...but it seems like she is imploring on the young people in the audience to do what "they are all saying about us and show up."

To know more about this situation you have to know that before she spoke Former President Bill Clinton spoke and answered questions for nearly an hour before a younger person in the audience asked if he could hear Chelsea's perspective on young voters. Only then did she get up and talk - and only then was this issue ever addressed. And after hearing this... I feel like she missed the memo about us showing up - in 2004, in 2006, and again in the primary and caucus states... which is why she's out now courting the youth vote.

And lastly, is an organization I learned more about named the Women Under Forty PAC. This is a bi-partisan organization that supports young women who want to run for public office. Their recent program Running Start is aimed at getting girls more interested in politics to begin to build that distant possibility of eventually running for office.

Stats provided on the site remind us that women make up less than 1% of those elected to Congress and this year marks the ten year anniversary of the year the youngest woman in the US Senate was elected at the age of 38.

On January 29th the first ever Path to Politics seminar begins:

"The Path to Politics is a nine-month seminar designed to give young women the inspiration and the information they need to run for office. This program encourages women to run for office when they are young by featuring young legislators and candidates who will talk about their experiences with politics. Each month’s one hour seminar focuses on a different aspect of running as a young woman, and the seminars are designed to build upon each other."

This is certainly a worthy organization at a national level. At the local level I'm speaking this weekend for the NEW Leadership Pipeline to Politics program to encourage and educate women on running for office. This too is a bi-partisan effort - so, for a whole weekend I'll cover-up my partisanship and learn to stop rolling my eyes.

There seem to be a number of these popping up all over - whether they are gender focused or youth focused - either way they are providing a vital service and I've a special place in my heart for those who focus on the areas of the country that need progressive leadership development the most.

Crossposted from Future Majority