The Leadership Academy is your launchpad into meaningful change. Over six transformative weeks, you'll dive deep into how factory farming really works—and more importantly, how we can dismantle it. Connect with other passionate changemakers, learn directly from movement leaders who are already succeeding, and build the skills to create real impact on your campus and beyond.
These activities help you connect learning to action, deepen your understanding, and come ready to engage fully in each session.
We'll explore critical issues and interventions shaping the movement to end factory farming, guided by leaders driving change across these domains.
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With two decades of teaching, from high school at a charter school in New York City to UCLA, I’ve prioritized creating a positive and inclusive learning environment where students feel comfortable being challenged and undermining their own assumptions to broaden their perspectives and grow as individuals and leaders. Each year, the Leadership Academy has some of the most motivated, compassionate, and intelligent students I've come across. Their personal growth in the program and the changes they make on their campuses—and, later, in the broader world—are the reason I believe that we can, and will, end factory farming.
I feel privileged to channel my 10+ years of corporate experience in program management and leadership training into empowering the next generation with the knowledge, skills and training to end factory farming. It's incredibly rewarding to see the transformative journey students go on - from initial uncertainty about how they can have an impact, to finding and launching campaigns and advocacy projects they are passionate about, to creating tangible impact on their campuses and in their communities.
As a former New Roots Institute fellow, I feel I am able to meaningfully relate with and support students going through the program now. I love to see students overcome challenges that stumped me when I was a student advocate. We have built our program to continuously identify and work around challenges students face doing this work. Through New Roots programming, I have met some of the most influential mentors and friends in my life, and I am grateful to be able to play that role for more students now. This program has a unique ability to help students realize how deeply they care about our food system, to identify their own strengths while learning, and to set in motion a plan of action that allows them to be the change they wish to see.
With two decades of teaching, from high school at a charter school in New York City to UCLA, I’ve prioritized creating a positive and inclusive learning environment where students feel comfortable being challenged and undermining their own assumptions to broaden their perspectives and grow as individuals and leaders. Each year, the Leadership Academy has some of the most motivated, compassionate, and intelligent students I've come across. Their personal growth in the program and the changes they make on their campuses—and, later, in the broader world—are the reason I believe that we can, and will, end factory farming.
I feel privileged to channel my 10+ years of corporate experience in program management and leadership training into empowering the next generation with the knowledge, skills and training to end factory farming. It's incredibly rewarding to see the transformative journey students go on - from initial uncertainty about how they can have an impact, to finding and launching campaigns and advocacy projects they are passionate about, to creating tangible impact on their campuses and in their communities.
The New Roots Leadership Development Program has been a transformational experience for my teenage daughter. The New Roots team has modeled professionalism and maintained rigorous standards. She has quickly developed into a true leader and advocate, spearheading campaigns to make tangible change at her school and community. As she applies to colleges, she does not have to pretend to be anything she is not; New Roots has helped her discover genuine clarity, focus and passion regarding her future.
The Leadership Academy has set me on the path of advocacy that I have always wanted but never knew how to find. Taking this course was originally far outside my comfort zone, but ultimately it has helped me shape my passion into something that is both efficient and effective for creating change.
