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Causes: Leadership Development
Mission: New leaders council's mission is to recruit, train, and equip a new generation of leadership for positions in civic, business, and nonprofit work across the country.
Programs: The new leaders council institute is the premier leadership and professional development, training, mentoring, networking, and career and political advancement program for young professionals. An intense, five-month progressive entrepreneurship training program,each nlc institute is highly-selective, admitting only 15 to 20 fellows to each program. Each of our 40 nlc chapters across the nation holds an nlc institute each year, often engaging local leaders to conduct sessions to create a uniquely tailored experience where fellows learnfrom guest speakers at the top of their field. Nlc recruits outside traditional power structures and equips students with the skills necessary to be civic leaders in their communities and workplaces, thereby creating a network of individuals, highly-skilled in working together across sectors to build a strong national democracy, network of social justice, and equal opportunity for all.