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Skip to Main Content Search Priorities Immigration Helping aspiring Americans and new immigrants succeed Education Clearing pathways to a meaningful education Elemental Strengthening the symbiosis between humanity and nature XQ: The Super School Project Rethinking America's high schools Chicago CRED Creating real economic destiny in Chicago Social Justice Elevating leaders and models at the forefront of change Media & Journalism Provoking thought and strengthening democracy Health Accelerating cancer research and empowering patients About Emerson About Us A letter from Laurene Powell Jobs Our Team Our Fellowships Amplifying extraordinary voices Stay Informed Video pop-up content Art & Creativity Portraits of 2020 Documenting the varied experiences of Americans through the perspectives of diverse photographers, reflecting the America they see. Each image transports us to a different part of our country, providing us with the gift of proximity during a time when it’s been difficult to travel. Dial Fellows What if we democratized access to clean energy? Solar entrepreneur Steph Speirs explains why clean, solar energy is out of reach for most Americans — and shares a visionary approach to make it more accessible. Immigration The Cost of Citizenship Denied This series examines how our failure to acknowledge and accommodate 11 million undocumented Americans has far-reaching consequences. Immigration, and Social Justice The Failure of an Enforcement-Only Approach to Immigration Instead of creating a path to citizenship for 11 million aspiring Americans, we’ve built a colossal, expensive, and ineffective deportation apparatus that breathes new life into America’s prison industrial complex. Immigration, and Social Justice The “Illegal” “Essential” Workforce When the pandemic decimated the American economy, an indispensable undocumented workforce was left to risk contracting coronavirus on behalf of a country that remains fixated on deporting them. Immigration, and Social Justice Scapegoating Undocumented Immigrants Threatens Our Democracy Justifying voter suppression by falsely claiming that undocumented immigrants commit voter fraud disenfranchises citizens of color; unconstitutional efforts to depress immigrants’ participation in the census undercounts entire communities. Immigration, and Health Undocumented and Uninsured Healthcare in the United States has largely been treated as a privilege reserved for citizens who could afford it; in most states, undocumented immigrants are unilaterally excluded. But individual exclusion has a collective cost. Immigration, and Education What Happens When Graduation is a Dead End Without DACA or a pathway to citizenship, hundreds of thousands of young undocumented people cannot realize their full potential—to our collective detriment. Internship Opportunity Introducing the Emerson Collective 2021 Summer Internship We are recruiting a diverse team of rising college sophomores, juniors, and seniors who are committed to helping communities, are passionate about social justice, and are driven to accelerate positive impact in our world. This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it. Ralph Waldo Emerson Priorities Immigration Helping aspiring Americans and new immigrants succeed Education Clearing pathways to a meaningful education Elemental Strengthening the symbiosis between humanity and nature XQ: The Super School Project Rethinking America's high schools Chicago CRED Creating real economic destiny in Chicago Social Justice Elevating leaders and models at the forefront of change Media & Journalism Provoking thought and strengthening democracy Health Accelerating cancer research and empowering patients A PROJECTED 50 MILLION PEOPLE — INCLUDING 17 MILLION CHILDREN — WILL BECOME FOOD INSECURE IN AMERICA THIS YEAR, A STAGGERING NUMBER EXACERBATED BY COVID-19. A monthly conversation series Fellows Friday Series A new travelogue explores what it means to be Latinx in the U.S. Fellows Friday Series A new anthology highlights the diverse women leading the climate movement Fellows Friday Series How misinformation spreads online — and what we can do about it Fellows Friday Series A new book explores the undocumented experience in all its complexity Fellows Friday Series How our public spaces reflect, distort, and create our historical memory Stay Informed Join our mailing list and follow us on social. Sign Up Email address is not valid. Email addresses should follow the format user@domain.com and must originate from a valid domain. You may unsubscribe at any time. By submitting information, you accept our Privacy Policy . facebook twitter instagram linkedin Copyright © 2021 Emerson Collective Terms and Conditions Privacy Policy Unsolicited Submission Policy Fraudulent Requests...