NEW Leadership™

The National Education for Women's (NEW) Leadership Pennsylvania is an intensive, six-day, leadership and public policy institute designed to educate and empower young women for future political participation and leadership. The program addresses the under–representation of women in the political arena by focusing on the role of women in politics and policy making in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Each year approximately 35 students from colleges and universities across Pennsylvania are selected to attend. NEW Leadership Pennsylvania™ is a part of a national network of NEW Leadership programs developed by the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP) at Rutgers University.

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The NEW Leadership™ summer institute is an intensive, non-partisan, six-day residential program that will take place May 18 - 23, 2025 at the Pennsylvania Center for Women and Politics at Chatham University.

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Past Practitioners-in-Residence

Thank You

A special thank you to our sponsors, who make this program possible.

Judy Papernick ‘79