Front Line Leaders Academy

Front Line Leaders Academy (FLLA) is a premier campaign leadership development program offered every year to 20 talented young people from across the country. FLLA provides prospective candidates and campaign leaders the ability to learn from successful political campaign professionals.

For eight months FLLA works with young, unknown leaders and provides trainings on a wide range of leadership development and political skills. Fellows receive training on the five core competencies of political campaigns. Fellows selected to this elite academy are trained on how to be an effective candidate, campaign manager, finance director, communication director and field organizer.

This campaign and leadership development program offers intense trainings for young leaders who demonstrate the potential and desire to run for office or take on a leadership role within a campaign. Young leaders selected for the program participate in a series of workshops led by Young Elected Officials and campaign experts. Young Elected Officials and fellows work one-on-one, as they develop the necessary skills to transition into the next generation of progressive candidates and campaign leaders.

Motivated by their strong will for public service, fellows work with young elected officials and campaign experts during four three-day convenings, internet conference calls and in one-on-one sessions aimed at monitoring the progress of each fellow. By graduation, fellows will have developed a wide range of campaign and candidacy skills, and will have compiled a complete campaign book that will enable them to be successful in campaign leadership.

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Read what fellows from the 2006 and 2007 FLLA classes say about their experience.