The world crisis in governance, economic stability, and ethical guidance demands that we do our best to secure and sustain a better future. To sustain the movement, we need to galvanize those most impacted by the broken system: young people. A 10-week program, Next Leaders offers young activists training in public scholarship, that is, the connection between policy research, advocacy, and grassroots activism. Through its workshop and events series and individualized mentorship, Next Leaders looks to sharpen young scholar-activists’ voices and hone their skills. In addition to hands-on experience, each cohort will leave the program with a more nuanced understanding of environmental, racial, economic, gender, and peace justice.

Here’s a little bit more about how the program works. It’s broken into three parts:

Workshop and Events Series – We’ve prepared a curriculum of weekly workshops and events geared toward the following:

• Building community within your cohort

• Sparking intergenerational dialogue to brainstorm around new pressure points in the policy world

• Sharing skills needed to become a successful public scholar

• Providing a crash course on the frameworks, history, and current events of the progressive movement and policy sphere