Elevate: Campaign Training for People with Disabilities

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 14:39:53 -0400

Would you like to run for elected office or work on a political campaign? Elevate: Campaign Training for People with Disabilities is a nonpartisan campaign training program. It will teach you the skills you need to run for office or work on a campaign. They will hold seven 90-minute webinars on core campaign skills, such as fundraising, voter outreach, and building your brand as a candidate. Elevate will feature expert trainers and speakers to answer all of your questions about running a campaign. Beginners are welcome, even if you have never worked on a campaign before. Nothing about us, without us!

National Center for Independent Living (NCIL) membership is part of the process - $10 for people 26 and under, and they have a waiver/reduced fee process. If you can't make a session, recordings will be available afterward. Details are here:

https://ncil.org/elevate/elevate-2021-program/

Post is accompanied by a photo of bronze statue of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He is seated in a wheelchair, looking confidently into the distance with his hands on his lap. He is wearing a suit, hat and glasses. The statue is in front of a granite wall that is part of the FDR Memorial in DC.