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Empowering bold advocates to advance freedom
Struggling to advance freedom in your community? We can help.
The Grassroots Leadership Academy educates and empowers individuals to advance a free and open society in which coercion is limited and liberty prevails.
Our inspiring classes and practical trainings provide the necessary skills to communicate persuasively, recruit volunteers, hold elected officials accountable, and promote the benefits of a free and open society.
GLA graduates change minds, influence policy, and lead in their communities.
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Free training programs nationwide
The Grassroots Leadership Academy offers free, year-round training programs.
Grassroots Leadership Certification
Our flagship offering is the Grassroots Leadership Certification program. This multi-level program empowers students with the tools, tactics, techniques, and strategies to effectively advocate for the values of a free society, like individual liberty and limited government.
Level 1, Grassroots Activist Certification, teaches students the fundamental knowledge and skills to effectively advocate for freedom at the local, state, and federal level. The class is typically offered one night per week for six weeks and requires students to donate six volunteer hours to their communities before graduating.
Level 2, Community Mobilizer Certification, builds on the skills learned in level 1 and empowers students to recruit, motivate, and mobilize others. This class is also typically offered one night per week for six weeks and requires students to donate an additional six volunteer hours before graduating.
Level 3, Grassroots Leader Certification, is an intensive, three-day boot camp for committed grassroots leaders. Students learn how to put all of their skills together and handle real-life grassroots organizing scenarios. Upon completion, students are empowered to run an issue campaign, become a community leader, or pursue a career in grassroots activism.
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Can You Guess Which Licenses Are More Onerous to Get?
Some states require people to be licensed in order to do a job. But often the amount of time and money it takes to get an occupational license doesn’t make much sense, considering the occupation. For example, did you know that to work as a florist in Louisiana you...
4 Ways Not to Get Spooked in Your Activism
It takes more than a strong grasp of the issues to be effective in activism. Whether you’re door knocking, phone banking, delivering your elevator pitch or recruiting, the common denominator in these activities is this: Courage. It can be scary to talk to people...
How to Recruit Activists — and Keep Them
Very few things in history were accomplished alone. After all, activism is a team sport. Here are a few tips for recruiting — and keeping — activists for your cause. Create a sense of community: The job of an activist can be a lonely one — but it doesn’t have to be....
Janisset Rivero Speaks on UNH Panel on Free Speech
On Sept. 26, Janisset Rivero shared her experience of living under Fidel Castro’s oppressive regime in Cuba. Rivero, a GLA trainer and curriculum specialist and a human rights activist, was speaking as part of a free speech panel hosted by Americans for Prosperity...
Five Tips for your Elevator Pitch
It can feel like the most uncomfortable moment of your life — and yet, it lasts less than 30 seconds. But at some point, everyone must make an elevator pitch. It’s one of your greatest tools as an activist. Getting your message across through an elevator pitch —...
Taking a Dive into Trade
Think about all the purchases you’ve made in the last month. You probably went to the grocery store, the barber, the dry cleaners, or the gas station. And, like most transactions you’ll complete in your daily life, you probably exchanged your money for these goods and...