New Politics Leadership Academy is revitalizing American democracy by recruiting and developing servant leaders who put community and country over self.

Our Work

Through leadership development programming, hard skill training, and networking events, we're building a new pipeline into politics for Americans who have served our communities and country before and who feel called to continue their service through civic engagement and politics.

Our core values represent our deepest beliefs and our highest aspirations. Together, these values comprise our inner compass; through adhering to these values, we maintain the clarity, focus, and drive required to powerfully serve others.

COURAGE • We are committed to taking purposeful action in the face of fear, uncertainty, and discomfort.

INTEGRITY • We are committed to living in alignment with our own deepest values, and with a clear-eyed understanding of the challenges our communities face.

EMPATHY • We strive to see through the eyes of others.

HUMBITION • We lead with paradoxical balance of humility and ambition.

EXCELLENCE • We hold ourselves to the highest standards as we strive to execute our mission and steward our resources.

Our Core Values

At New Politics Leadership Academy, we continuously advance our knowledge, tools, practices, and processes related to equity, diversity, inclusion and anti-racism, both in the ways we work as a team and in how we partner to advance democracy across this country. We understand that to achieve our mission to revitalize democracy we must break down barriers to entry, support servant leaders who reflect the diversity of our nation, and center the voices of those most impacted by the politics of our nation.

We understand the past and operate most importantly with a focus on what is possible for our democracy and our country. We recognize where the political sector is today and seek to reckon courageously with the truth of our past by acknowledging the impact of racism and inequity on opportunity, politics, and policy.

We possess the skills and experience to recruit, coach, and build the next generation of elected servant leaders who reflect the diversity of our nation and center the voices of those most impacted in their decisions. We take an “accelerated approach to diversity and inclusion,” which means healthy experimentation and a learning stance are central to ensuring equity in both the ways we work and the outcomes we seek. We work with those who may not always agree on the path forward, but understand and desire the same destination.

We make an explicit commitment to center and support both the voices and candidates that have been systematically excluded and overlooked by politics and government, and are guided by empathy, integrity, and courage. We take action to recruit, coach, and build the next generation of elected servant leaders who will advance what is possible for this democracy as we intentionally shift the political landscape and ideas of political leadership.