Please support Common Power’s two-month long Next-Gen Fighters campaign. At Common Power, we have a rising-leadership program built for creating a new generation equipped for this moment: Action Academy. This is is a program under Common Power Future, a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and the educational arm of Common Power. Contributions to our 501(c)(3) directly support our educational and leadership development initiatives.

Started in 2020, Action Academy is a 10-week summer intensive internship program – all on zoom, to make it widely accessible -- for developing leaders, with three pillars: education + strategic organizing + public action. In February and March, we received 650+ applications for our 2026 cohort: a nearly 50% increase on our 2025 cohort, which itself was nearly a doubling of our previous high-water mark. These 2026 applicants hail from 35+ states, 370+ colleges/universities, and 15+ countries, and are two-thirds BIPOC and female. This is our moment, this is the program, and we are determined to build an army – a nonviolent one -- of Next-Gen Fighters.

Elevate our Next-Gen Leaders!