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NEW Leadership Pennsylvania™

The National Education for Women’s (NEW) Leadership Pennsylvania™ is an intensive, week–long, residential leadership and public policy institute designed to educate and empower young women for future political participation and leadership. The program addresses the under–representation of women in the political arena by focusing on the role of women in politics and policy making in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Each year approximately 35 students from colleges and universities across Pennsylvania are selected to attend. NEW Leadership Pennsylvania is a part of a national network of NEW Leadership programs developed by the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP) at Rutgers University.

During the NEW Leadership Pennsylvania summer institute students will:

• Meet with successful women leaders to discuss politics, public policy and the importance of women’s leadership.
• Participate in skills–building workshops on networking, public speaking and strategic communication.
• Network with a diverse group of women who share a commitment to shaping the public agenda and making a difference in their communities.
• Practice leadership through action.

This year, the Practitioner-in-Residence is former Congresswoman Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky.

Marjorie is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and a CBS News Foundation Fellow at Columbia University. She began her career as a television journalist at WCAU-TV in Philadelphia. In 1992, Marjorie was the first woman elected to Congress from Pennsylvania in her own right and she was the first Democrat since 1916 elected from Pennsylvania’s 13^th District. In 1995, Marjorie served as the Director of the United States delegation to the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, China. Today she is the President of Women’s Campaign International (WCI), a group that provides advocacy training for women throughout the world and a member of the Vietnam Education Fund, a Presidential Commission that focuses on scientific education and exchange between the United States and Vietnam. She also teaches" “Women Leaders in Emerging Democracies” and “Dealing with the Media” at the Fels Institute of Government at the University of Pennsylvania and has lectured at universities throughout the country.

NEW Leadership Pennsylvania™ 2011

Congresswoman Kathy Dahlkemper served as a Practitioner-in-Residence during NEW Leadership Pennsylvania 2011.

Click HERE to hear Congresswoman Dahlkemper talk about NEW Leadership and her mission to empower women.