WOMEN: Wanna run for office or know someone who should? Here's

<http://www.voterunlead.org/>

Vote, Run, Lead is an initiative to engage young women in the political process as voters, as activists and as candidates for political office.

FACT: Over 15 million 18-34 year old women did not vote in the 2000 presidential election.
FACT: Women has only had the right to vote for less than 84 years; our democracy is 228 years old!
FACT: Of the 11,744 members of Congress, there have only been 223 women elected in the history of the United States
FACT: Out of 180 countries, only 11 are lead by women.


Do you want to run for office or want to help a woman who should? Check out this section:

Go Run 2006

Go Run is a weekend long training dedicated to equipping you, the future candidate, with the skills to run and win.

The training aims to demystifying the political process and increase the number of progressive women in the political pipeline. Go Run provides the nuts and bolts of running for political office by focusing on such areas as communications, fundraising, and campaigning, amongst others.

The training camp schedules in 4 parts of the country:

Minnesota Go Run
May 19- 21, 2006
Oakridge Conference Center
Chaska, MN

Colorado Go Run
June 9-11, 2006
Millennium Harvest House
Boulder, CO

Georgia Go Run
July 28-30, 2006
Atlanta, GA

Washington Go Run
August 18-20, 2006
IslandWood Center
Bainbridge Island, WA

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Women of DU, please sign this pledge:

I pledge to vote this year. I believe it is time that the United States benefits from ALL the leadership talent in our country. I will also encourage and invite women I know to join me in leading the country into a new era of American politics through voting, running for political office, and leading side-by-side with men in all levels of government. Together we can make America into the great democracy it promises to be.

<http://action.voterunlead.org/petition/>

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If anyone wants to attend the session in Colorado, please PM me!