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Participants from around the country are expected to take part in a national leadership training workshop for gays and lesbians with political aspirations.
The Victory Training Institute workshop, scheduled for late October in Washington, DC, is the first of a series of such trainings to be held around the United States during the next year.
"We are going to bring together some of our community's most promising future leaders and give them the opportunity to learn the nuts and bolts of the electoral process from some of our nation's most seasoned expert trainers," said Brian K. Bond, executive director of the Gay and Lesbian Victory Foundation.
The intensive four-day skills-building workshop is designed to teach local gay and lesbian community leaders about the political process and help them develop the skills necessary to active public life.
"The most outstanding professional trainers and some of our community's current office holders will cover everything from volunteer recruitment and voter registration to field organizing and fund-raising," said Tony Esoldo, the Victory Foundation's national training and program director. "We will address everything our selected participants need in order to successfully become public officials."
The Gay and Lesbian Victory Foundation, a national organization working to counter discrimination based on sexual orientation in the public sphere, has trained more than 600 local leaders in past years.
Application information is available at (202) 628-9151 or at their website.
