Vote Run Lead Action Announces ‘Victory Series’
July 12 2024 - 8:30AM
Vote Run Lead Action, the
nonprofit demanding a truly reflective democracy with women and
gender-expansive individuals holding at least 51% of U.S.
legislative seats, is announcing a new slate of virtual workshops
called the
VRLA Victory Series: Winning Strategies in
2024. This four-part training series is an opportunity for
women and gender-expansive candidates, along with campaign staff,
leaders, partner organizations, and community members, to connect
and work toward a more inclusive and reflective democracy. The
webinars will be held
July 17, August 1, September
18 and
October 3 for women and
gender-expansive people interested in running for office or helping
someone else campaign. The 1-hour to 1.5-hour sessions will provide
invaluable tools, tactics and strategies. The workshops can be
taken individually or as a sequence. The Vote Run Lead Action
Victory Series workshops are accessible at no cost with advance
registration at voterunleadaction.org/get-involved.
“Vote Run Lead Action and its sister organization Vote Run Lead
have a 10-year nonpartisan track record of training thousands of
women to successfully run for office,” said Erin
Vilardi, CEO and founder of Vote Run Lead Action. “Our
alumni consistently win their primaries and elections at higher
levels than those without our training. We are especially proud of
our alumni’s 76% win rate in state legislatures this year and
persistently high win rates for women of color. Our work to help
more women get elected to office is critical. Today, there are only
a handful of states (Nevada and Colorado) that have achieved parity
or a women’s majority in elected offices. We still have a long way
to go. Offering workshops like the VRLA Victory Series is just one
way to help more women and gender-expansive individuals obtain the
offices they deserve. We hope that by offering these workshops, we
will continue to see more women interested in running for office
and help those who are running to win.”
Vote Run Lead Action was launched to correct the longstanding
underrepresentation of women in state legislatures and to demand
equity in politics for gender-expansive citizens. Vote Run Lead
Action works to elect feminist, anti-racist, pro-democracy women
and gender-expansive individuals and achieve 51% representation in
our statehouses. Training candidates and campaign staff is one of
the highest-impact ways to achieve this goal.
The four VRLA Victory Series workshops are:
Creating Your Campaign’s Digital
PresenceWednesday, July 17, 5:30—6:30 p.m. ETIn
partnership with Vote Run Lead Action and Foundation Blue Media,
attendees will be trained in all things digital: marketing
strategies, ad creation, crafting persuasive campaign messages and
more.
Building Accessible and Disability-Inclusive
CampaignsThursday, August 1, 12:30—1:30 p.m. ETLed by Vote
Run Lead Action’s partners at Disability Victory, attendees will
gain insights on disability inclusiveness, combating ableism and
integrating accessibility into any campaign or organization.
Bystander Intervention to Stop Voter Harassment and
Intimidation at the PollsWednesday, September 18, 5:30—7
p.m. ETIn this workshop, attendees will learn about voter rights,
types of voter suppression and the “5Ds” of how to intervene safely
against voter harassment from Vote Run Lead Action’s partner, Right
to Be.
The Power of Relational Organizing to Win
BigThursday, October 3, 7—8 p.m. ETAttendees of this Vote
Run Lead Action workshop will discover how to engage their network
to help organize and get out the vote for the November election and
beyond.
To learn more about Vote Run Lead Action and to register for the
VRLA Victory Series workshops, visit voterunleadaction.org.
About Vote Run Lead Action
Vote Run Lead Action is committed to ideals of democracy,
anti-racism and intersectional feminism. Vote Run Lead Action
envisions a future where women and gender-expansive individuals
hold the majority of U.S. legislative seats. In pursuit of
achieving reflective and equitable gender parity, Vote Run Lead
Action leverages all available resources for deep structural
change. Vote Run Lead Action’s sister organization, Vote Run Lead,
has reached more than 55,000 with its political training and
education programming since its founding in 2014. Vote Run Lead and
Vote Run Lead Action aim to unleash the power of women as voters,
candidates, campaign managers and political leaders. To learn more,
donate, or get involved, visit voterunleadaction.org or
vrlhq.org.
Jenifer Howard
Vote Run Lead
203-273-4246
jenifer_ic@voterunleadaction.org