Running & Winning high school workshop

Each year, in the fall semester, the League of Women Voters of Greater Tucson (LWVGT) conducts Running & Winning, a one-day workshop for junior and senior girls at a Tucson area high school. The American Association of University Women and the YWCA of Southern Arizona co-sponsor the event. 

Running & Winning aims to foster participants’ leadership skills and interest in public service. The students have a unique opportunity to learn from women who have served as elected officials, plan a campaign, and participate in a mock election.   

League members who volunteer with the Running & Winning program have opportunities to: 

• Participate on the planning committee
• Prepare a budget and track expenditures
  
• Create and send correspondence
• Communicate with elected women; prepare their bio information
• Communicate with school staff to make all necessary arrangements
• Communicate with workshop facilitators, co-sponsors and League volunteers
• Update the moderator’s script
• Develop topic papers
• Get materials printed
• Purchase and pick up supplies and food
• Serve as a volunteer at the workshop event
• Evaluate the event
• Submit articles to the LWVGT newsletter and other communication channels