🚨The priority deadline for 2024 Ready to Win® is this Monday!🚨Be sure to work on your application over the weekend and submit your application by 11:59pm ET on Monday, April 8th.

Ready to Win® is our intensive two-track program designed for New Americans looking to run for office or manage a campaign in the next two years. To enhance learning, we’ve revamped this year’s training so that it includes both a virtual and in-person component.

To learn more and apply, visit our application portal today.

Please give it up for our next 2024 New American Hero Awards’ Honoree, Jefferson Elementary School District Trustee Manūfou Liaiga-Anoa’i! 🥁❤️

Manūfou is a proud first generation Samoan-American from San Francisco, California. She currently serves as a Trustee on the Jefferson Elementary School District Governing Board but her public service extends far beyond her elected position. She is also on the board of the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS), was appointed by the California Superintendent of Public Instruction to co-chair the Closing the Gap Initiative for the state, and is a fellow for School Board Partners Cohort as well as a member of the Center for Asian Pacific American Women, American Women Leadership Institute’s Class of 2024.

Join us this June in Washington, DC as we celebrate her steadfast dedication to empowering the next generation of leaders and strengthen our democracy. 🌼 Save your spot today!

Our movement is growing – join the NAL Team! To meet the needs of emerging New American leaders nationwide, we are hiring for a:

• National Director of Women’s & Constituency Programs to recruit and train first and second generation New American women and constituencies who are underrepresented in government to run for public office.
• Political Manager (Part-Time) to work on behalf of NALAF to develop a roster of endorsees, ensuring New American candidates are winning races up and down the ballot across the country.

To learn more and apply, visit our Careers page.

#NALpistasDidThat

Here are some of the amazing things our alumni have done recently:

• California-based Christy Lam-Julian (Ready to Lead®, AAPI Women 2024) was recently appointed as the Contra Costa Commissioner for Women and Girls and was also officially voted into the Contra Costa Developmental Disabilities Board.
• Success! Colorado Senator Julie Gonzales and State Representative Javier Mabrey “for cause” or “just cause” housing bill was passed. House Bill 1098 limits the ability of landlords to evict a tenant and identifies specific "causes" under which eviction is permissible. 
• Nevada State Representative Erica Mosca was recognized as one of Las Vegas Weekly’s 40 Under 40 for her dedication to improving Nevada’s education and the livelihood of Asian American and Pacific Islanders who call the state home.
• New York State Representative Jessica Gonzáles-Rojas joined New York State Senator Mike Gianaris and Malikah, a local organization, in a call for the passage of Senate Bill S6584B, which requires state agencies, boards, departments, and commissions to disaggregate demographic data of New Yorkers with Middle Eastern or North African origins.
• Wisconsin State Representative Samba Baldeh—the first Muslim ever elected to the Madison, WI City Council; first Black man from Dane County elected to the State Assembly; and first African immigrant elected to the State capital—announced that he will run for the Senate seat in District 16, a new district created out of the state’s newly drawn legislative maps!