East Chapel Hill High School junior Madeline Parker has been named one of 50 young women to attend Running Start’s Young Women’s Political Leadership Retreat in Washington, D.C. in July.
Parker was selected from a pool of 5,000 applicants. Running Start is a nonprofit organization that encourages young women to run for political office. Workshops at the retreat will focus on public speaking, networking, media training and campaign basics.
For more information, visit runningstartonline.org