What’s Your Victory?
DemocraShe is a nonpartisan nonprofit offering FREE online training to female-identifying high school teens in evidence-based resiliency skills, leadership & civic engagement.
We actively recruit future leaders from historically underrepresented communities to flood our future with diverse, compassionate & confident women leaders in every sector - who know running for office is their birthright.
DemocraShe is not only free, we pay our students stipends so we can enable young women to receive mental health tools & leadership training regardless of background or income status.
Meet DemocraShe! Click to watch our future leaders in action.
Why We Exist
Women are not represented equally in government.
Only 28.7% of Congress are women, though women make up 50.4% of the US,
and only 9.2% are women of color, though they are 20% of the US population.
BUT when women run for office, they win at the same rate as men.
SO… we need more women to run!
Why don’t more women run?
A key reason is recruitment. Studies show men believe they can run, while women have to be recruited. And women, especially women of color, are more likely to be discouraged from running.
Studies also show that high school is the last time boys and girls believe they can run for office equally.
This is where DemocraShe comes in!
To set women leaders up for success, we need public policy leadership skills (to feel confident and prepared), AND social work resiliency skills (to help them say yes to running and handle the pushback they may face when they do.) And we need to start in High School!
And… if she believes she can be a Senator, she believes she can be a CEO.
DemocraShe’s life and leadership skills are transferable to any area where young women want to lead and thrive.
"A DemocraShe resilience skill that helped me run for office is Inner Best Friend. It’s the voice inside that encourages rather than criticizes. That mindset helped me be elected as the student member of the Maryland Board of Education and it’s a skill I keep leaning on every single day.” - Hafsa
“I was thrilled to have the chance to host voter registration drives in my community. It’s gratifying to witness election results and think, through registration, ‘I helped someone use their voice, just as DemocraShe helped me find mine.’” - Camille
“I had the courage to run to be the head of my school’s social justice committee because of DemocraShe! DemocraShe gave me tools to help ignore negative thoughts that made me ignore how qualified I was for the position. Also, Democrashe gave me access to a really supportive sisterhood. I would’ve never run for this position without the support of DemocraShe.” - Desi
“I started a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization helping underprivileged students to channel their voice through debate. DemocraShe has allowed for this to happen because without this program, I would not have been able to feel as prepared and confident that I would be able to conquer such a feat.” - Sarah
“Throughout my journey to becoming National Secretary of the College Dems Black Caucus, I’ve definitely drawn on skills I developed through DemocraShe. The leadership skill of “Public Speaking” gave me the confidence to articulate my vision and connect with others, while the resilience skill “Power of ‘And’” helped me balance my advocacy, leadership, and academic responsibilities without feeling like I had to choose just one." - Nevaeh
“I presented at the United Nations but I didn’t even feel nervous because of my inner best friend and the confidence I gained from DemocraShe.” - Anisa
DemocraShe creates a safe, brave, joyful space where young women receive the support and guidance they need to pursue the roles they deserve.
We encourage young women to elevate their voices through self-advocacy, civic engagement and community service, empowering a new generation.
Building a Pipeline
We need strategic intentional investment in communities that have typically been left out.
Strategic intention starts with recruitment. While DemocraShe is thrilled to receive applications from female identifying high school students nationwide, it also has recruiting partner commitments from organizations that work with:
Foster students
Unhoused students
Low income students
Students learning Peer Mediation
DemocraShe's mission is to flood America's future with female-identifying leaders and public servants whose perspectives and lived experiences will transform our communities to truly reflect America.
Our Program
DemocraShe offers free online trainings, including a Flagship Program with 10-week cohorts designed to build self-confidence and self-advocacy, cultivate collaboration, nurture ambition and make leadership concrete and accessible.
Critically, we arm teen girls with resiliency skills to become transformational leaders, as well as the strategies needed to counter the external barriers and internal negative narratives that so often prevent women from fulfilling their potential.
“DemocraShe is an extraordinary organization for teenage girls aspiring to be confident leaders and advocates in their communities and respective fields of interest. DemocraShe’s leadership program assists in the development of the leadership, critical thinking, and resilience skills necessary to help girls succeed in high school, college and civic life.”
- Dr. Rocio Rivas, Los Angeles Unified School Board Member
