Connected Across Cohorts

Connected Across Cohorts How Local Leader Lab Members Are Activating Voters for the Midterms October 20, 2026 | Julie Polumbo In June, we hosted… Read More

Our Summer Cohort Wrapped: What Six Weeks Taught Us About Time, and About Each Other

Our Summer Cohort Wrapped: What Six Weeks Taught Us About Time, and About Each Other The sessions are over. The work is not. What we… Read More

What does a Local Leader Lab project look like?

“What do participants actually work on?” It’s the question we get most often from those considering the Local… Read More

Some Knew Each Other on Screen. Then They Met in New York City.

Some Knew Each Other on Screen. Then They Met in New York City. In June, 58 women from across the country gathered for the first… Read More

The Local Leader Lab Just Wrapped Its Second Cohort. Here’s What We Learned.

The fear that showed up most in this cohort was not “I might fail.” It was “I’m not the expert. Someone else knows more than… Read More

The Lab Report: Lessons from the Local Leader Lab

The first Local Leader Lab just wrapped. And I have to say, it blew past my wildest expectations. Here’s why. When we started… Read More

The Future of Democracy Depends on Those Who Refuse to Sit Out

The rules of political leadership, written by and for men, are cracking under dysfunction and paralysis. To get in the room, women have always had… Read More

5 Critical Things We’ve Done (So Far) in 2025

The environment for women and democracy is as challenging and chaotic as it has ever been. For more than a decade, She Should Run has… Read More

A Fundraising Ask. And a Fight Worth Joining

A Fundraising Ask. And a Fight Worth Joining We don’t plan to do this work until the end of time. But we sure as hell… Read More

What we do with fear

Over the weekend, two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses were shot in what officials are calling a targeted act of political violence. A beloved… Read More