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Hi, alumni,
The results of this week’s elections are proof that New Leaders Council’s model works. Change starts locally and our values can win.
We are happy to welcome Reps. Lauren Underwood (NLC Washington D.C. ‘12) and Nikema Williams (NLC Atlanta ‘13) back to the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Illinois and Georgia respectively. And, we’re glad to report that our alumni are holding it down in their state capitals too, including Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Minnesota.
This year's election was historic with two notable alumni wins: Clare Oumou Verbeten (NLC Twin Cities ‘17) as the first Black woman elected to the Minnesota State Senate and Petra Gaskins (NLC New Jersey ‘16) as the youngest and first Black woman elected to City Council in New Brunswick, New Jersey. We also celebrate historic wins beyond the NLC network - like Maryland’s first Black governor, Wes Moore, and Massachusetts’ first woman, LGBTQ governor, Maura Healey.
See all NLC alumni wins here on the NLC Newsroom [[link removed]]
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Nikema Williams Lauren Underwood
(NLC Atlanta ‘13) U.S. Congress, GA-5 (NLC Washington DC ‘14) U.S. Congress, IL-14
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Royce Duplessis London Lamar James Diossa Clare Oumou Verbeten
(NLC Louisiana ‘14) - Louisiana State Senate District 5 (NLC Nashville ‘15) - Tennessee State Senate District 33 (NLC Rhode Island ‘12) - Rhode Island General Treasurer (NLC Twin Cities ‘17) - Minnesota State Senate District 66
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Royce Duplessis London Lamar
(NLC Louisiana ‘14) - Louisiana State Senate District 5 (NLC Nashville ‘15) - Tennessee State Senate District 33
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James Diossa Clare Oumou Verbeten
(NLC Rhode Island ‘12) - Rhode Island General Treasurer (NLC Twin Cities ‘17) - Minnesota State Senate District 66
We’d like to thank each and every NLC alumni who ran [[link removed]] . Win or lose, you had the courage to disrupt the status quo and fight for your values. Your grit and love for your community make NLC incredibly proud. And your willingness to run and serve gives us and other alumni the motivation to continue pouring into this movement for progress. You set an example of what a new kind of leader can be and lay the ground work for a brighter future for all of us.
More progress that is worth celebrating includes:
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Abortion
rights
protected
in
Kentucky
and
Michigan
because
of
fierce
advocates
like
NLC
alumni
sharing
their
stories,
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High
voter
turnout
among
Gen
Z
voters
shows
our
next
generation
of
NLC
Fellows
are
ready
to
lead,
and
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Safe,
secure
elections
,
thanks
to
folks
like
NLC
alumni
who
have
led
election
protection
efforts.
But we can’t sugarcoat our reality: In states like Florida, Texas, and Ohio, leaders who roll back our rights and restrict our bodies continue to win. We can't move backward in our efforts to make this country more equitable. Our alumni in those states and across the nation won’t give up on progress.
We can’t get complacent.
We must keep running for office. Keep volunteering on campaigns and ballot initiatives. Keep working as poll workers. Keep registering voters.
We also must continue to invest in local leadership movements that work. Those tried and true, scalable movements like New Leaders Council. Because we know that our country can’t rely on one leader, one knight in shining armor, one hero, to save us. We need a movement that can meet this moment.
NLC has a constantly growing pool of local leaders ready to run and win. We start locally, knowing that a one-size-fits-all approach can't meet this moment. Our training goes beyond one weekend, but rather provides a six-month, no-cost training in the skillsets and mindsets needed to make progress permanent . With our 12,000 NLC alumni across 50 chapters, we are the only ones ready to overcome the extremism that threatens our communities. And we’re ready to start now.
Now, we celebrate our wins and learn from our losses. Tomorrow, we continue to dig in to local leadership. Soon, you’ll meet the next generation of leaders, our 2023 Fellows . These folks are the ones who will be running in 2024 and beyond. And with NLC’s training, they’ll be ready to win.
As determined as ever,
Clare Bresnahan English
President and CEO
New Leaders Council
P.S. Check out our growing list of NLC alumni wins! [[link removed]] We're so proud of these victories and the work that will be done by these leaders to advance progress in their communities.
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