Women leaders from across the nation will convene in Washington, D.C. on September 21, 2011 for the She Should Run Inaugural National Conversation to send a strong message – we need more women in leadership.  “We are acknowledging that critical changes are not going to occur naturally,” said CEO of She Should Run, Sam Bennett.  “Recent statistics show that we are slipping backwards in terms of women in elected office; that’s a wakeup call to all our sister organizations that we need to change how we are doing business.”

“We are focusing our foundation like a laser beam to eliminating the barriers to women running for office,” said Sam Bennett.  “Our foundation has lead the national charge with our partner The Women’s Media Center to fight the sexist language used against women candidates by the media.”

For many years, The Women’s Campaign Forum has sponsored the “Hail to the Chiefs” program, where they honored women chiefs of staff on the Hill. This year, those women—along with women members of Congress and women leaders from across the nation—will join again to send a strong message: we need more women in leadership. WCF invites women to attend the She Should Run Inaugural National Conversation, which will highlight the difference that women leaders make, and discuss how to put more women at the highest levels of leadership in all sectors.

The U.S. currently ranks 87th in the world in the number of women in our national legislature, behind even Cuba and Afghanistan. There’s no denying the numbers are bleak. But together, we can change the landscape of leadership in America as we know it—by finding strategic ways for women to advance in the political and corporate arenas.

She Should Run, formerly WCF Foundation, works to address the urgent need for women to advance in leadership across all sectors. As one of the oldest organizations working to advance women’s public leadership, She Should Run focuses on addressing the long-term systemic barriers that stand in the way of women’s political equality. Through their groundbreaking research, She Should Run developed the program  Name It. Change It., that addresses sexism and bias against women in media.

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