{"id":26003,"date":"2024-02-28T12:04:32","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T17:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/?page_id=26003"},"modified":"2024-02-28T12:54:57","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T17:54:57","slug":"8d-run-for-office","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/8d-run-for-office\/","title":{"rendered":"8d. Run For Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-25998 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Powerpoint-Part-2-Personal-Plan-to-Save-Our-Democracy-SHORTENED-FINAL.pptx-33-420x315.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"495\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Powerpoint-Part-2-Personal-Plan-to-Save-Our-Democracy-SHORTENED-FINAL.pptx-33-420x315.jpg 420w, https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Powerpoint-Part-2-Personal-Plan-to-Save-Our-Democracy-SHORTENED-FINAL.pptx-33-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Powerpoint-Part-2-Personal-Plan-to-Save-Our-Democracy-SHORTENED-FINAL.pptx-33.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You don\u2019t have to be the U.S. President to make a difference. In fact, there are more than 500,000 elected offices in the U.S, each of which has a role to play in shaping their community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Resources:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2019\/10\/15\/770332855\/how-to-run-for-office\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to run for office<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; npr by Miles Parks, Chloee Weiner<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/runforsomething.net\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Run for Something<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> endorsed <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/directory.runforsomething.net\/candidates\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">416 candidates with elections in 2023<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: 50% Women, 53% BIPOC, 27% LGBTQIA+, and 20% RFS Alumni. 226 of them won across 50 states \u2014 a win rate of 54%!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.democracydocket.com\/opinion\/you-should-run-for-local-office-heres-why\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You Should Run for Local Office. Here\u2019s Why &#8211; <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Democracy Docket by Amanda Litman<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onlinecandidate.com\/articles\/why-are-you-running-for-office\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why are you running for office?<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cawp.rutgers.edu\/blog\/preparing-women-run-and-win-elected-office\">Preparing Women to Run and Win Elected Office<\/a> &#8211; Center for American Women and Politics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You don\u2019t have to be the U.S. President to make a difference. In fact, there are more than 500,000 elected offices in the U.S, each of which has a role to play in shaping their community. Resources: How to run for office &#8211; npr by Miles Parks, Chloee Weiner Run for Something endorsed 416 candidates &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/8d-run-for-office\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">8d. Run For Office<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-26003","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26003"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26010,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26003\/revisions\/26010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}