SADIE NASH LEADERSHIP ProJECT

““We are so excited to have the continued partnership of Amplify Her Foundation. Support like this is critical to our ELLA Fellows gaining the skills, mentorship, and resources to lead change today while preparing to be the movement-builders of tomorrow. With this investment, Sadie Nash can foster a new generation of young women and gender-expansive leaders to design real solutions for their communities. Together, we’re equipping youth with the tools to drive justice and equity now and for years to come.””
— Tené A. Howard, Executive Director, Sadie Nash Leadership Project

MISSION 

Sadie Nash Leadership Project’s mission is to strengthen, empower, and equip young women and gender-expansive youth of color as agents for change in their lives and in the world. They use popular education to build community, critical consciousness, and college and career readiness among participants. Sadie Nash Leadership Project offers an array of inter-related programs that serve different needs, and reach young people in various circumstances and stages of their development.

 
 

GRANT PURPOSE & IMPACT

Amplify Her Foundation funding will support Sadie Nash Leadership Project’s ELLA Fellowship Program, an initiative that equips young leaders to drive meaningful change in their communities.

Named after the legendary organizer Ella Baker, the Fellowship—Engage, Learn, Lead, Act—is a year-long intensive for young women and gender-expansive youth of color, ages 18–22. Fellows receive financial support, mentorship, and hands-on training to design and launch ambitious social justice projects that address the issues most important in their lives and neighborhoods.

Through monthly retreats and workshops, participants deepen their leadership skills, strengthen their confidence as public speakers and facilitators, and build lasting networks of peer and professional support. Past Fellows have organized community workshops on gentrification, developed civic engagement campaigns for BIPOC youth, and created arts-based projects to highlight public health inequities.

With a 92% retention rate and over 85% of Fellows reporting significant growth in leadership and confidence, the ELLA Fellowship has a proven record of preparing participants to excel in historically exclusionary fields like medicine, law, and academia. With Amplify Her Foundation’s support, Sadie Nash Leadership Project will refine career-aligned project development, expand fellowship spots, increase stipends, and enhance retreats. This investment will accelerate leadership pathways for young women of color, while sustaining long-term alumni engagement.

 
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