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🔗 leadpa.org/resources 🤔 Are you or anyone you know ready to take the first steps toward running for office? 👣 We have a compilation of resources available and a 🆓 guide for first-time email list members! 📧

🔔 🆓 VIRTUAL TRAINING ALERT: TREASURER'S TRAINING ⏰‼️ 04/24 @ 4PM: Applications DUE 📆 04/27 @ 6:30PM: Treasurer's Training via Zoom Apply here: leadpa.org/skills-develop…

🌎 APR 22: EARTH DAY When the Environmental Rights Amendment was proposed by Franklin L. Kury on the first Earth Day in 1970, it received the unanimous assent of both the PA House & Senate. When put to the voters the following yr, it was ratified. (Via: pennfuture.org)

April is Poetry Month, and we're picking back up poetry from Maria James Thiaw, LEAD PA's dedicated Histiographer, (2023-2025). First Steps holds the moments that push candidates to make change, inspired by her time with Will Griffin and Ashley Comans. leadpa.org/about

🔔 🆓 VIRTUAL TRAINING ALERT: TREASURER'S TRAINING LEAD PA is hosting a Nuts & Bolts training for current & interested treasurers of the 2026 campaign cycle. We will go over general rules, best practices & how to prepare reports for Cycle 2! Apply here: leadpa.org/skills-develop…

✡️ APR 13-14: Yom HaShoah Jews commemorate this day either in a synagogue or communal space. In 1979 Pres Carter established a Holocaust Commission paving the way for state-run ceremonies in Washington, DC & throughout the US. (Via: PBS)

🔔 VIRTUAL TRAINING ALERT: TREASURER'S TRAINING LEAD PA is hosting a Nuts & Bolts training for current & interested treasurers of the 2026 campaign cycle. General rules, best practices & how to prepare Cycle 2 reports! leadpa.org/skills-develop…

🔗 leadpa.org/office-hours Are YOU 🫵 curious about careers in advocacy or politics? Our team is excited to offer 30-minute video calls to kickstart the conversation! 💻

📆 APR: Arab American Heritage Month Did you know? Arab Americans in PA reside in all 18 congressional districts in the state. District 7, which includes the city of Allentown, houses the highest number of Arab Americans at an estimated 11,585. via: Arab American Institute

📣 🆓 VIRTUAL TRAINING ALERT! PENNCIVICS: GOVERNANCE ⏰ APPS DUE TODAY: 04/06 at 4PM‼️ 🔗 leadpainstitute.org/penncivics 📆 Weekends between 04/11 - 05/17 (10AM-3PM). Details upon acceptance. Join us for our second ever cohort for PennCivics: Governance! 🏛️

🐰 APR 5: Easter Most European languages use names from the Jewish holiday of Passover, but German & English use this non-biblical word: Easter. 🐣 Archaeology confirms the goddess Eostre in parts of England & Germany; the hare as her main symbol. 🐇 via Smithsonian Magazine

🔗 leadpa.org/resources 🤔 Are you or anyone you know ready to take the first steps toward running for office? 👣 We have a compilation of resources available and a 🆓 guide for first-time email list members! 📧

🔗 leadpa.org/nominations We're out here cultivating the next gen of progressive leaders across the Commonwealth. 🧐 We're looking for folks who are: ✅ Locally-grown ✅ Laudable ✅ Leader in any form or fashion –to join our growing list of trailblazing alumni!

🪞REFLECTIVE DEMOCRACY x WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH With the PA General Assembly up for election this year, we wanted to highlight what Reflective Democracy would look like for the Commonwealth. Support LEAD PA in empowering the next generation of leaders: leadpa.org/donate

📣 🆓 VIRTUAL TRAINING ALERT! PENNCIVICS: GOVERNANCE ⏰ APPS DUE: 04/06 at 4PM‼️ 🔗 leadpainstitute.org/penncivics 📆 Weekends between 04/11 - 05/17 (10AM-3PM). Details upon acceptance. Join us for our second ever cohort for PennCivics: Governance! 🏛️

🗓️ MAR 27-29: TAKING THE LEAD - Virtual Candidate Intensive ⏰ APPLICATIONS DUE 03/25 @ 4PM ET ‼️ 🔗 leadpa.org/taking-the-lead Our flagship program is rigorous, comprehensive, and cohort-based for those considering running for local/county office or the state legislature.

📣 🆓 VIRTUAL TRAINING ALERT! PENNCIVICS: GOVERNANCE 📆 Weekends betw 04/11 - 05/17 (10AM-3PM). Details upon acceptance. ⏰ APPS DUE: 04/06 at 4PM‼️ 🏛️ If you are a first-time elected official, this is for you. Learn more on our website! 🔗 leadpainstitute.org/penncivics

🗓️ MARCH 27-29: TAKING THE LEAD - Virtual Candidate Intensive 🔗 leadpa.org/taking-the-lead ⏰‼️ APPLICATIONS DUE 03/25 @ 4PM ET Our flagship program is rigorous, comprehensive, and cohort-based for those considering running for local/county office or the state legislature.

🍀 MAR 17: St. Patrick's Day St. Patrick's Day parades were thought to have originated in the United States by Irish emigrants, with the first parade being held in Boston in 1737, according to the Ireland.com site, run by Tourism Ireland. 🎊

📣 🆓 VIRTUAL TRAINING ALERT! PENNCIVICS: GOVERNANCE 📆 Weekends between 04/11 - 05/17 (10AM-3PM). Details upon acceptance. ⏰ APPS DUE: 04/06 at 4PM‼️ 🏛️ For first-time electeds! 🔗 leadpainstitute.org/penncivics