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The NEW Leadership® political leadership training program was offered virtually for Massachusetts undergraduate women for the first time in 2021 and has been offered most years since then as a hybrid program. Undergraduate women at two and four-year colleges and universities are eligible to apply. The NEW Leadership™ (NEWL) program was developed by the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP) at Rutgers University more than 20 years ago, and CAWP still leads the network of NEWL programs around the country. The nonpartisan training program aims to educate college women and gender expansive individuals about the political process, help them recognize the value of civic engagement and the importance of greater diversity in positions of political leadership, and to empower them to become leaders themselves. Program alumnae have gone on to run for public office, work with advocacy organizations on local and national campaigns, and some have even gone on to work on Capitol Hill.  For more information, please email: glpp@umb.edu.

CWPPP's Distinguished Public Service Fellows Program was launched in 2016 to build bridges between generations of women in public leadership by harnessing and sharing the knowledge and experience of seasoned leaders with the next generation, with a particular emphasis on nurturing and advancing the leadership of women of color. CWPPP's fifth cohort of Fellows began their tenure in January 2025. 

The Women’s Public Leadership Archive is a repository documenting the lives and careers of Massachusetts' distinguished women political leadership and other public servants. CWPPP staff and volunteers work with UMass Boston's Healey Library archivists to document and preserve the legacies of women political leaders in the Commonwealth.