“You can’t be what you can’t see,” Marie Wilson famously declared about women in leadership. But in the United States, less than 1 in 4 political leaders are women. Among that group of women elected officials, women of color and young women are underrepresented. At Running Start, we bring young women to politics by training them to run for office and introducing them to political role models. But, there simply aren’t enough women in politics to serve as role models for all young women. So, we are asking girls and women everywhere to be their own inspiration by declaring #ILookLikeAPolitician and telling us why!
See how Running Start staff have approached #ILookLikeAPolitician from their unique perspectives!