CapitalWomen steps up political engagement efforts by hosting campaign training series this month

ALBANY, N.Y. (January 11, 2021) – Capital Region Political Action Committee (PAC) CapitalWomen will hold two sets of political campaign training sessions this month to offer candidates, campaign managers, campaign workers and individuals who want to become more active and involved in both elections and the political process for the 2021 election year and beyond.

The training sessions will be led by area public affairs professionals and political consultants including Libby Post of Progressive Elections, former Saratoga Springs Mayor Joanne Dittes Yepsen of Yepsen & Pikulsky, Niskayuna Town Board Member/Niskayuna Democratic Chair and Chair of Upstate NY for Joe Biden Denise Murphy McGraw, and Caroline Boardman McCarthy of the Schenectady City Democratic Committee. Each session will be moderated by Nikita Hardy and Sarah Rogerson.

“CapitalWomen is committed to training candidates and campaign workers so that together we can elect progressive, pro-choice, pro-LGBT candidates in our local and state governments,” said Libby Post, one of CapitalWomen’s co-founders. “Our trainings and our campaign contributions have helped to change the political landscape of the Capital District since 2017.”

The trainings will take place on Zoom and can only accommodate 90 people per session.

Training 1: Thursday, January 14, 7 p.m. – 8 p.m. Saturday, January 16, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Training 2: Thursday, January 28, 7 p.m. – 8 p.m. Saturday, January 30, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.

 

The Thursday workshop(s) will be one hour and will provide an overview of campaigns, planning, what and who you need to know, and why to get involved. The Saturday workshop(s) will be three hours and will focus on Field Organization/Get Out the Vote (GOTV), Fundraising and PAC relationships, and Message, Mail and Social Media.

Registration for the training sessions can be found at https://capitalwomenny.org/571-2/ the cost is: $20 per person, $10 for first time candidates and campaign workers, and no fee for Black, Indigenous, and Non-Black People of Color (BIPOC).

This is the second round of political action training by CapitalWomen, in 2019 they had over 250 people attend different workshops throughout the Capital Region. Since its inception in 2017, CapitalWomen has raised and donated more than $70,000 to local and state candidates in upstate New York.

For more information please visit: https://capitalwomenny.org/.

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CapitalWomen is a grassroots organization dedicated to protecting the rights of women and all other groups who have yet to achieve their full rights under the Constitution. We are committed to assuring equal opportunity to pursue education, employment and participation in our civil society and we are resolute in promoting the health and safety of our communities. CapitalWomen is a political action committee that supports progressive pro-choice, pro-LGBT and pro-progressive issue candidates–both women and men. We’ve donated over $70,000 to local and state candidates since the 2017 election cycle.