Click here to apply for a White House Project Training in your area!

The 2009 Go Run season will launch with Rural Go Run on May 1st – our second annual training specifically tailored to women in rural America – and will take place on Minnesota’s Iron Range. Last year, community excitement was so high that applications had to close a month in advance of the training, and we’re expecting equally high interest in 2009 – so make sure to get your application in today!

• Minnesota Go Run - June 19 - 20, 2009
• Georgia Go Run - June 26 - 27, 2009
• Michigan Go Run - July 10 - 12, 2009
• Colorado Go Run - July 24 - 25, 2009
• Florida Go Run - September 25-27, 2009
• Wisconsin Go Run - October 9-10, 2009
• New York Go Run - October 2009

The White House Project Featured in Sunday's Washington Post Magazine!

In Politics, a Long Way to Go

"2008 was a spectacular year for women in politics," writes journalist Vanessa Gezari, who attended Georgia Go Run 2008. "But the sober reality is that the race has just begun."

Read the entire article here.

Listen to Georgia Go Run Alum Jennifer James Soto on Monday's edition of NPR's "Tell Me More."

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Meet Women Leaders

Marisol Hernandez

Immigration Activist – New Jersey

“I was fortunate to have many teachers who helped me achieve my potential. Now, it is my greatest hope that other people will see me that way.”

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How Can You Get Involved with The White House Project?

• Sign up now! To attend a training in 2009, click here.
• Invite a Woman to Run! Click here to invite a woman in your life to run for office.
• Donate now! To support The White House Project and help us train women across the country, click here.
• Join us on our Online Network! The White House Project has its own online leadership network. Meet women leaders like you and tell us why you're a leader. Click here to join us on the Add Women Leadership Network. Check us out here too!

Click here for even more ways to get involved!

Leadership Circle and Cabinet Founding Members!

If you're in Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, Georgia or DC, click for more information on joining our Leadership Circles, our growing network of donor leaders!

• DC Leadership Circle
• Georgia Leadership Circle
• Michigan Cabinet
• MN, and CO Coming Soon!  Contact your regional director to join.
  

Weekly eBlasts

• [National] Rural Women Get Ready to Run
• [Colorado] AJ Clemmons Invites You To Go Run
• [Georgia] Get Ready to Go Run
• [Michigan] Michigan Go Run 2009
• [Minnesota] 2009 Here We Come

Closing The Leadership Gap

White House Project Founder and President Marie Wilson's seminal book Closing The Leadership Gap was re-released in 2008, complete with an extremely relevant new afterword entitled "No More Waiting: Women in Politics and in Time of War." For more about the book that Geraldine Ferraro calls “a wake-up call to our country,” and that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi describes as "sharp, compelling, and completely on the mark,” click here.