The Flagship Program
The Reconciliation League’s curriculum combines rigorous academic study with experiential learning to prepare Fellows to navigate difference with curiosity, humility, and purpose. Through an integrated, multidisciplinary approach, Fellows learn not only to examine unfamiliar ideas, but also to engage thoughtfully with those who hold different perspectives, while developing the skills needed to build dialogue in service of society.
A Generous Summer Fellowship Program
The League’s featured initiative is a Fellowship Program that brings together students whom the League schools have identified as leaders willing to engage in dialogue with others who have very different experiences and viewpoints.
Each cohort of fellows consists of students from member schools, as well as students selected by the Posse Foundation. In addition, about 15% of each cohort will be students chosen through an “at-large” selection process.
Drawn as they are from a range of backgrounds and cultures, the Fellows join each other for several weeks in an intensive, residential program consisting both of specially developed courses and a set of tailored exercises designed to hone the skills of bridging divides.
A Reconciliation Fellowship covers full costs, including room and board as well as tuition; the cost of the retreat portion of the program is also included. The program is credit-bearing; credits earned can be applied to completing their degrees at their home institution, consistent with their university’s rules on transfer credits.
Our Philosophy
Difference is not a problem to be solved, but an opportunity to be embraced.
Summer 2027 Sessions
Both sessions offer the same anchor reconciliation course; however, the honors courses and retreat sites differ.
May 26 – July 1, 2027
| Move In Day | May 26 |
| First Day of All Classes | May 27 |
| Last Day of Honors Classes | June 11 |
| Last Day of Initial Anchor Class | June 14 |
| First Day of Retreat | June 15 |
| Last Day of Retreat | June 26 |
| Anchor Class Resumes | June 28 |
| Last Day of Anchor Class | June 30 |
| Move Out Day | July 1 |
July 24 – August 20, 2027
| Move In Day | July 24 |
| First Day of Initial Anchor Class | July 25 |
| Last Day of Initial Anchor Class | July 28 |
| First Day of Retreat | July 29 |
| Last Day of Retreat | August 5 |
| Anchor Class Resumes | August 6 |
| First Day of Honors Classes | August 6 |
| Last Day of All Classes | August 19 |
| Move Out Day | August 20 |
January 2028 Summit
January 3 – January 9, 2028
| Move In Day | January 3 |
| Summit Begins | January 4 |
| Summit Concludes | January 8 |
| Move Out Day | January 9 |
After the Fellowship
Having completed the initial program, the Fellows may be welcomed into the Reconciliation Corps; as Corps members, they pledge to continue over time the mission of building bridges. This is not a casual commitment: each quarter, every year, Corps members are expected to post on a League bulletin board a report on the work they have done as disciples of dialogue over the previous three months.
Over time, the League will produce thousands of leaders who will be a formidable force, continually connected through the relationships they have built and through the League itself: a force for healing our society in expanding circles.
