Action Academy is a 12-week paid civic leadership program committed to cultivating a pipeline of young Gen Z'ers who are ready to transform their communities through the foundations of voting justice and history-informed, community-centered organizing. The best parts? Participants earn a $1,000 stipend and civic leadership certificate at completion of the program.

Action Academy launched in 2020, and we have since graduated over 121 young, diverse students nationwide. We will be hosting our fourth cohort in Summer 2022, with a goal of more than 100 participants this summer. We are fundraising to support four main components of Action Academy:

1) Stipends for students for Summer 2022, which are $1,000 per student.

2) Compensation for guest speakers, ranging from nationally-renowned professors to on-the-ground civil rights activists.

3) Travel sponsorships for Action Academy students to engage in educational and voter-mobilization trips across the nation, to educate and register voters and learn about civil rights history on-the-ground.

4) Additional program costs for the 12-week Summer program, such as access to the Banned Book Club, sponsoring event participation for Action Academy students, and eliminating any other barriers of access to civic work for our students.

Action Academy is rising to the moment. These are defining times, and we will rise. Please support our work!

All the love,

Julia Ge

Common Power

Development Associate

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