As pivotal mid-term elections approach in 2010, Wellstone Action is bringing 37 experienced campaign managers and leaders together in Minneapolis, MN next week for an intense training boot camp.  Competitively selected from hundreds of applicants, these 37 participants represent the best of the next generation of campaign leadership and include managers and senior staff from gubernatorial, congressional, and state legislative races, as well as progressive organizations such as Planned Parenthood Federation of America and the Service Employees International Union.  

Wellstone Action's Advanced Campaign Management School (ACMS) is an intensive four and a half-day training, designed for individuals with a high level of past electoral experience and those who plan to play leadership roles in 2010 campaigns.  The training will draw on cutting-edge best practices and be led by expert practitioners with decades of electoral success.

Participants hail from 15 states, including New York, Texas, California, and Ohio.  Wellstone Action's ACMS is designed to give skills to a new generation of campaign leadership - 43% or participants are women, 59% are under 35 years old, and 40% are participants of color.

Wellstone Action's Advanced Campaign Management School runs from December 9 through December 13, 2009 at the Holiday Inn Metrodome, 1500 Washington Ave S in Minneapolis.