Wellstone Action (www.wellstone.org) is a national center for training and leadership development for the progressive movement. Founded in January 2003, Wellstone Action’s mission is to honor the legacy of Paul and Sheila Wellstone by continuing their work through training, educating, mobilizing and organizing a vast network of progressive individuals and organizations.

Drum Major Scholars (www.drummajorinstitute.com/dmischolars) Our mission is to increase and diversify the pool of strong candidates that enters key professions in the field, better equipping the movement for social change to affect reforms on a policy level.

The Roosevelt Institution (rooseveltinstitution.org) is a non-profit, non-partisan national network of campus-based student think tanks. We work to leverage the resources of our colleges and universities to create sound public policy, in the process training the next generation of political leaders.

Young People For (www.youngpeoplefor.org) protects and promotes our nation’s core values by identifying, engaging, and empowering young leaders and activists and equipping them to work toward positive social change in their communities and across the nation.

Founded in 1973 the Midwest Academy (www.midwestacademy.com) is a national training institute committed to advancing the struggle for social, economic, and racial justice. From local neighborhood groups to statewide and national organizations, Midwest Academy has trained over twenty-five thousand grassroots activists from hundreds of orginzations and coalitions. Midwest Academy teaches an organizing philosophy, methods and skills that enable ordinary people to activily participate in the democratic process. Courses and consulting services are designed for proggressive organizations and coalitions that utilize civic engament activities to build citizen power at all levels of our democracy.

The United States Student Association (www.usstudents.org) is the country's oldest and largest national student organization, representing millions of students. Founded in 1947, USSA is the recognized voice for students on Capitol Hill, in the White House, and in the Department of Education.

USSA trains and organizes students to win concrete victories on their campuses -- like stopping fee hikes, expanding retention and recruitment programs for underrepresented students and improving campus safety. By mobilizing and uniting a powerful grass roots force of students all over the country, we build our power and win concrete victories. Educated, organized and united, USSA leads the fight to make education a right, not a privilege.

The Center for Community Change (www.communitychange.org), founded in 1968, grew out of a powerful combination of ideas and events in the 1960s. Many important partners, including the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Fund, the Ford Foundation, and leaders of the United Auto Workers, made the Center for Community Change a reality.

Green Corps' (www.greencorps.org) mission is to teach the next generation of environmental leaders the strategies and skills they'll need to win tomorrow's environmental battles while providing critical field support for today's pressing environmental problems.

Campus Progress (www.campusprogress.org), a project of the Center for American Progress,works to strengthen progressive voices on college and university campuses nationwide; counter the growing influence of right-wing groups on campus; and empower new generations of progressive leaders.

Choice USA (www.choiceusa.org)mobilizes and provides ongoing support to the diverse, upcoming generation of leaders who promote and protect reproductive choice both now and in the future.

PolitiCorps Summer Institute (www.PolitiCorps.org) is a 10-week boot camp consisting of hands-on campaign skills training, innovative public policy intensives, and real-world applications of leadership skills and campaign savvy. PolitiCorps strives to create the next generation of progressive leaders. The Summer Institute is based in Portland, Oregon.
 

The Rockwood Leadership Program (www.rockwoodfund.org) is non-profit organization that promotes social change through leadership training and consulting to progressive non-profits.