
Our Programs
DemocraShe helps young women grades 9-12 build evidence-based resilience and practical leadership skills alongside the public policy know-how they need to engage more deeply in their communities and start on a path to elected office. All programs take place on zoom unless otherwise noted.
DemocraShe programs include:

Flagship Program
DemocraShe’s signature offering. Over 10 weeks (two hours per week, totaling 20 hours) each Fall and Spring, high school girls receive intensive training in small, supportive, peer-led online national cohorts. These DemocraSheroes:
Learn evidence-based brain science skills to overcome the external and internal barriers on a woman’s leadership journey to successfully realize both her immediate unique vision and future positions in civic leadership and elected office
Learn civics and advocacy skills to become effective, informed civic leaders and public speakers, culminating in “DemocraShe Congress” where “Congresswomen” sponsor, co-sponsor and pass legislation based on their unique lived experience
Harness the unique opportunity of zoom to connect a national social capital network of high school girls around the country, participating in a cross-cultural exchange of learning the issues facing girls in different states
Expand their networks and gain extra support by being paired with adult female mentors
Every graduate leaves with a three-year “LaunchPad” action plan of the next concrete steps they will take toward making an immediate impact in their local community - and the brain science skills they will use to support them as they encounter external or internal difficulties that might knock them off their path
Every girl is paid a $15/hr stipend to participate. Not only do teenage girls immediately learn that their time has value, the stipend ensures every girl can join regardless of income or background - recognizing that American leadership is strongest when it reflects all of its people.
Application info is HERE.

Leadership Team
The Leadership Team is made up of graduates of the flagship program between the ages of 15 - 22. DemocraShe promotes from within to give teenage girls the immediate experience of leadership. These young women:
Help create, update, and advise our curriculum, ensuring the critical input of young women in workshops training young women
Co-facilitate all workshops, creating an empowering environment where DemocraSheroes see inspiring leaders that look just like them. She can’t be what she can’t see.
Represent DemocraShe in the community
Practice a range of skills like peer leadership, collaboration, mentorship, time management, public speaking and more.
Peer leaders are paid $600 per semester

Summer Intensives
DemocraSheroes learn a “Best of DemocraShe” that combines brain science skills with civic training in service of launching young women able to realize their public policy and leadership goals
Girls enjoy the same small, supportive, peer-led online national community, delivered to 18 participants per cohort throughout the summer
Participants are paid $50 per workshop, continuing the commitment of DemocraShe that young women’s time has value and money should never be a barrier to an ambitious young leader realizing her potential
Application info is HERE.

Self-Directed Online Program
A fixed asset offering the same Flagship Curriculum skills
Led by members of the Peer Leadership Team, girls meet dynamic leaders who look just like them and encourage their ambition
Free for all participants
Open to anyone interested in developing resilience and leadership skills, the online program is self-paced so participants can move through the curriculum at their own pace.
This program can be accessed HERE.

Alumnae Events, In Person Workshops and DemocraShe Clubs
Alumnae events and public events:
Bring together participants, elected officials, educators, coaches, and other young women for deep dives on topics that are relevant to them, like mental health and public speaking.
Keep graduates connected as sisters who will be an early network for opportunities and support
In person workshops:
Give students in Southern California an opportunity to learn critical leadership and resilience skills in person thanks to a grant from Westside Legacy Fund for Women and Girls.
Get more info and/or contact us to learn more HERE.
DemocraShe Clubs:
These clubs are popping up across the country in cities like Chicago, LA, and New York.
DemocraShe graduates are founding these in-person clubs, which focus on empowering women through resilience and leadership skills. Students participate in community service events, networking lunches, hygiene product drives, and more.