Every personal and professional decision Emily Cherniack has ever made has come from a place that honors service and leadership. From her service in AmeriCorps and employment with City Year AmeriCorps, to being part of the founding team of Be the Change — where she led a coalition of over 200 organizations, engaging 250,000 people for a Day of Action which resulted in the passage of Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act of 2009, a $6B piece of federal legislation — Emily has worked tirelessly to serve her nation. Driven by service and servant leadership, Emily also chose to avoid politics until, in 2009, Alan Khazei decided to run for the U.S Senate. Khazei asked Emily to become his Deputy Campaign Manager and, although he was defeated, Emily learned a great deal from his campaign and the power of politicians who chose to serve country before self.
It took one campaign for Emily to see why our political system is broken; it is exclusive and has significant barriers that prevent transformational leaders from successfully running for office. It also took one campaign for Emily to resolve to find the leadership necessary to help our country solve the most pressing challenges of the 21st Century. Her experience led Emily to found New Politics, an organization that disrupts the candidate pipeline and ecosystem to bring a new generation of servant leaders into politics. New Politics recruits and runs leaders who will put the country first and who will work together to get things.
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SUMMARY:
Every personal and professional decision Emily Cherniack has ever made has come from a place that honors service and leadership. From her service in AmeriCorps and employment with City Year AmeriCorps, to being part of the founding team of Be the Change — where she led a coalition of over 200 organizations, engaging 250,000 people for a Day of Action which resulted in the passage of Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act of 2009, a $6B piece of federal legislation — Emily has worked tirelessly to serve her nation. Driven by service and servant leadership, Emily also chose to avoid politics until, in 2009, Alan Khazei decided to run for the U.S Senate. Khazei asked Emily to become his Deputy Campaign Manager and, although he was defeated, Emily learned a great deal from his campaign and the power of politicians who chose to serve country before self.
It took one campaign for Emily to see why our political system is broken; it is exclusive and has significant barriers that prevent transformational leaders from successfully running for office. It also took one campaign for Emily to resolve to find the leadership necessary to help our country solve the most pressing challenges of the 21st Century. Her experience led Emily to found New Politics, an organization that disrupts the candidate pipeline and ecosystem to bring a new generation of servant leaders into politics. New Politics recruits and runs leaders who will put the country first and who will work together to get things.
New politics is an organization that recruits and supports service leaders. They bring a new generation of servant leaders into office. They believe that now more than ever our nation needs leaders who have served this country through military, AmeriCorps, Peace Corps, and other significant service programs. Candidates are recruited and supported in running for office or working on campaigns as they prepare to join the political arena.
Those who have served in the military are a perfect match for service positions in the country because that feeling of service doesn’t go away when you leave the military. The experience of being in the military is very transformational for most people. They learn about servant leadership and they value how to be a leader in a way that is about the greater good.
Everybody has a role to play in the political arena. Not all of us will run for office. But we can all be great volunteers to support great candidates. There are lots of ways that we can be involved in helping. We can be great fundraisers. We can learn about campaigns and get involved. We can ensure that there are great service veterans successfully running for office. If you know someone who is amazing and who has the qualities of a servant leader you can connect them with the organization.
New Politics is also affiliated with New Politics Leadership Academy which is a non-profit organization dedicated to creating opportunities for service veterans to engage with policy and politics. Through career training, fellowships, networking events and mentorship programs, they create a new pipeline into politics for service members who otherwise would not be able to work in the field.