Since its launch in January 2007, the Manhattan Institute's Young Leaders Circle program has provided a unique forum for young professionals in the New York metropolitan area who are concerned about free-market ideas and public policy. By joining the Young Leaders Circle you will have an opportunity to hear from leading thinkers on the pressing issues of the day in an evening lecture and cocktail party forum. In attending our intimate monthly events with influential opinion leaders and scholars, Young Leaders also join a valuable network of over 100 outstanding like-minded peers in finance, law, and other professional fields.

Young Leaders Circle events examine a wide range of public policy issues, from energy and healthcare to immigration and culture. Past speakers have included David Brooks, General Jack Keane, Steve Forbes, William Kristol, and Ambassador John Bolton, as well as some of the Manhattan Institute's very own senior fellows such as John McWhorter, Peter Huber, and Nicole Gelinas. The stimulating lectures and engaging conversation offered by the ten exclusive Young Leaders Circle cocktail parties each year are unparalleled for New York's policy-minded young professionals.

Join us for the 2009 program, beginning in January.

Membership

Young Leaders Circle members will receive invitations to these ten exclusive cocktail parties—which provide an ideal opportunity for members to interact with top policy minds and to network with like-minded young professionals. A year-long membership is $250.

Under-40 donors who give at the $1,000 level are invited to join the Young Leaders Advisory Committee, whose input and assistance will be sought on speaker ideas and outreach to new members. In addition to the monthly Young Leaders Circle event, the Advisory Committee will be invited to two private events with Manhattan Institute trustees and fellows. They will also receive invitations to select Institute luncheons and conferences, and to our annual James Q. Wilson Lecture, receiving all the benefits attendant to MI membership at the Benefactor's Circle level.

Guests of members and individuals who want to attend one event may do so for $45, which will be put toward membership should they decide to join. Advisory committee members are allowed to bring one guest for free to each event.

We are excited about this new venture. Interested members should contact Lindsay Young Craig, Vice President, Communications & Marketing.