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Running Start is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that trains young women to run for political office. Since 2007, Running Start has trained more than 12,000 young women to lead in politics.

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Mar 28, 2018

Redefining the Run for Political Office

On March 14th at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, I was elected Running Start’s…

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Mar 7, 2018

Keep your eyes on these “Young Women to Watch”!

Meet the incredible Running Start alums competing to be our next #ILookLikeAPolitician Ambassador! Celebrate young women in politics, hear from these inspiring young women, and vote for the next ambassador at the Young Women to Watch Awards on…

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Sep 29, 2017

“With only one semester and two political science classes under my belt, I was elected to office.”

When I founded Running Start eleven years ago, no one understood why talking to girls about political leadership was a good idea. Why did I want to train a 15…

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Aug 29, 2017

Training All Young Women to Run for Office

At Running Start, our nonpartisan political leadership trainings are for all women. To make that clear, we encourage women to create #ILookLikeAPolitician posts on social media to flip the script on our idea of who looks like a serious candidate. But we…

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Aug 3, 2017

#YoungWomenRun 2017

On July 17th and 18th, 2017 150 motivated young women from across the political spectrum gathered in Washington, DC for Young Women Run with the goal of advancing their leadership skills and capacity to run for office. Another 300 Elected leaders, professionals and mentors showed up as allies…

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Aug 1, 2017

The best part of #YoungWomenRun? Meeting a network of young women passionate about political leadership.