BootCamp

Do you consider yourself a progressive superstar-in-waiting?

The New Organizing Institute, the leader in progressive campaign training, is accepting applications for its most popular training each year: BootCamp. BootCamp is an all-expense-paid weeklong training in July, awarded to the most diverse, talented, innovative group of organizers in the country. NOI is so invested in the brightest up-and-coming progressives that they are bringing them to DC on their dime.

Apply now to join the 2010 class, and tell them that Future Majority sent you.

Every member of the 2010 cohort will gain valuable skills, get connected with possible employment, and make great personal relationships with their peers. Rabblerousers with significant experience in organizing, new media, data & technology are encouraged to apply.

The deadline to apply is April 30th, so the clock is ticking. Apply today!

Alumni of BootCamp have gone on to serve as field organizers, new media and executive directors for organizations like Organizing for America, SEIU, GetEQUAL, the ONE Campaign, the Ruckus Society, The League of Young Voters, Color of Change, MoveOn, NRDC, and many, many others. You can email jessica@neworganizing.org for more information.

The Green Lantern is running for Mayor of DC. Wait, what?

Yes, it's true. Well, sort of true. The New Organizing Institute is running a BootCamp this week, and five dozen promising progressive activists have traveled to D.C. to learn the ways of online organizing. We've been split into teams, each supporting a different superhero candidate for mayor, and we're running a mock campaign that ends this Friday, July 10.

These trainees could well be the new face of online organizing tactics, and they're come up with some interesting innovations.

Let's take a look: