Women Can Run launches in Tallahassee July 8th!

 I am pretty excited about this upcoming event -- "Women Can Run!" I have served on the planning committee for this program and we're in our 2nd year of event planning. The 2013-14 program series is set to launch in a week!

The launch party for this non-partisan program is July 8th at Hotel Duval!

ABOUT OASIS

Women Can Run! is a project of The Oasis Center for Women and Girls, Inc. Founded in 2007, Oasis is a nonprofit organization in Tallahassee whose mission is to "Improve the lives of women and girls through celebration and support". We are focused on personal, professional, and economic concerns facing women, girls and their families. We are committed to addressing these issues individually through the provision of direct services and collectively through community dialogue and awareness.

ABOUT WOMEN CAN RUN!

Women Can Run! is a non-partisan, issue-neutral program of Oasis that aims to increase the number of women running for elected leadership locally. The program is presented in partnership with Leadership Tallahassee and the League of Women Voters of Florida’s Education Fund. This is the third year that we have received funding from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation for this innovative project.

 We believe that women should be adequately represented at all levels of elected leadership and bring important and diverse perspectives to the table. This year, the Women Can Run! program  is for women in our community (Leon, Gadsden, Wakulla and Jefferson counties) who may be interested in running for office or working on political campaigns in the future.

Through a series of workshops that will be open to the public and a more intensive cohort program for a selected group of women, we will explore topics related to choosing your office, preparing to run, fundraising, messaging, media relations, managing a campaign, the legal aspects of running for office and more.

ABOUT THE WOMEN CAN RUN! COHORT

The Women Can Run! Cohort is a more intensive training and capacity building program for women who would seriously consider candidacy in the future. Cohort members participate in monthly workshops from July 2013 – June 2014. These workshops include the Women Can Run! Launch Party in July, 2013, six workshops that are open to the public, four workshops that are more intensive for cohort members only and the Women Can Run! Full-Day Institute in June, 2014. Additionally, Women Can Run! Cohort members will have three one-on-one sessions with professional campaign consultants and receive the Women Can Run! Campaign Resource Manual. 

 WHERE
Hotel Duval—Sunrise Room
415 N Monroe St
Tallahassee, FL 32301
WHEN
Monday, July  8, 2013
5:30-7:00pm 

PRICING & INFORMATION
TO RSVP, VISIT:
www.TheOasisCenter.net

OR CONTACT:
Emily Ayers
Registration for the Launch
Party is FREE. 

We will have hors d'oeuvres 
and cash bar. Parking costs
$3.00.

There will be time for mixing
and mingling and a short
presentation about the program.