Become a Student Leader:
Join the Leaders Lab
The Leaders Lab is a non-partisan educational and professional development program that empowers student leaders on college campuses to become life-long organizers. The program includes organizing training, hands-on experience, professional development, and community-building in order to strengthen our democracy with young people at the center. Students who complete this program receive a stipend.
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students recommend the program
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students from six states completed the program
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campus events hosted by students
How to get started
Students will gain
+Eligibility
+How to apply
+Participant Expectations
+Curriculum Overview
+Time Commitment
+Stipend Information
+What kinds of events have students planned in the past?
+Alumni Testimonials
“I gained invaluable leadership and organizational skills from coordinating workshops and collaborating with peers who shared a passion for social change. Witnessing students engage with the electoral process, ask questions, and start conversations about issues that mattered to them was especially rewarding. I also feel so much more confident running meetings by myself for the NextGen club at my school.”
– Ashmeen K., University of Virginia
“My initial goals were to learn how to activate other students to be leaders on the issues I care about and get more people involved in voting and advocacy. I definitely made progress on them! I am happy to have had a more formal education on organizing and to learn from the experiences of others. I also was able to use the second event to get more people engaged in our food security advocacy.”
– Parker D., Michigan State University
Meet the Leaders Lab Staff
Olivia Ghiz, Leaders Lab Director
Margaret McDonald, Training Associate
Questions? Contact us at leaderslab@nextgenamerica.org!