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AAUW Alabama's Educational Foundation Community Action Grant, “Ready to Run,” is aimed at training qualified Alabama women for leadership roles in government.

Co-Directors Mildred Lanier and Elizabeth Hendrix report that participant recruitment will target the 105 House districts, 35 Senate districts, and 67 counties in Alabama with concentration in the geographical areas of AAUW of Alabama’s nine active branches and other major cities in Alabama.

It is anticipated 150 women will enroll in “Ready to Run” with 20% running for an elected government position in 2008 and 2009 combined. In addition, “Ready to Run” is expected to increase the number of women running for an elected government position in 2010 by another 5%.

From July through September 2007, the “Ready to Run” team will collect and compile research with Alabama Women’s Initiative for current data for the project base, develop the training curriculum and materials with professional experts, develop a marketing, public relations and communication plan, develop a logistics plan for on-site training, webinars, and conference calls and promote “Ready to Run” through collaboration. Branches will have program speakers from the Ready to Run team in Fall 2007.

Read about the Ready to Run project in the Fall 2007 Daybreak