or Persons of Color (BBIPoC) to advance themselves as ToP trainers.

More information on the purpose, what is included in the Fellowship, and the criteria for selection can be found here.

To apply for this fellowship, a candidate must: 

• Identify as BBIPoC

• Have completed the ToP Facilitation Methods course.

• Be committed to becoming a qualified ToP Trainer. (See ToP Apprentice Trainer Guidelines) 

•  Have volunteer experience within the past two years.

• Be an active ToP Network member.

• Have facilitation, consulting, and/or community organizing experience.

• Complete an application including short essays explaining how this Fellowship will make a difference for the candidate, what they value about ToP Methods and how they envision involvement in the ToP community after qualification as a ToP Trainer.