Join the National Leaders Collective

75% of NLC Leaders pursue a pro-life career upon graduation. Through these yearlong programs, students prepare to lead in the pro-life movement by learning these four key skills:

1. How to develop their group’s leadership team.

2. How to change their campus with a measurable project.

3. How to cultivate professional connections with mentors and peers.

4. How to identify and pursue a pro-life career

This community of leaders includes students accepted to one of SFLA's and SFLAction's NINE different yearlong leadership programs designed to help students find their niche in the pro-life movement:

1. Pro-Life Gen Voices – for individual activists without an SFLA group to engage in online activism.
2. Thaddeus Stevens Fellowship - for high school group officers.
3. William Wilberforce Fellowship – for college group officers.
4. Invictus Men’s Fellowship - for male college group officers.
5. Christian Leadership Fellowship - for Students for Life group officers at Christian colleges.
6. Hildegard Art Fellowship - for undergraduate & graduate artists (performing, visual, and word).
7. Standing With You Fellowship – for college group officers interested in becoming an expert advocate for pregnant and parenting students.
8. Student Spokesperson Program – for undergraduate & graduate students who have completed a leadership program to be the voice of the Pro-Life Generation online, at events, and in the media.
9. Students for Life Action Captains – for politically-minded college students in a pro-life group.

Click HERE to read more and apply for one of these programs. What yearlong programs are in the National Leaders Collective?

Student leaders who hold an officer position in a pro-life group on a high school or college campus for the upcoming academic year qualify for FIVE of our NINE yearlong programs listed below. There are additional requirements for some programs:

1. Thaddeus Stevens Fellowship - for high school group officers.
2. William Wilberforce Fellowship – for college group officers.
3. Invictus Men’s Fellowship - for male college group officers.
4. Christian Leadership Fellowship - for Students for Life group officers at Christian colleges.
5. Standing With You Fellowship – for college group officers interested in becoming an expert advocate for pregnant and parenting students.

If you are not a group officer in a pro-life group on campus, you still qualify for FOUR programs:

1. Pro-Life Gen Voices – for individual activists without an SFLA group to engage in online activism.
2. Hildegard Art Fellowship - for undergraduate & graduate artists (performing, visual, and word).
3. Students for Life Action Captains – for politically-minded college students in a pro-life group.
4. Student Spokesperson Program – for undergraduate & graduate students in a pro-life group who have completed a leadership program to be the voice of the Pro-Life Generation online, at events, and in the media.

All selected leaders must complete their registration for their program prior to receiving confirmation of any travel or housing arrangements for the initial kickoff weekend. If you are selected for a program, you will receive special instructions on how to register for your program. All selected leaders must be able to attend the kickoff weekend in its entirety in order to be accepted to a program for the upcoming year.

As a member of the NLC, you receive:

1. A FREE trip to Washington D.C in June for the kickoff weekend of the National Leaders Collective.
2. At least 8 virtual mentor meetings from a leader in the Pro-Life Movement.
3. Monthly or bi-monthly training calls with other pro-life student leaders like you from August - April.
4. FREE resources & opportunities to continue in your pro-life career!

All NLC Leaders will be flown to Washington, D.C for the National Leaders Collective, a kickoff weekend of training from Thursday, June 20th – Monday, June 24th, 2024. Round-trip flights, housing, and meals will be covered by SFLA within the specified dates to accepted leaders. Any additional meals or expenses in the airport or beyond what is provided are the leader’s responsibility. *food stipends, housing, and flight arrangements are determined based on current prices and regulations, with student needs in mind, so what is provided per student is typically sufficient to cover the weekend’s activities.

This is a leadership conference. NLC Leaders will not be allowed to attend other events or activities outside of SFLA’s event. Flights, housing, and meals will be covered by SFLA for NLC Leaders only. No guests or family members of NLC Leaders will be accommodated or allowed to attend this event.

NLC Leaders commit to 2-3 hours per week of leadership development through their program (the equivalent of one college class). This is accomplished through reviewing various books and publications, participating in bi-monthly or monthly webcasts for discussion, and hearing from guest speaker lectures during these webcasts.

All NLC Leaders are invited to large group calls a few times each year to discuss strategy and network with other leaders in the National Leaders Collective. These calls are worked into each program’s schedule for the year.

Students in one of the six fellowships commit to completing a project during the year that applies the skills they learn to their campus pro-life groups, which is designed by the student to address their unique campus and community needs. Fellows receive one-on-one mentorship from their fellowship director to complete their fellowship project.

Students selected as Student Spokespeople commit to completing three small communications projects each month during the year that applies the skills, they learn online activism and media encounters.

SFLA Fellows and Student Spokespeople commit to monthly mentorship from a National Mentor (a leader in a national pro-life organization) who will give advice on full-time work in the pro-life movement and help them complete their projects if they line up with their area of expertise.

SFLAction Captains and Pro-Life Gen Voices receive mentorship from their program leader on special projects throughout the year.

NLC Leaders are in SFLA’s inner circle. As an NLC Leader, you receive special insight into SFLA strategy and exclusive access to culture changing activities as they arise. NLC Leaders also receive special discounts and prizes for SFLA events when available.

NLC Leaders also receive special access to pro-life job opportunities promoted by SFLA.