Leadership For Democracy and Social Justice

Name

Leadership For Democracy and Social Justice

Legal name

Leadership for Democracy and Social Justice

Website

https://socialjusticeleadership.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Leadership Development Training

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Civic and Social Organizations (8134)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Leadership, Character Education & Values Development (EDAMAIAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Civic Participation & Leadership Development (Voting, Advocacy, Community Leadership) (EDAAADAL)

Keywords

• Leadership development training
• Social justice education
• Movement organizing fellowships
• Community organizing programs
• Nonprofit leadership institute

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Institutional Funding: LDSJ operates as an institute of the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership at City College of New York and the CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies, receiving institutional support from these CUNY entities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Leadership for Democracy and Social Justice (LDSJ) is an educational institute that delivers fellowship and training programs for emerging and mid-career social justice leaders. Core offerings include the Leadership, Organizing & Action (LOA) undergraduate course, the Social Change Fellowship for CUNY undergraduates, the Movement Leader Fellowship for mid-career organizers, and the Social Movement History Study Group, all delivered at no cost to participants through CUNY academic channels.

Product overview

Leadership for Democracy and Social Justice is an educational institute offering a portfolio of fellowship and training programs. The core offerings include: Leadership, Organizing & Action (LOA) course for undergraduate students; the Social Change Fellowship providing CUNY students pathways into social justice careers through coursework and paid internships; the Movement Leader Fellowship for mid-career organizers; the Social Movement History Study Group for learning from historic movements; and the Alumni Council connecting over 300 alumni. These programs are designed to build power with the next generation of social justice leaders across communities of color, women, LGBTQ+ people, and working-class backgrounds.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Social Change Fellowship (SCF): LDSJ's flagship undergraduate leadership program creating a pathway from CUNY classrooms to the frontlines of New York City's civic and social justice ecosystem.
• Movement Leader Fellowship (MLF)
• Social Movement History Study Group
• Leadership, Organizing, & Action (LOA)

Products and services

• Leadership, Organizing & Action (LOA)

Quantifiable outcome

• 300+ alumni across all fellowship programs
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership at City College of New YorkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLDSJ is an institute of the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership at City College of New York. The school provides institutional hosting, faculty support, and administrative infrastructure for LDSJ programs.
• CUNY School of Labor and Urban StudiescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLDSJ is jointly operated with the CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies. Graduate-level courses for the Movement Leader Fellowship are taught through SLU by experienced movement practitioners.
• Harvard Kennedy SchoolcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Leadership, Organizing & Action (LOA) course was developed by renowned organizer Marshall Ganz at the Harvard Kennedy School. LDSJ offers this curriculum through CUNY, making it the first public institution in the country to provide this training.
• NYC Social Justice Organizations (32 internship partners)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner32 NYC power-building organizations serve as internship hosts for Social Change Fellows. Partners include Make the Road NY, NYCLU, ALIGN, UHAB, Catholic Charities, CUFFH, Release & Empower for Youth, NYICC, NYC Change, and 22+ additional organizations.
• Right to the City AllianceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRight to the City Alliance is a national network of 70 local and statewide base-building organizations campaigning to democratize land and housing. MLF Fellow Alia Trindle serves as Director of Political Strategy.
• Popular DemocracyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMLF Fellow Kass Colón serves as Senior Training Specialist at Popular Democracy. The organization works with grassroots organizations on national leadership programs.
• Broadway Advocacy CoalitionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMLF Fellow Leia Squillace serves as Director of Artistic Impact for the Tony-Award winning Broadway Advocacy Coalition.
• Austin Justice CoalitionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerROCC-Texas 2024 Fellow Chas Moore is Founder and Organizing Director of the Austin Justice Coalition.
• Common JusticeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSCF 2022 Fellow Cade Terada works as Community Organizer at Common Justice, a Brooklyn-based organization developing community-based solutions to violence.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Race Forward: Race Forward produces research, media, and training programs advancing racial justice leadership — including training and convening for organizers and movement leaders. It is comparable to LDSJ in mission and audience (racial justice organizers/activists) and offers a complementary training model.
• Midwest Academy: Midwest Academy is one of the oldest organizing training organizations in the U.S., offering trainings, workshops, and longer-form programs for progressives and community organizers. It is highly comparable to LDSJ in mission (training strategic organizers) and target learner (activists and movement leaders).
• The Praxis Project: The Praxis Project is a movement-support and leadership-building organization that trains and resources organizers of color and grassroots leaders. It overlaps with LDSJ in training content, audience, and emphasis on movement infrastructure for historically marginalized communities.
• Highlander Research and Education Center: Highlander is a storied social movement education center that runs residential and program-based learning for organizers and movement leaders. Its model of combining political education, leadership development, and movement history study closely parallels LDSJ's Social Movement History Study Group and fellowship approach.
• Ruckus Society: Ruckus Society provides direct action and campaign training for movement organizers, with a focus on strategic action and skills development. It is comparable to LDSJ as a movement-training organization serving activist leaders, though its emphasis is tactical rather than strategic/organizing theory.
• re:power (formerly Wellstone Action): re:power is a national progressive training and leadership development organization that runs fellowship-style programs for organizers and movement leaders. It is the most direct functional peer to LDSJ, with overlapping programmatic models (e.g., leadership cohorts, organizing training) and a similar target audience of progressive organizers.
• Grassroots Policy Project: Grassroots Policy Project designs and delivers strategic training for movement leaders, with a focus on narrative, power, and campaign strategy. It is a close peer to LDSJ in content area (strategic frameworks for organizers) and in audience (mid-career movement leaders).

Broad incumbents

• People's Action: People's Action is a national progressive coalition of 40+ member organizations that delivers leadership development, training, and campaign strategy support to organizers across the country. It overlaps with LDSJ in audience and training intent but operates at a much larger coalition scale.
• Center for Popular Democracy: Center for Popular Democracy is a national network of 70+ community-led organizations that runs leadership trainings and movement-building programs for affiliates. It is both a core LDSJ partner (feeding interns and fellows) and a broader incumbent in the same training/ecosystem space.

Emerging players

• Harvard Kennedy School — Marshall Ganz Programs: HKS houses the original Marshall Ganz organizing teaching and Leadership, Organizing & Action curriculum from which LDSJ licensed its content. It is comparable as the content origination site and historical training home for the same LOA framework LDSJ now delivers through CUNY.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

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Funding overview

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