All proposals should explain how applicants’ ideas will support groups of Roma graduates in the following:

• articulating a collective narrative that can build on the historical achievements of Roma intellectuals and leaders; building pride in belonging to Roma communities that are rich in diversity but share much and are able to resist oppression; nurturing self-worth, self-definition, and self-respect; and finding strength to imagine a better future and deepen their own desire to search for dignity and fulfillment

• building a sense of collective purpose among various communities, local cultures, and political orientations: the schools should help with critical reflection about the key collective challenge of the Roma in each country, and promote courage, a sense of urgency, and a shared commitment to engaging throughout the school; the groups should transform the brilliance of individuals into the brilliance of the collective

• leadership confidence: the schools should not define leadership as people in positions of formal authority; they should promote leadership as readiness to take the risk and responsibility of working with others to act upon a collective purpose and accumulate the collective power of knowledge, skills, time, connections, and material resources