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ONE QUEENS: Fellowship Against Hate

Applications for the 2027 Cohort are now open! Click here to apply.

The One Queens: Fellowship Against Hate is a transformative fellowship based in Queens lead by Commonpoint as part of the Fellowships Against Hate initiative led by the Center for Shared Society at the Jewish Community Relations Council of NY, in collaboration with the Mayor’s Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes.

The fellowship program supports a diverse group of community-based leaders throughout Queens to develop a deeper understanding of the impact of hate in their communities, to cultivate the skills to combat hate and division, learn how to have difficult conversations, and to establish the foundational relationships to build coalitions to address pressing needs in the service of creating a stronger, more interconnected and thriving community.

Applicants should be mid-to senior-level community-based leaders from Queens-based nonprofits, faith communities, government agencies, educators, entrepreneurs, and other community change makers who are on the front lines in their neighborhoods and communities.

For more information or questions, please contact Sivan Ben-Aderet, Senior Director of Cultural Arts & Jewish Heritage at sbenaderet@commonpoint.org or 718-423-6111.

Apply Here

Application Deadline: December 11th, 2026

2027 Program Dates *subject to change*
All sessions, except for the trip & graduation, will be 9AM – 2PM or 10AM – 3PM.

  1. Session 1 – January 12th
  2. Session 2 – January 26th
  3. Session 3 – February 9th
  4. Session 4 – February 23rd
  5. Session 5 – March 16th
  6. Session 6 – April 1st
  7. Trip (Overnight) – April 7th & 8th
  8. Graduation – April 15th

Overnight Trip
The overnight trip will be outside of New York and is still being finalized! The trip goal is to visit museums and enjoy additional bonding opportunities as a cohort group!


Sessions include:

Why Apply?
This transformative fellowship brings together a diverse cohort of mid- to senior-level leaders from Queens-based nonprofits, faith communities, and government agencies — people who are on the front lines in their neighborhoods and communities.

This in-person fellowship traditionally meets seven times between January and June. Sessions will feature speakers, workshops, and site visits, and will be supplemented by a day trip out of state to visit museum visits and participate in additional bonding and learning opportunities. In order to truly understand and gain appreciation for the diversity of Queens, each session will be held in a different neighborhood – all locations will be easily accessible by public transit. 

Fellows will be given the opportunity to use seed grant funding to create programming designed to bring communities, including their own organizations, together in meaningful ways.

If you’re a leader who wants to connect, learn, act — and help shape a Queens that stands united against hate and for love— we invite you to apply.

For more information or questions, please contact Sivan Ben-Aderet, Senior Director of Cultural Arts & Jewish Heritage at sbenaderet@commonpoint.org or 718-423-6111.

Application Deadline: December 11th, 2026

Apply Here

This initiative was launched by The Center for Community Leadership at the Jewish Community Relations Council of NY (JCRC-NY), in partnership with Commonpoint and the Mayor’s Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes as part of the Partners Against the Hate (PATH-Forward) initiative.

Meet the 2026 Fellows