Bella Abzug Leadership Institute Inc.

09/21/2026

Save the Date! And join us for UNDayOftheGirl2026
Message us on Insta or email on [email protected] to join us that day! ❤️

08/10/2026

BALI Debate Tournament 2026 was a major success 😊

Our trainees debated: This house believes that constitutional equality amendments are a more effective tool for social justice than statutory protections.

We had some amazing, passionate and fierce debaters amongst us who also loved debating this topic. Thank you to BALI team abd UDL team for making this all happen for our trainees.

*Pictures below

08/06/2026

Check our this video/ a quick review of some major of Bella’s/ moms major accomplishments!

07/25/2026

07/24/2026

Today , which is Bella’s birthday national women’s hall of fame posted this …… I just opened my FB and this is what I saw pop up … agh , my great mom Bella / wish she was here of course and that I was swimming in the ocean with her which we would be doing right now during our summers’ in Sag Harbor …
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Bella Abzug brought bold, uncompromising leadership to the courtroom, the streets, and the halls of Congress.

A lawyer, political activist, and U.S. Representative from New York, she built her career around expanding women’s rights, advancing civil rights, and demanding greater representation in public life. Known for her distinctive hats and fearless voice, Abzug challenged political conventions while helping create space for more women to lead.

Her legacy reflects the power of speaking clearly, organizing persistently, and refusing to accept exclusion as the status quo.

07/18/2026

This past Thursday we showed our trainees “Bella- This woman’s place is in The House!” - a real life documentary on the life of the visionary, extraordinary, ground-breaking Bella Abzug, with the Executive Producer our Founder and Bella’s daughter, Liz Abzug.
This documentary shows the life of Battling Bella- from growing up in a religious Jewish family in NYC, to meeting her wonderful and supporting husband Martin, studying at Hunter College and Columbia Law, to her first civil cases in the South and all her groundbreaking campaigns for House, Congress, NY Governor as well as her amazing work on other pivotal things such as WEDO, environmental issues and most important ending the Vietnam war. Showing this documentary was very important to us and to our trainees because now more than ever, as humans, as women, as minorities, as immigrants and any other communities we belong to, we need our youth to know our history, to know our fights and to know THE fighters. Because now more than ever ERA not having passed yet is extremely important, Roe Vs Wade being on the precipice of being overturned is extremely important, ALL rights of ALL of barely mattering enough, is extremely important.
This documentary, this work, this information is EXTREMELY important!!
Thank you Bella for all your work!! & Thank you to our very own for making this documentary happen and available to all of us to watch and learn from. ♥️

07/12/2026

College prep and College life ♥️
Our amazing intern team took the stage discussing and sharing tips with our trainees, on how to best prepare for College Applications and College life afterwards. They shared full application process, scholarship research and information, as well as personal experiences on campus life. They all attend or got accepted to wonderful Colleges and Universities (on full rides as well) and we couldn’t possibly be more proud of them!! Go BALI Interns!!
(From left to right)
Edalane: Cornell University
Angela: Brown University
Pritika: GW
Edona: Fordham U
Mercy: Boston U
Danna: NYU Stern