Nonpartisan

Women for American Values and Ethics (WAVE) is a diverse, nonpartisan organization that engages, educates, and empowers its members and the community to advance progressive American values and ethics.

Montana Women Vote (MWV) works statewide to engage low-income women in the democratic process as informed voters, policy advocates, and community leaders.

Women make up over 50% of the state’s general population, but a mere 16% of Michigan municipal managers are women. Through the 16/50 Project, the Michigan Municipal League is working to address these issues and move the needle upward on the number of women serving at the most executive level of government

Women Leading Local Government are interactive panel sessions hosted at universities throughout the state aimed at introducing students to municipal management as a career. Students meet the force of women leading local communities in Michigan, are presented with real-life municipal challenges to work through, and share dialogue with the panelists on the profession.

The Women’s Municipal Leadership Program is an opportunity for aspiring women to advance their skills and leadership abilities on the path to becoming strong local government managers.

The Maine Women’s Lobby works to build gender justice in Maine through legislative advocacy and systems change. The MWL does this by providing direct legislative advocacy and policy analysis, and by building and supporting a gender-responsive Legislature.

The nonpartisan North Carolina Institute of Political Leadership is committed to improving the practice of democracy through its premier nonpartisan leadership training programs for public servants, both elected and appointed.

Sisters Lead Sisters Vote (SLSV) is currently conducting research to document the experience and needs of Black woman candidates and to document the historic leadership of Black women in the political space. Through this research, SLSV will document and share the unique needs of Black women candidates to better equip the organizations, parties and people, who seek to support them. This research will also aid Black women who are considering, planning, or running for office.

The founders of Women’s Democracy Lab are reimagining a democracy where solutions are created, tested, and implemented by the people most directly affected by structural barriers and systems of oppression, including African, Arab, Asian, Black, Indigenous, immigrant and refugee, Latinx, multiracial, Native, Pacific Islander, LGBTQIA and Two Spirit women.

The Native Leadership Institute (NLI) is a national training institute created by and for Indigenous peoples, focused on building pathways to leadership at all levels of government and political organizing in the United States. Advance Native Political Leadership is the first and only national Native American-led organization working to address the vast disparity and unique barriers that exist for Indigenous peoples in U.S. politics.