The Wellstone Organizing Fellows Program is an in-depth leadership and civic engagement training program for emerging leaders from communities of color. Launched in 2006 and offered biannually, this program identifies new leaders and invests in them with training, ongoing support and mentoring.

The 2010 Fellows Program completed an intensive one-week leadership training in grassroots organizing, focusing on leadership, advocacy, nonpartisan electoral mobilization, and voter engagement skills. Fellows then spend three months working in community-based organizations, where their practical experiences extend their new skills. Fellows will then be part of an ongoing cohort to continue their personal skill building and to support each other through the 2010 election cycle. 

The Wellstone Fellows program is a joint project of Wellstone Action Fund and the Minnesota Civic Engagement Table (CET), a nonpartisan coalition of nonprofits working together to build power in underrepresented communities by increasing participation in advocacy and voting.

2010 Class of Wellstone Organizing Fellows

                            Fellow Name                            Organization

	Osman Ahmed	Community Organizer
	Yusef Ali	Minneapolis High Rise Residents' Council http://www.mphaonline.org/tionsbu.html
	Dawn Campbell	Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center http://www.miwrc.org/
	India D'Arcio	Standing Together to End Poverty
	Amal Hamid	Somali Action Alliance http://www.somaliactionalliance.org/
	Sahra Kassim	Somali Action Alliance http://www.somaliactionalliance.org/
	Denisse Linares	NAVIGATE / Minneapolis Community and Technical College
	Soua Lor	CAPI http://www.capiusa.org/
	Diane Michaels	Standing Together to End Poverty
	Kathy Mouachuepao	Center for Hmong Arts and Talent http://www.aboutchat.org/
	Jesus Torres	Centro Campesino http://www.centrocampesino.net/
	Ernesto Velez Bustos	Centro Campesino http://www.centrocampesino.net/
	Khong Xiong	Outfront Minnesota http://www.outfront.org/