20 Dec
Closing the Political Ambition Gap Lecture by Susannah Wellford
On 28 November 2016, Susannah Wellford, the founder of Running Start, spoke at a lecture about the inspiring young women and girls into political leadership. It included a response by Belinda Phipps, Chair of the Fawcett Society.
Susannah Wellford has founded two organisations designed to raise the political voice of young women in America
- Running Start - inspires young women and girls to political leadership and
- Women under Forty Political Action Committee (WUFPAC) - which Susannah co-founded in 1999 and led for five years. WUFPAC is a non-partisan national women’s group dedicated to electing young women to political office.
More about The Closing the Political Ambition Gap:
- Read the summary of the talk
- Watch the videos of the event
- Listen to the interview with Sarah Wellford on Soundcloud