Running to Win! Campaign Bootcamp

Start: Saturday, July 21, 201810:00 AM

End: Saturday, July 21, 2018 4:00 PM

Are you already a candidate running for office, or thinking about running for something? A campaigner looking to learn new skills? Or maybe a community activist who wants to learn how to elect strong progressives in your part of the world? Texas Working Families seeks to advance the interests of working class, middle class, and poor Americans, through legislative advocacy, public education, creative media, and community organizing.

The Working Families Party has helped recruit and train hundreds of great progressive candidates across the country. We have proven that progressive, Working Families candidates can win in Texas.

We are looking train more great progressive candidates and the staff they will need to win. That’s why we’re offering this training to continue this momentum and make our elected officials at all levels represent our working families values. We’re here to prove in Texas and across the country that no incumbent is invincible, no seat is unwinnable for a strong, well-prepared progressive campaign.

National Working Families staff and other campaign experts will take you through one day of workshops on how to manage progressive campaigns, including planning, fundraising, field organizing, and messaging. By the end, you'll know exactly what it takes to run for office as a progressive -- and win!

Regardless if you are planning to run for office, we believe that election campaign skills are essential for any progressive activist to have in their toolbox because advancing progressive policy begins with electing champions at the ballot box.