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Friend --

As another decade comes to a close, we are provided the opportunity to reflect back on a year of incredible growth and extraordinary achievements, as well as the spark of a new path forward for New Leaders Council.

At Convention this July, Clare Bresnahan English was announced as the new President and CEO of NLC. As the first alumna and first former Chapter Director to take the helm of the organization, Clare’s vision for NLC is focused on long-term sustainability and investments in our NLC family to provide excellent chapter service, programming for our Fellows, and innovative alumni engagement initiatives.

As we turned the page on new NLC leadership, we said goodbye to long-time NLC President Mark Riddle 2019. Under’s Mark’s leadership, NLC grew from 12 to 50 chapters and trained a new generation of leaders that reflect the future of America.

As we embark on 2020, NLC is focused on setting the organization on a clear vision and path to increase our funding, alumni impact, membership, and branding. We are looking to elevate our brand, programming, and services to our Fellows and volunteers.

But before we look forward, we must first reflect on our successes from 2019. With so many accomplishments this year, we are excited to share our annual report. We encourage you to read the 2019 Annual Report on our website [[link removed]] . Here are the top 5 highlights from the report:

1.
In
January
2019,
817
Fellows
joined
the
NLC
Family
as
fellows.
Over
six-months
and
a
cumulative
1,998
training
sessions,
these
changemakers
learned
skills
such
as
entrepreneurial
goal
setting,
fundraising,
advocacy,
communications
and
more.


2.
NLC
celebrated
the
victories
of
25
NLC
community
members
in
their
bid
for
public
office
in
2019.
With
many
local
communities
and
states
holding
important
elections
in
2020,
NLC
already
is
seeing
alumni
and
community
members
committing
to
running
next
year.


3.
This
July,
more
than
350
millennial
leaders
flocked
to
Des
Moines,
Iowa
for
the
2019
NLC
National
Convention--marked
by
three
days
of
conversations
with
presidential
candidates,
keynotes
by
elected
leaders
and
activists,
dynamic
discussions
about
key
issues
facing
the
millennial
generation,
and
more.


4.
In
Des
Moines,
NLC
was
thrilled
to
welcome
three
Presidential
candidates
to
the
only
millennial-focused
Presidential
Forum
-
NLC’s
#WeVoteToo
Forum.
U.S.
Senator
Cory
Booker,
former
Housing
and
Urban
Development
Secretary
Julián
Castro,
and
South
Bend
Mayor
Pete
Buttigieg
answered
questions
from
the
NLC
community
about
preparing
millennials
to
face
the
challenges
that
are
unique
to
our
generation.


5.
In
2019,
NLC
San
Antonio
was
awarded
NLC
Chapter
of
the
Year
and
NLC
St.
Louis
was
awarded
Institute
of
the
Year.
These
were
among
the
many
achievements
and
celebrations
for
a
community,
which
collectively
dedicated
50,000
volunteer
hours
to
support
NLC’s
work.



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New Leaders Council is ultimately about the people. We are building a community, support-system, and family that reflects the robust diversity of our generations. While so many are being pulled apart by political discourse and actions, NLC is about coming together with shared values, vision, and commitment for better communities.

And the future is bright for New Leaders Council and the progressive movement. Just last week, NLC announced 930 new fellows will be joining our community this January.

As we close out 2019 and prepare for an ambitious year in 2020, we hope you will continue to support us - as a volunteer, advocate, and donor. Together, we can do more to empower and equip a rising generation of leaders. We hope you will consider making a tax-deductible gift to NLC before the end of the year to show your support for our incoming class of fellows.

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We’re honored to have your support as we continue training a rising generation of progressive leaders.

Onward,
New Leaders Council



New Leaders Council
1050 Connecticut Ave., NW
#66004
Washington, DC 20035
United States

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