What is Angels of Change: Leaders Academy?

  • Education

    Angels of Change: Leaders Academy provides approximately 40 hours of in-person education on political advocacy in local government. Specifically, our program focuses on advocacy building for housing and resources for the TGI community in Los Angeles City and County.

  • Hands-On Experience

    In addition to providing education, the purpose of this fellowship is to arm participants with mobilization, advocacy, and organizing experience. Participants can emerge from the program with skills needed to potentially launch their own advocacy campaign.

  • Community Connectedness

    This fellowship is not only a space to learn, grow expertise, and gain experience with community organizing and advocacy. It is also a space for participants to connect with TGI people of all ages and backgrounds and grow a sense of pride, belonging and community connectedness!

Fellowship Topics

Our 40 hours of training for Angels of Change Fellows include...

  • Local, State and Federal Government Processes

  • The Policy Process and Advocacy

  • Public Speaking

  • The Art of Storytelling

  • Community Organizing and Mobilization

  • Advocacy Campaign Crafting

  • Allyship Networking

Program Schedule

In order to participate and complete the program, all participants must participate in all of the program's scheduled activities. Check and mark your calendar to see if this schedule works with you!

  • Mandatory Orientation: Tuesday, January 13th - 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

  • Mandatory Training Retreat: February 5th, 2026 (9 a.m. to 6 p.m.), February 6th, 2026 (9 a.m. to 6 p.m.)

  • Mandatory monthly team building & creative project meetings: Last Monday of every month from February 2026 to November 2026 - 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

  • Mandatory monthly mobilizations: TBD with two weeks advance notice

  • Graduation: December, 2026 - Date TBD

Have more questions?

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