BUILDING LOCAL POWER: 2025 CANDIDATE COHORT
For The People is assembling our second cohort of library board candidates. The cohort is open to candidates who are on track to run or seek appointment between January 1, 2025, and March 15, 2026, as well as currently serving library trustees.
Our cohort will receive 12 weeks of training about how to identify your specific skills as a board member, how to identify and pursue an appointment or run for office, how to map local power structures, and how to govern effectively as a leftist library board trustee.
Want to learn more? Join us at our Cohort Open House on Thursday, December 5th: you’ll hear from organizers and past participants, and have an opportunity to ask all your questions. Registration is now open!
To apply for the 2025 Cohort, complete our online application here—and congratulations on taking a huge step to defend public libraries! Applications will be accepted until December 14, and interviews will be held in early January. Weekly sessions will begin in the first half of February.