![]() As a commitment to civic leadership, we come together to begin the process of stating our generation’s agenda. ![]() This generation-the largest voting bloc in history-who came of age in crisis, and committed to a firm belief in progress, is no longer content to follow. Hope is that thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us if we have the courage to reach for it and to work for it and to fight for it." - President Barack Obama, Iowa 2008 Today the Millennial generation wakes as a political force. It's not sitting on the sidelines or shirking from a fight. It's not ignoring the enormity of the tasks ahead or the roadblocks that stand in our path. The 2018 Institute Application & Nominations are OPEN: Apply: /apply Nominate: /nominate We continue today building a new generation of leaders pledged to action in the cause of our futures. And in our patriotic duty, we are confident that we will forge a more perfect Union to secure the blessings of Liberty for all. To its cause, we stake our generational claim. In the competition of ideas, we commit to Progressivism’s triumph. We stand united to eradicate unjust economic, social, and legal systems while building ladders of opportunity. The NLC community is an unparalleled network of passionate, committed young professionals who, together, are the future of progressive leadership in America. NLC is a true reflection of the Millennial generation with 57% of our NLC community as non-white and 53% women. NLC alumni are business executives, nonprofit leaders, elected officials, organizers, teachers, and entrepreneurs. Our 2018 class will join 48 chapters, 5,000 alumni, and other supporters in every region of the United States. NLC has created an exciting network of individuals, highly skilled in working together across sectors to improve the progressive infrastructure and ensure strong democracy, social justice, and equal opportunity. NLC graduates are an ever-expanding corps of diverse, new progressive leaders who are rising to the top of their respective fields. The highly selective NLC Institute is the premier leadership and professional development program training, mentoring, and networking progressives across the nation. NLC recruits Fellows from outside traditional power structures and equips them with the skills necessary to be civic leaders in their communities and workplaces. NLC leaders take their activism back into their communities and workplaces to impact progressive change. ![]() NLC equips our leaders with the skills to run for office, manage campaigns, create start ups and networks of thought leaders. ![]() NEW LEADERS COUNCIL (NLC) is a 501(c)(3) and hosts the NLC Institute, the leading training program for progressive Millennials. Sherry Merfish Tricia Mueller Patrick Murphy David Pepper Bret Perkins Mark Riddle James WoodsonĪBOUT NEW LEADERS COUNCIL OUR MISSION: To recruit, train and promote the next generation of progressive leaders. Joy Dixon Mitchell Draizin Caroline Fayard Donnie Fowler Cynthia Guerrero Gina LaPlaca Derrick H. NLC Board of Directors Chris Kelly Claire Silberman Alex Sink Heather Grantham Robert J. This is just the beginning of the the millennial generation’s agenda. Thank you to NLC’s board of directors for their continued support for our mission and our work. Thanks is owed to the NLC staff who dedicated countless hours coordinating policy roundtables, supporting authors, editing, proofreading, and designing to develop the Millennial Compact with America. Thank you to Bret Perkins, who chaired this project and supported its work. Special gratitude is owed to the dozens of advisors who gave of their time and talents to support our authors along this journey. Many thanks are owed to our partners, friends and mentors. These NLC alumni and community members have set the foundation upon which NLC will build our generation’s agenda. A special thank you to the authors of the policy memos within this document. This agenda is made possible, first and foremost, due to the immense dedication of the NLC community – our alumni, our chapter advisory boards, and current and past leadership teams and staff. Acknowledgments Written by Millennials, focused on the future, and designed to bring a spirit of entrepreneurship to our politics, the NLC Millennial Compact with America will be a comprehensive statement of millennial policy.
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