Dear friends: Please spread the word! *Applications are now open for the ninth class of WILL Empower <https://www.willempower.org/apprentices/> apprentices, which matches women and gender expansive people with their first job in the worker justice movement. * *Prospective apprentices can find out more about the program here <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FFLqYw8aF97aeLNSenUqtEElUuTBvzmjHFB98ZA9n-0/edit?usp=sharing>, and apply here <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe6Nzoi_I4ss0C14SICtpQ-S5mrwix3SU2jbJKLqu4XrNyRLA/viewform?usp=dialog>. * *Movement organizations considering hosting an apprentice can find out more here <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IUW5Kpnxj-4cvls-K2dCg0mXdTAnxWaEgXhuAE00hkY/edit?usp=sharing>, and apply here <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScaxyu8xxfTsulX9AVsgzZy2HLniXJdtHN0CA5Xy_ReDGdODw/viewform?usp=dialog>. * *All applications are due by April 10, 2026.* *WILL Empower apprentices work in unions and other worker-centric organizations in a variety of capacities, including organizing, research, communications, politics, mobilization, and policy. The program places participants in full-time jobs and will begin in the Fall. It is not a student internship. * *For more information, contact willempower.labor@gmail.com <willempower.labor@gmail.com>* -- *Lane Windham, Ph.D.* *Associate Director, Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor* *WILL Empower (WE Innovate Labor Leadership)* *Georgetown University* *Author of Knocking on Labor's Door <https://uncpress.org/book/9781469654775/knocking-on-labors-door/>*