AMEL Institute Summer Program 2025

📖 About the AMEL Institute Summer Program

The AMEL Institute is a fully online academy that provides free training to young activists from the Middle East and Africa. This program is ideal for young leaders who are:

• Actively addressing discrimination, inequalities, injustices, persecution, human rights violations, and conflicts in their communities, countries, or regions.
• Aspiring activists with a vision to create positive change.

The program aims to equip participants with the knowledge, skills, and networks necessary to carry out activism more safely and effectively.

📋 Opportunity Details

• Date Published: May 22, 2025
• Application Deadline: June 16, 2025
• Category: Training
• Eligible Locations: Middle East and Africa

📝 Program Details

The AMEL Institute Summer Program is an 8-week interactive online leadership program taught by experienced activists, seasoned practitioners, and top experts from prestigious institutions like Stanford and Harvard. Participants will gain knowledge and skills in the following areas:

• Human rights history and advocacy
• Activism self-care and safety, including digital security
• Genocide processes/prevention, with case studies on the Holocaust and Yazidi
• Conflict transformation and non-violent movement building
• Democratic development
• Communicating activism causes, including using new media tools
• Gender mainstreaming, cross-cultural communication, and building allyship across the Middle East and Africa

Program Structure:

• Duration: 8 weeks (6 weeks of lessons + introductory and conclusion weeks)
• Time Commitment: Approximately 2 hours per week
• Language: English (with some translations and assistance available in Arabic, French, and other languages)

Participants will engage in video lessons, online discussions, quizzes, and assignments. Upon completing all program requirements, participants will earn a certificate.

🎁 Benefits of the Program

• Completely free of charge
• Access to expert-led training and networking opportunities
• Certificate upon successful completion

✅ Eligibility Criteria

• Open to young activists from the Middle East and Africa
• Applicants must be between 18-35 years old

📅 Application Date and Process

• Application Deadline: June 16, 2025
• The application is available in English, French, and Arabic.

To apply, visit the AMEL Institute Summer Program Application Portal.

🌐 Sponsor Organization

The program is sponsored by The African Middle Eastern Leadership (AMEL) Project.

For more details and to apply, visit the AMEL Institute Summer Program Application Portal.

• This program is free.