Features of the Moonshot Innovation Space

The Moonshot Innovation Space supports leaders by providing access to resources and opportunities. Our newly redesigned program focuses attention on four pillars**:

 
 

SQUADS

As a member of Moonshot Innovation Space, you'll gain an invaluable network comprised of a cohort of values-aligned leaders focused on community solutions design, alongside access to mentors and coaches dedicated to fostering a sense of belonging, bridging community connections, and providing personalized guidance and support.

Moonshot Fellow Miles Iton (Cohort 6) reflected, “My biggest takeaway from the Moonshot experience thus far would have to be embracing the transformative power of community when it comes to building your own thing.”

Read more about Miles' experience
 

SKILLS

Through the Moonshot Innovation Space, you will develop liberatory leadership knowledge, skills, and mindsets essential for leadership in learning and continuous improvement, strategic and operational excellence, and effective people leadership, equipping you to lead transformational change with confidence and agility.

Leaders like Destiny Hardney (Cohort 5) are able to build their vision, and then empower others to do so. “Right now our team is really excited to scale because we have so many opportunities coming our way,” she shared. One of the components I’m really excited about is to hiring on participants to facilitate throughout the community.”

Watch a video about Destiny’s work with DCI Tour
 

SPACES

As a Moonshot Fellow, you'll access specially curated design spaces that serve as enabling environments, where you can build trust, deepen your political analysis, ideate, and take risks. These spaces, supported by strategic partnerships, provide the ideal setting for exercising creativity and passion, ensuring both your success as a leader and the impact of the community solutions you're designing.

Explore a year-in-the-life of a Moonshot Fellow
 

SUSTAINABILITY

Upon completing the fellowship, Moonshot Fellows continue to receive sustainability support. First, through our Alumni Services, which includes access to mini-grants, mental health resources, and consulting services with a panel of experts.

Secondly, Fellows engage with an extended community of support across cohorts, ensuring both the personal well-being of our leaders and the enduring impact of their solutions on youth outcomes. For example, Moonshot Fellow Cristina Chacon (Cohort 2) began her Moonshot journey exploring the idea of starting her own program. A few years later, she’s now working for another Fellow-founded organization, YEBO. Whether formally or casually, online or in-person, frequently or on occasion, Moonshot Fellows have co-built and sustain an enduring community.

Read more about our Residency and Alumni Resources