IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
A 3-WEEKEND ONLINE FELLOWSHIP FOR FUTURE CHANGEMAKERS
Six live Zoom build days. Harvard student mentors. One social impact project you design, build and pitch - from cause to Demo Day.
Cohort 1: Jan 23 | Cohort 2: Apr 24 | Cohort 3: Jun 26 | Cohort 4: Sep 25
MENTORED BY
Current Harvard Students
The Future Changemakers Fellowship is a focused 3-weekend online intensive for Grades 8–12 to move from a broad concern to a real social impact project - mentored by current Harvard student mentors in a 1:20 small-group format.
Scholars learn the tools changemakers actually use: stakeholder listening, systems thinking, theory of change, evidence-based storytelling and campaign design. Everything is done, not just discussed.
By Demo Day, each scholar delivers a live 5-minute pitch to Harvard student mentors and walks away with a finished project, a pitch reel and a Certificate of Completion.
Design and ship a concrete social impact project - end-to-end, in three weekends.
Present to Harvard student mentors and a panel of changemakers on Demo Day.
Portfolio-ready certificate for school, scholarship and university applications.
Learn alongside high-aspiring scholars worldwide, mentored 1:20 by Harvard students.
CURRICULUM SCHEDULE
Six live build days. Every weekend has an essential question, hands-on build sprints, and mentor feedback you can act on.
WEEKEND 1
Sat, Jan 23 – Sun, Jan 24
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM EST · Zoom
Move from a broad concern to a sharp, human-centred problem statement. Research the landscape, hear from those affected, and build a baseline campaign artefact by Sunday.
ESSENTIAL QUESTION
What issue is worth three weekends of your time - and who exactly is it hurting?
SATURDAY - LIVE
Changemaker Mindset How real changemakers spot leverage points. Turning concern into a testable problem statement and stakeholder map.
Changemaker Mindset
How real changemakers spot leverage points. Turning concern into a testable problem statement and stakeholder map.
Issue Landscape Mapping Systems thinking primer. Map root causes vs symptoms and identify who actually holds the levers.
Issue Landscape Mapping
Systems thinking primer. Map root causes vs symptoms and identify who actually holds the levers.
Stakeholder Listening Structured empathy-interview scripts. Hear from at least two people affected by the issue you're studying.
Stakeholder Listening
Structured empathy-interview scripts. Hear from at least two people affected by the issue you're studying.
Problem → Change Fit Reframe your issue based on what you heard. Draft your first one-line 'change statement'.
Problem → Change Fit
Reframe your issue based on what you heard. Draft your first one-line 'change statement'.
SUNDAY - LIVE
Choosing Your Artefact Campaign, product, policy brief or storytelling piece - pick the artefact that fits your issue and audience.
Choosing Your Artefact
Campaign, product, policy brief or storytelling piece - pick the artefact that fits your issue and audience.
v0 Artefact Build Ship a first version live: a landing page, one-pager, short film treatment, or campaign brief with your mentor group.
v0 Artefact Build
Ship a first version live: a landing page, one-pager, short film treatment, or campaign brief with your mentor group.
First Audience Test Test your v0 with a real audience member (peer, teacher, family). Log what landed and what didn't.
First Audience Test
Test your v0 with a real audience member (peer, teacher, family). Log what landed and what didn't.
Weekend 1 Debrief Set your Week-2 targets. Publish your change statement and v0 link to your Changemaker Profile.
Weekend 1 Debrief
Set your Week-2 targets. Publish your change statement and v0 link to your Changemaker Profile.
EXIT OUTCOME
Ship a v0 changemaking artefact tied to a real, human-validated issue - with two empathy interviews logged.
WEEKEND 2
Sat, Jan 30 – Sun, Jan 31
Deepen the artefact, layer in evidence and storytelling, run structured audience tests, and lock a theory of change with live mentor feedback.
How do you turn a v0 into something that actually moves people - and shifts behaviour?
Scoping the Artefact Cutting scope like a campaign lead - what belongs in v1, what waits. Prioritisation using impact vs effort.
Scoping the Artefact
Cutting scope like a campaign lead - what belongs in v1, what waits. Prioritisation using impact vs effort.
Evidence & Data Build the case with credible data, primary quotes and expert sources. How to cite without diluting the story.
Evidence & Data
Build the case with credible data, primary quotes and expert sources. How to cite without diluting the story.
Live Build Sprint Structured build time with mentor pair-coaching (1:5 inside the 1:20 cohort). Ship a core campaign flow or artefact draft.
Live Build Sprint
Structured build time with mentor pair-coaching (1:5 inside the 1:20 cohort). Ship a core campaign flow or artefact draft.
Feedback Round Demo to your mentor group. Stars & Wishes protocol - two strengths, one stretch - to refine the artefact.
Feedback Round
Demo to your mentor group. Stars & Wishes protocol - two strengths, one stretch - to refine the artefact.
Theory of Change Canvas Fill the canvas live: inputs, activities, outputs, outcomes, long-term impact. Assumptions and risks named explicitly.
Theory of Change Canvas
Fill the canvas live: inputs, activities, outputs, outcomes, long-term impact. Assumptions and risks named explicitly.
Storytelling for Change The narrative arc of a changemaker: character, stakes, turning point, call to action. Draft your headline story.
Storytelling for Change
The narrative arc of a changemaker: character, stakes, turning point, call to action. Draft your headline story.