Stennis-Capitol Press Luncheon

Lydia Quarles and Pam Johnson will address the May 21, 2012 Stennis-Capitol Press Forum, which will be held at 12 p.m. at The Capital Club, 19th Floor, 125 South Congress St, Jackson, MS. They will be presenting "Ready to Run Mississippi: Women and Applied Politics", a program that encourages women candidates at all levels of public service.

More details at http://stenniscapitolpress.wordpress.com.

Cost to attend the event is $20 payable at the door (Make check payable to Stennis Institute). To register, contact Phil Hardwick via e-mail (phil.hardwick@msstate.edu)or by phone 601-594-3371.

REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED BY NOON, Friday, May 18.

Ready To Run - June 22-23

Learn how you can make decisions and cast votes to help improve the lives of Mississippi’s women and children. Ready to Run Mississippi offers the tools you need to effectively run for elected office. Don’t miss this chance to create a better Mississippi.

Click here for the application and more information. Or register on-line here.

Education Policy Fellowship Program(EPFP)

EPFP is a professional development program that provides emerging leaders in education and related fields with the knowledge and networks to advance the core issues of education policy. This program is a critical resource for individuals, organizations, and the state to increase knowledge about education policy and linkages between policy and practice. EPFP's mission is to develop leaders in public and private organiation who have the capacity to create and implement sound public policy to improve outcomes for children and youth.

Over a nine month commitment, Fellows concentrate on three program strands: public policy, leadership, and professional networking. Fellows will remain in the their full-time positions and use their work environment as the context for examining important leadership and policy issues in Mississippi.

Click here to download the application.

Mississippi Community Action Project

The Stennis Institute was awarded a grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission to conduct a two year pilot program to provide training to communities to increase their participation and success in the planning, decision-making, and leadership processes. This program will incorporate components of First Impressions, YourTown, Mississippi and Selected to Serve programs. The marketing, recruitment and selection of participating communities will begin soon. read more