NEW Leadership Ohio
NEW Leadership is designed to address the historical and contemporary underrepresentation of women in politics. While women have always been politically active, their numbers in elective and appointed office are surprisingly low. Women hold only a small number of the seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate and less than a quarter of the seats in our state legislatures.
NEW Leadership works to educate and empower college women to take on public leadership roles. A recent UCLA study showed that only 13.9 percent of first year women college students see influencing political affairs as a priority, and only 23.3 percent of those students consider it important to keep up to date with political affairs. NEW Leadership is an effort to build a new generation of women in politics and policymaking. NEW Leadership educates participants about the political process and awareness of women's historical and contemporary participation in that process.
NEW Leadership Ohio has been developed in partnership with the NEW Leadership Development Network established by the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University. The John Glenn School of Public Affairs works with the Department of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies to present the program each summer.
The Program
NEW Leadership Ohio is an initiative of The Ohio State University co-sponsored by the John Glenn School of Public Affairs and The Department of Women’s Studies. The purpose of this program is to encourage and empower college women to take on public and political leadership roles. NEW Leadership participants spend five days in an intensive, residential institute. During this time participants will: learn the history of women’s involvement in public life, gain leadership skills in public speaking, advocacy, and diversity, and form a network of their peers as well as current women leaders. Once the residential institute ends, NEW Leadership participants are encouraged to continue to build their leadership skills on their home campuses. They are also encouraged to consider running for public office at some time in the future.
Cost
Because of the generosity of our sponsors, NEW Leadership Ohio pays for all program costs, including food and lodging. NEW Leadership students are responsible for travel costs incurred in getting to and from the program location in Columbus, Ohio. Because of the immense efforts put into fully funding each NEW Leadership student, accepted students cannot defer enrollment in the program.
Eligibility
NEW Leadership Ohio is open to undergraduate women enrolled in any Ohio 2-year or 4-year college or university, or Ohio residents attending school outside of the state. Participants represent different racial, ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds, as well as a variety of academic majors, ages and interests. All political views are welcome. Diversity of views and positions on interests is considered a strength of the program.
Apply Today
Click here for an application.
Submit your application by March 31, 2012 to:
John Glenn School of Public Affairs
NEW Leadership Program
150 Page Hall
1810 College Road
Columbus, OH 43210
For more information please contact:
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Cindy Holodnak
614-292-7731
Holodnak.1@osu.edu
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Maria Mone
614- 292-7781
mone.1@osu.edu
Making it Possible
NEW Leadership Ohio has been developed in partnership with the NEW Leadership Development Network established by the
Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University.
Private funding for NEW Leadership allows the program to remain free of charge to all of the participants. Seed funding for the NEW Leadership Program was provided by a grant from the
W.K. Kellogg Foundation in 2002. Since then, NEW Leadership has been funded with gifts from
Barbara Fergus, the
Ohio Telecom Association,American Electric Power, and four grants from the
Women's Fund of Central Ohio. Again in 2012, the Women's Fund of Central Ohio has provided financial support for the program.
NEW Leadership Ohio is paid for exclusively by private donations from people who believe in women's leadership. To add your support to the NEWLeadership Ohio program, simply click here
All donations are tax-deductible to the extent provided by law.
The
John Glenn School of Public Affairs is unique among peer institutions given its comprehensive focus on scholarship, leadership and civic engagement programs. Over 2000 alumni serve in leadership roles at local, state and national policy levels and the School's nationally recognized leadership and civic engagement programs reach over 10,000 people on an annual basis.
The
Department of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies is an academic unit within the College of Humanities. It is committed to an interdisciplinary approach to the study of gender, race, class, ethnicity, and sexuality. The Department has a long history of providing students with internships in private and public spheres.
National Network
With the support of CAWP and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, NEW Leadership programs have been instituted across the country. Based on the successful model of NEW Leadership New Jersey, colleges and universities in eight other states have developed NEW Leadership programs drawing on their own students, political women, and other resources.
To learn more about the NEW Leadership Development Network
click here
Click here to download an application for the 2012 NEW Leadership Ohio program
Do you know a woman who ought to run for public office? Please nominate her at sheshouldrun.org. The She Should Run site also has resources for women contemplating a run for public office now or in the future. Check it out! 
About one third of the cost of the 2012 program is provided by the Women’s Fund of Central Ohio. 
To support NEW Leadership Ohio, Fund #313175 in covering the other two thirds of the program costs, please click here.