Survivor Fellowship Program for Students Grant

The Survivor Fellowship Program for Students, initiated by Everytown for Gun Safety in 2015, empowers individuals directly affected by gun violence. This year-long volunteer advocacy training helps survivors share their narratives, fostering awareness and mobilizing communities to combat gun violence. Participants must be at least 18 years old and enrolled in an educational institution, with a personal connection to gun violence, ensuring diverse experiences are represented in this impactful initiative.

About the Program
In an age where facts are traded for hot takes and clickbait, first-person narrative storytelling remains one of the strongest method of changing hearts and minds.
That’s why, in 2015, we launched the Survivor Fellowship Program through the Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund—a one-year volunteer advocacy and leadership training program for people directly affected by gun violence. This program supports survivors as they share their stories with communities, lawmakers, and the media, helping to put a human face to the numbers and mobilize people across the country to take meaningful action to end gun violence.

Eligibility

A Student Fellowship Program applicant must be:
At least 18 years old;Enrolled in a high school, college, or graduate program;Personally impacted by gun violence (of any kind), including but not limited to gun homicides (solved or unsolved), gun suicides, community gun violence, police shootings, domestic violence involving a gun, and unintentional shootings involving improperly stored firearms. This includes individuals who have witnessed gun violence, been threatened by it, survived it, or had a loved one taken by it.