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The Leadership Institute identifies, recruits, and trains conservative and liberty-minded students on college campuses – empowering them to become formidable leaders.
The Leadership Institute deploys a team of highly experienced field staff to college campuses across all 50 states. They identify, recruit, train, and mentor thousands of students to become champions for their conservative principles.
The Leadership Institute’s students learn how to organize strong campus groups, engage in campus activism, host high-profile speaker events, work to make campus policies fair to conservative students, and so much more.
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Training
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Learn how to advocate for conservative principles and win over your fellow students.
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The Mission Empower Your Principles The Leadership Institute’s Youth Leadership Workshop (YLW) is a free, three-hour training that gives an...
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The Leadership Institute’s flagship school, nicknamed “the boot camp of politics,” provides you with the Leadership Institute’s Youth Leadership School...
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Take your publication to the next level with an Advanced Student Publications Workshop. Existing conservative publications affiliated with LI can...
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Learn how to start your own independent campus publication from the ground up. Taking place online or in-person on your...
activism kits
Tools for Effective Activism
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Learn how to advocate for conservative principles and win over your fellow students.

Morton Blackwell’s Response to Nick Fuentes
November 7, 2025 (A portion of an email I sent to my Institute staff was published by media outlets last week. Below is the full text of my November 7, 2025 email.) The recent interview Tucker Carlson conducted with Nick Fuentes caused deep concern among conservatives and among the general public. For anyone not familiar […]
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How to Run an Effective Meeting For Your Political or Civic Organization
A woman came up to me after a recent meeting for a local political committee. She had recently been elected to a leadership position in her local women’s auxiliary organization and had never before held an elected position in a political organization. She asked me, “How can my organization run a good meeting?” In the world […]
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Youth Leadership
School
TRAININGS TAKE PLACE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY
The Leadership Institute’s Youth Leadership School (YLS) is a two-day, comprehensive campaign activism training that provides you the tools to become an effective youth leader for candidates and causes of your choice. This “boot camp of politics” is an essential training for anyone who wants to become active in the political process.



