

Leadership Academy Celebration 2026!
βJoin New Roots Institute as we celebrate the next generation of food systems advocates! π
βThis summer, motivated students from around the world took part in New Roots Institute's Leadership Academy, a six-week fellowship empowering emerging changemakers with the training, community, and support to challenge factory farming and build a more just, sustainable food system.
βWe invite you to join us as the program comes to a close, to celebrate how far the fellows have come, hear where they're headed next, and see the role New Roots plays in connecting and strengthening the movement to end factory farming.
βDuring the celebration, you will:
βπ± Hear directly from fellows and alumni as they share powerful reflections and their next steps as advocates
βπ Explore highlights from the Leadership Academy and how it fits into the bigger movement
βπ§ Test your knowledge with trivia for a chance to win a prize
βπ¬ Connect and contribute alongside the wider New Roots community, including guest speakers, campaign partners, and supporters
β... and more!
βThis virtual event is open to all supporters, friends, and family who want to be inspired by the next generation of leaders working to transform our food system. We hope you'll join us!
βAbout the Leadership Academy
βThe Leadership Academy is a six-week educational fellowship that equips emerging advocates with knowledge, training, and community to build a just and sustainable food system. Participants explore the impacts of animal agriculture and gain foundational leadership and advocacy skills.
βAbout New Roots Institute
βNew Roots Institute is a nonprofit empowering the next generation with knowledge and training to end factory farming. Through leadership programming, New Roots Institute inspires critical thinking and dynamic discussions about the impacts of industrial animal agriculture on people, animals, and the planet. We are strengthening the movement, spreading change from individuals to their communities, growing outward into wider systems-level change.