"In this moment, our commitment is to the young Black women who are integral to our community and our hope for a better future." Read our statement on ensuring that Black women are strongly supported in the Running Start family: medium.com/running-start/…

Commit to allyship with these renowned literary works: 13 Essential Reads to Learn About Systemic Racism and Injustice, According to Black Women glamour.com/story/antiraci…

#RestInPowerGeorgeFloyd - I’m humbled by the ways I’ve fallen short, committed to learning & doing better & hopeful for how you’ve inspired us to improve our work Running Start! #BlackLivesMatter (mural by David Teichner @openairdance on Insta)

Read our note on what we've done to better live up to our mission and vision for the young Black, Indigenous and women of color we train. 💡 Have thoughts and feedback? We're listening. Email us at [email protected].

When you have to make a short video for Running Start & do a @zoom_us panel - it’s WFH chic. Sleep socks, workout gear, sweatshirt around the waist & a blazer on top. Anyone else? 🙋🏼

Don't miss this blog post written by Shania Hurtado Valbuena, one of our very own High School Program participants! ow.ly/e4sZ50AAkMR

Coming up soon! x.com/RWFProgress/st…

The Barbie Campaign Team set features four diverse dolls that inspire girls to see themselves in the roles that make up a winning campaign: Candidate, Campaign Manager, Fundraiser and Voter: dolltasti.cc/BarbieCOTY20_W… #Barbie2020 #YouCanBeAnything

Happy #NationalInternDay! Our Summer 2020 interns (pictured here) are incredible assets to our team, and we're so glad to have them. 💗

Our Allyship in the Era of Black Lives Matter panel is starting soon! Follow along in the 🧵 for insights from Allyson Carpenter, Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦, Melinda Briana Epler and Shahana Hanif!

Pandemic hack - most McDonald's still have $1 large Diet Cokes & free WiFi that works for @zoom_us from the parking lot. Biggest fail - my husband came with me today & I told a passerby about all of the nearby bathroom options (including a🌲). Everyone on his work call heard. 🤦🏼‍♀️

At the top of her class in law school, caring for a child, helping a dying husband with his school work & still not considered equal. Thanks for fighting to make gender-based inequality illegal #RGB!

When women work together, we get work done! Read this blog post by Vasundhara Kamath, M&E Consultant, to learn about how our ongoing Monitoring and Evaluation project is a perfect example of networking can open up opportunities for powerful collaboration. medium.com/@runningstart/…

Only took our 😷 off for the photos. Deborah Leah Birx AnthonyFauci

We help young women like Yolian Ogbu, our 2020 Ambassador, say #ILookLikeAPolitician. But we can't do it alone — we need your help! Donate to our #GivingTuesday goal of $1O,OOO to support our work: runningstart.org/donate runningstart.medium.com/how-do-i-know-…

Thank you, thank you, thank you. Thanks to our generous community, we've hit our goal of $1O,OOO. With a 2-1 match from an incredible anonymous donor, that means we've raised $3O,OOO! 🎉 The match is still happening — can you help us surpass our goal? runningstart.org/donate

Just found these wearable posters my Dad made with me when I was running for 8th grade class president! His confidence in my early political ambitions reminds me of our work Running Start - encouraging and instilling political confidence in all young women! 💛❤️