VoteRunLead, the nation’s largest and most diverse candidate training program, announces the #RunAsYouAre2019: National Training on Saturday, May 18th. The National Training will span 20+ cities and comes on the heels of a historic era of women in politics with more women running for (and winning) office than ever. VoteRunLead has trained over 30,000 women to run for office, with a goal to train 20,000 more by 2020, and is uniquely positioned to train women to run as their authentic selves. The #RunAsYouAre2019: National Training will be the largest multi-city single day training ever provided by a national training organization.
The #RunAsYouAre2019: National Training will be executed as a one-day program, online and in-person, with community-based follow-up. The Run As You Are curriculum trains, women, to run for office by offering real resources sourced by expert national trainers. Notable VoteRunLead alumnae include United States Congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Lauren Underwood, Colorado State Senator Faith Winter, former Texas congressional candidate Jenifer Sarver, and the youngest person ever elected to the Binghamton City Council, Lea Webb.
Announced cities for the #RunAsYouAre2019: National Training include Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Columbus, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Durham, Fayetteville (Arkansas), Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, Nashville, New York, Rochester (Minnesota), San Francisco, Seattle, St. Louis, and Washington, DC.
“We knew long before the 2018 elections that women are more than ready to run for office as their unapologetic selves, which is why we have been creating a pipeline of women candidates, staff, supporters, donors, and activists outside of the traditional party structure,”
“We knew long before the 2018 elections that women are more than ready to run for office as their unapologetic selves, which is why we have been creating a pipeline of women candidates, staff, supporters, donors, and activists outside of the traditional party structure,” says Erin Vilardi, the Founder & CEO of VoteRunLead. “There are 519,632 elected positions across the US and we need to train women to run for each of these offices with real resources to continue the momentum we have seen in 2016 and 2018. Women are more active in politics than ever before and as a nonpartisan political training organization, we are able to access more women to create a diversity of thought in national politics.”
“In the last two years, we have watched women march, celebrate, and vote in unprecedented numbers – the next step is to train more women to run for office,”
“In the last two years, we have watched women march, celebrate, and vote in unprecedented numbers – the next step is to train more women to run for office,” says Crystal Patterson, Global Civic Partnerships Manager at Facebook and Chair of VoteRunLead’s Board of Directors. “VoteRunLead continues to provide dedicated, intentional trainings that are needed more now than ever to keep the momentum going for women in politics. Facebook is proud to partner with them for their multi-city national training as they look to prepare 30,000 more women to run for office and win.”
“WeWork is once again thrilled to partner with VoteRunLead to host their largest single-day national training in our spaces from coast-to-coast,”
“WeWork is once again thrilled to partner with VoteRunLead to host their largest single-day national training in our spaces from coast-to-coast,” says Lauren Fritts, Head of Public Affairs, U.S., Canada & Israel at WeWork. “We commend VoteRunLead on their commitment to mentoring women regardless of location or party to run for office.”
For additional information including upcoming speakers and partner organizations visit VoteRunLead.org.
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