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Let’s Be Vulnerable: Unlearning Toxic Leadership with Brené Brown

Melissa Richmond

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Left: Lesley Lopez (left) at Running Start’s 2019 Young Women to Watch Awards, with (left to right) Congresswoman Chrissy Houlahan, Haley Stevens, Elissa Slotkin, Cathy McMorris Rodgers, & Yvette Clarke. Right: Karla Garcia (center), with Running Start Outreach Director Sara Blanco (left)& Excelencia in Education Senior Policy and Research Analyst Janette Martínez (right) at the same event.

Notes from the Running Start Campaign Trail

Melissa Richmond

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#ForABrighter27 campaign group meeting with their campaign advisor, Audrey Henson (former campaign manager and CEO of College to Congress), to strategize their plan for the week.

Recap: 2019 High School Program

Melissa Richmond

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Jayne Atkinson teaching Running Start High School Program participants about public speaking June 2019.

ANN at Arena Stage – July 25, 2019

Melissa Richmond

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2019 High School Program Speakers

Melissa Richmond

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Running Start Alums, from right to left: IL State Rep. Avery Bourne, (former) DC ANC Regina Monge, & DC ANC Jessica Smith.

Political Pipeline Design: Insights from a Survey of Women Serving in State Legislatures

Melissa Richmond

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See Gov. Ann Richards Brought to Life by Jayne Atkinson & Support Running Start

Melissa Richmond

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Susannah Wellford and Alyse Nelson on stage at Generation W. Photo source.

Cultivating the Old Girls Club

Melissa Richmond

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Ewurama Appiagyei-Dankah (third from left), along with the other Congressional Fellows in the Fall 2019 cohort.

“We must lift others as we rise.” — How Running Start is changing the status quo of political power.

Melissa Richmond

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