Pouring out — from grower to practitioner
Emerging Leaders Fellowship
A 12-month leadership program for ages 13–19 — community service, financial assets, business planning, and real-world exposure that turns growers into practitioners. Co-designed with the Emerging Leaders Advisory Board.
Coming Soon
Stage 2 in the Youth Leadership Pipeline — between Rising Leaders and the Emerging Leaders Advisory Board. Fellows build on their farm and Pathway experience with mindfulness, entrepreneurship, and stewardship skills that prepare them for governance and, eventually, the Oasis Flow Fund Circle.
- Community service and real-world exposure for ages 13–19
- Financial assets and business planning alongside farm experience
- Co-designed with the Emerging Leaders Advisory Board
- Pipeline stage between Rising Leaders and youth governance
- Prepares practitioners for the Oasis Flow Fund Circle (2027 cohort)
Together, we grow. Together, we serve.
Many Hands 4 Light Work
Our volunteer engine and community front door — every Saturday at the Oasis Youth Farm, neighbors of every age serve, learn, and build together. Inspired by the Haitian proverb: many hands make for light work.
Every Saturday · 11 AM–2 PM · Petersburg Oasis Youth Farm
Taught through board member Nathaniel X. Graves III, drawing on community work in Haiti, and led by board member Larry Bartenstein. Farm chores, workshops, traveling farm trips to partner farms, and winter mutual-aid drives that keep our community's pantries, fridge, and free libraries full. Log volunteer hours and earn the Light Worker Discount on our programs and products.
- Hands-on regenerative agriculture every Saturday
- Traveling farm trips to partner farms
- Winter mutual-aid drives — pantries, community fridge, and free libraries
- Log hours and earn the Light Worker Discount
Wisdom and knowledge for youth ages 6–18
Greater Petersburg Area S.T.R.E.A.M. Scholarship
Our gift to the community — activities for youth ages 6–18 that cultivate wisdom and impart knowledge about our world through science, technology, reading, engineering, arts, and math.
The S.T.R.E.A.M. Scholarship connects with Melanin Magic School and Little Lights Pathways, weaving exploration across disciplines into seasonal youth programming across the Greater Petersburg area.
- Youth ages 6–18 across the Greater Petersburg area
- S.T.R.E.A.M. activities woven into seasonal programming
- Connects with Melanin Magic School and Little Lights Pathways
