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Rising Voices HS Clubs - 2025 - Application

Program Information

Are you creating change in your community? Do you have an idea for how you would like to have a positive impact? Do you want to pay it forward, build strong connections in your community, and put your bold ideas into action?

In 1997, Vital Voices was created to make space for women to be heard. Our founders knew then what has now become a universal truth: that women are essential to progress in their communities. Our world cannot move forward without their full participation. Today, our organization is the product of the women we have worked with, their insights into leadership and our changing world.

Vital Voices’ mission is to identify, invest in and bring visibility to extraordinary women around the world by unleashing their leadership potential to transform lives and accelerate peace and prosperity in their communities.

Rising Voices Clubs will leverage Vital Voices’ learnings, tools and leadership model to ignite young women in the DMV area to create projects that solve a unique challenge in their community and bring people together in their schools to create positive change.

APPLICATION DEADLINE:
Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis through August 2025.

TIMELINE:
The Rising Voices Clubs will be carried out from September 2025 to May 2026. Club Leaders will serve as club leaders at their schools and will help shape the year of programming. You will be expected to attend twice-monthly webinars and participate in developing research and curriculum with Vital Voices. We will also host several in-person events throughout the year at Vital Voices Headquarters and elsewhere for team building.

Here are some dates to note:
  • Application Due Date: Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis through mid-August 2025
  • Program Launch Webinar: Sunday, September 7th at 5:00(EST)

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
Rising Voices Club Leader Applicants Must Be:
  1. Legal residents and enrolled in high school or secondary school in the DC area (District of Columbia, Northern Virginia, Maryland) AND
  2. A high school student during the 2025-2026 academic year AND
  3. Each club must have a faculty sponsor at their campus

For questions please reach out to Brittney Knotts at BrittneyK@VitalVoices.org.
1. Are you a legal resident enrolled in high school or secondary school in the DC area (District of Columbia, Northern Virginia, and Maryland) *This question is required.
2. Are you currently a high school or secondary school student?  *This question is required.
3. Do you have a faculty member who will sponsor your club? Faculty sponsors will help you navigate the logistics around operating a club in your school and will also serve as a point-of-contact for Vital Voices staff. *This question is required.
4. Were you a Rising Voices Club Leader last year? (only check yes if you were accepted and involved in the full-year cohort through Vital Voices) *This question is required.
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