SoulCeum Fellowship Series

Where Soul Meets Strategy.
A sacred civic journey toward healing, imagination, and public purpose.

What is SoulCeum?

SoulCeum is more than a fellowship series. It is a rebirth space. Rooted in the words "soul" and "lyceum" (a place of learning), SoulCeum is our flagship formation series for those called to lead with civic imagination, grounded identity, and fierce love. Each fellowship invites participants into deep inquiry, soulful reflection, and courageous civic action.

Offered exclusively through partnerships with schools, community-based organizations, or faith institutions, SoulCeum fellowships are not open for individual application. They are hosted within communities ready to engage in collective transformation.

Structure & Format

Duration: 10-12 weeks (customizable with partners)

Format: In-person preferred; hybrid or virtual available only as needed

Cohort Size: 12–25 participants

Facilitation: Led by trained SoulCeum facilitators in partnership with local co-leads

Capstone Showcase: A culminating creative civic offering to be shared publicly

Each immersive session includes:

  • A "soul opening" — poetic, reflective, or ritual-based

  • An anchored concept and civic dilemma

  • Dialogue, discernment, and design

  • Time for capstone visioning or prototyping

Who It’s For?

-Schools & educators seeking transformational learning for students or faculty

-Faith-based communities ready to explore civic identity through a spiritual lens

-Community-based organizations cultivating grounded leadership

SoulCeum fellowships are intentionally not for mass enrollment. They are intimate, place-based, and relationship-driven. We partner only where readiness meets resonance.

Fellowship Tracks

Each SoulCeum fellowship is grounded in our signature framework of soul, story, and strategy, drawing from a rich ecosystem of texts, teachings, and traditions that explore how pain, paradox, and purpose shape who we are and how we lead. Our curriculum integrates multiple frameworks and voices to guide participants into deeper healing, reflection, and civic transformation.

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CIVIC SANCTUARY

For faith-rooted adults, lay leaders, and spiritual seekers

A sacred, non-sectarian space to reimagine the connection between faith, justice, and civic callings.

Themes: Calling & Silence, Sacred Anger, Public Discernment, Grief as Teacher, Prophetic Imagination, Civic Sabbath

Sample Capstones

  • A public altar installation for collective mourning

  • A justice-centered sermon series rooted in community voices

  • A prayer-and-protest hybrid experience

  • A song on spiritual disillusionment and political hope

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CIVIC STUDIO

For educators, nonprofit leaders, and community organizers

A practice-ground for soul-rooted systems thinkers and public servants.

Themes: Inner Architecture, Strategic Grief, Systems of Care, Soulful Accountability, Legacy Planning, Public Repair

Sample Capstones

  • A facilitation toolkit for courageous conversations in schools

  • A local truth-telling archive from community elders

  • A policy remix infused with healing frameworks

  • A guided retreat curriculum for frontline leaders

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CIVIC LAB

For high school students discovering civic voice and purpose

A dynamic space where youth explore identity, injustice, and imagination.

Themes: Civic Mirrors, Local Histories, Resistance Lineage, Joy as Rebellion, Creative Dissent, Building Brave Futures

Sample Capstones

  • A documentary short on the school-to-prison pipeline in their city

  • A spoken-word assembly for restorative justice

  • A youth-designed civic hackathon

  • A mural titled "Who Deserves Tomorrow?"

Fellowship Outcomes

By the end of this soul-centered journey, fellows will be able to:

  • Reconnect with purpose beyond performance

  • Learn to lead from pain without being led by it

  • Develop civic courage through spiritual clarity

  • Design actionable, creative offerings for public impact

  • Join a growing community of soul-rooted civic leaders

Bring SoulCeum to Your Community

Ready to cultivate soulful, creative, and civically grounded leaders in your school, organization, or congregation?