Fundraise with purpose
Connect fundraising goals to campaign strategy, relationships and the discipline of making the ask Build a clearer finance plan and define concrete next steps
Building the skills behind a credible campaign
The strategy · The skills · The edge to win
Run Like a Woman brought together women preparing to run for office, considering public leadership or strengthening the skills needed to compete with confidence
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August 22, 2026
Date
9:00 AM–1:00 PM
Time
Santa Barbara
Location
- Date
- Saturday, August 22, 2026
- Time
- 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM
- Location
- Santa Barbara College of Law
Santa Barbara
Three essentials for stronger campaigns
The workshop focused on practical skills candidates can use immediately and continue strengthening throughout a campaign
Communicate with confidence
Prepare for interviews, public visibility, digital communication and the pressure of staying on message Strengthen preparation and create a more consistent public presence
Say why you are running
Turn experience, values and public purpose into language voters can understand, remember and repeat Leave with a sharper candidate statement and clearer reason for running
What participants explored
A focused progression from campaign fundamentals to public communication, fundraising and candidate practice
Campaign landscape
Understand the field, identify the constituency and clarify the purpose behind a run
Message and media
Shape a message voters can repeat and prepare to communicate it in public
Fundraising strategy
Connect financial goals, donor outreach and follow-through to the campaign plan
Candidate practice
Put the lessons together, refine a candidate statement and identify the next action
Bring Run Like a Woman back
Interested in a future candidate workshop or in staying connected to SBWPC year-round opportunities for feminist political participation