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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. Here are the top 5 highlights from the report:

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.

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.

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

Onward,
New Leaders Council

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