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Today, the LBJ Women's Campaign School announced the 59 leaders who will form its fifth incoming class. The LBJ Women's Campaign School is a nonpartisan, issue-neutral program that supports women in politics by training leaders who want to run for elected office or become campaign managers, regardless of political party. The program brings together top political experts from across the nation to lead an immersive training program on topics including media relations, public speaking, fundraising, grassroots organizing and more. The program kicks off in Austin May 30–June 1, with monthly virtual classes through November. Through the six-month program, these change-makers will gain an insider network, professional mentorship, and the skills they need to win.

Graduates of the LBJ Women's Campaign School gathered for an alumni summit on Feb. 12. Thirteen alumni from the program have already stepped up to run in 2024.

Since the inaugural class in 2020, The LBJ Women's Campaign School (LBJWCS) has trained nearly 250 leaders as candidates and campaign managers. Ten LBJWCS alumni are on the ballot in 2024. The Jane Nelson Institute for Women's Leadership at Texas Woman's University is providing 30 full-tuition LBJWCS scholarships to knock down socioeconomic barriers for Texas women in politics.

Shortly before the 2023 cohort convened, the LBJ Women’s Campaign School partnered with The Network and Punchbowl News to present "Women Challenging Washington" in Washington, DC on May 9.

Today, the LBJ Women's Campaign School announced the 64 leaders who will form its fourth incoming class. The LBJ Women's Campaign School is a nonpartisan, issue-neutral program that trains leaders, and those traditionally excluded from public life, who want to run for elected office or become campaign managers, regardless of political party. The program brings together top political experts from across the nation to lead an immersive training program on topics including media relations, public speaking, fundraising, grassroots organizing and more. The program kicks off in Austin May 11—13, with monthly virtual classes through November. Through the seven-month program, these women will gain an insider network, professional mentorship and the skills they need to win.

Today, the LBJ Women's Campaign School announced the 65 women who will form its third incoming class. The LBJ Women's Campaign School is a nonpartisan, issue-neutral program that trains women who want to run for elected office or become campaign managers, regardless of political party. The program brings together top political experts from across the nation to lead an immersive training program on topics including media relations, public speaking, fundraising, grassroots organizing and more. The program kicks off in Austin on April 29-30, with monthly virtual through November. Through the eight-month program, these women will gain an insider network, professional mentorship, and the skills they need to win.

In 2020, after two years of organizing, Amy Kroll, founder and executive director of the LBJ Women's Campaign School, welcomed the inaugural class to an eight-month program designed to give women the tools and training needed to campaign for public office. With eight graduates currently running in the Texas 2022 primaries, the program’s success in its first two years earned the support of valuable partners, including the Texas Woman’s University’s Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy. For the second year in a row, 50 accepted participants in the Campaign School’s third cohort will attend the program for free, thanks to an $87,500 grant from Texas Woman’s University.

Eight alumni from the LBJ Women's Campaign School are running for different city and state government positions across the country in the March primary elections.

It just became easier for women living in Texas to prepare to run for elected office. Any Texas woman who enrolls in the next cohort of the LBJ Women's Campaign School, a training program at the University of Texas at Austin for potential candidates and campaign managers, will now be able to attend for free.

In March, Joy Diaz and her 10-year-old son Fausto became ill with COVID-19, each suffering through it in their own rooms in their home in southwest Austin. Joy, a journalist who was 44 and not yet eligible for the vaccine, thought she might die. "And so faced with my own mortality, I decided that if I lived I was going to try to fix the state and that is done in the governor's office," Diaz told a campaign town hall over Zoom on Sunday night. Asked in the session why she didn’t aim lower and run for city council or a lesser state office, Diaz said, "I don't know how much time I have left on this earth, and in that time, I want to make a difference."