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McKinley Fellowship
Summit 2050’s Inaugural Flagship Program
The McKinley Fellowship is an eight-week incubator for high-potential conservatives designed to manufacture the kind of operators that movements and institutions desperately need.
The McKinley Fellowship is about competence, discipline, and impact. Fellows don’t just study politics, writing, social media, or advocacy in the abstract, they train to become the people who can launch, build, and run new and durable institutions in the conservative movement.
Distinctives
Practical training: real-world workshops on writing, communications, organizing, governance, and institution-building.
Mentorship: guidance from movement veterans who’ve built and led organizations.
Output-oriented: every fellow leaves with a $1,000 honorarium, promotion from our organization, and: leadership placement in a Summit affiliate or institutional backing (financial, governance, mentorship) for their own project to be launched under the Summit ecosystem.
Named for President William McKinley and the historic name of North America’s tallest peak, the fellowship symbolizes ambition and national purpose. The McKinley Fellowship is about training leadership that will carry the Conservative movement to new heights.