Movement Building Project

Movement Building Project
Wellstone Action Fund

Building powerful, long-term movements for change by enhancing and connecting the electoral, public policy, and leadership development work of progressive nonprofit organizations.

Camp Wellstone

Camp Wellstone
Wellstone Action

Wellstone Action's signature weekend training program provides hands-on, practical training in grassroots politics for citizen activists, campaign workers, and people interested in running for office.

Campus Camp Wellstone

Campus Camp Wellstone
Wellstone Action Fund

Campus Camp Wellstone trains students nationwide on how to run energized, community building, winning campaigns. We focus on campus and community organizing and young voter engagement.

Native American Leadership Program

Native American Leadership Program
Wellstone Action Fund

Continuing Paul and Sheila Wellstone's commitment to Indian Country, Wellstone Action has created a new Native American Leadership Program (NALP), designed to strengthen Native American leadership and civic engagement.

Sheila Wellstone Institute

Sheila Wellstone Institute

The Sheila Wellstone Institute continues her commitment to building power to make ending violence against women a national priority.

Voter Engagement Schools

Voter Engagement Schools
Wellstone Action Fund

Voter Engagement Schools help non-profit community-based organizations educate, engage, and mobilize voters across the country. These national trainings are held in partnership with organizations who want to connect long-term voter engagement work with the issues their constituents care about.

Advanced Campaign Management School

Advanced Campaign Management School
Wellstone Action

This intensive multi-day training is designed for individuals with past electoral experience who want to take their political organizing skills to the next level.

Camp Sheila Wellstone

Camp Sheila Wellstone
Wellstone Action Fund

Camp Sheila Wellstone provides domestic and sexual violence movement leaders with skills in strategic planning, organizing, communications, and political advocacy.

Labor Training Program

Labor Training Program
Wellstone Action

Using a customized curriculum, Wellstone Action partners with labor organizations across the country who are committed to organizing, developing new leaders, and more effectively mobilizing their grassroots power to move a progressive pro-worker agenda.

Wellstone Organizing Fellows

Wellstone Organizing Fellows
Wellstone Action Fund

This new program provides leadership training and support for a select group of young leaders of color in Minnesota. Fellows participate in an intensive one-month training and then put their new skills to work in local community-based organizations. We also provide ongoing mentoring and peer support throughout the program.

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