Advocacy Corps

The Advocacy Corps is a 10 month-long program where young adults between the ages of 19-30 get paid to organize their local community around federal legislation. Advocacy Corps organizers connect local activists and leaders with their local member of Congress to affect big, long-term change. During the course of this program, Advocacy Corps organizers learn critical organizing skills and put them into practice with hands-on leadership experience.

Advocacy Corps organizers…

• Recruit local volunteers
• Meet with members of Congress
• Organize others to meet with members of Congress and their staff
• Write letters to the editor and op-eds
• Mobilize people to come to Washington

The logistics:

• Attend the 10-day long hybrid Summer Intensive Training; the in-person portion will take place in Washington DC. Meet other Corps members and FCNL staff.
• Organize in your community from August through May.
• Come back to DC (expenses paid) for the weekend in April for FCNL’s lobby days.
• Get paid $3,500 for successful work.
• Note: All travel will be based on CDC guidelines and other COVID-19 restrictions/safety precautions. We ask that you hold all dates indicated in the application for virtual or in-person programming.