Young Women's Political Leadership Program - Applications currently available!

The Young Women’s Political Leadership Program (YWPL) introduces high school girls to the importance of women in political leadership.

With an emphasis on practical skills, participants learn from experts in the field of public speaking, messaging, networking, on-camera media training, and platform development. Young women candidates and elected officials speak to the girls about what it is like to run for political office as a young woman, how to get involved on a local level, and why they feel it is important that more women are elected.  The goal of the week-long program is to encourage the girls to channel their leadership into politics.

This program has been held in Washington, DC since 2007 and is the flagship program of Running Start. The program will held in Washington, DC from July 18-23, 2011 and is entirely free to participants! Travel scholarships to Washington are available for those in need.

Young women who are interested in the Young Women’s Political Leadership Program are encouraged to apply early for the 2011 program!

The application deadline is February 16th, 2011.

In Spring 2009, Running Start opened the application process for their July 2009 program and they received 30,000 applications for the 50 spaces that their program accommodates.