LOTT
Events
Mini LOTT
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
St. Paul City Hall
Agenda
LOTT 2008 Seminar
Shaping the Next Generation of Leaders
Leaders of Today & Tomorrow inspires college-aged women to become active
citizens and to envision themselves as future leaders. LOTT offers intensive
seminars, mentoring opportunities, networking and more to today's promising
young women.
LOTT's Objectives
- Increase the participation of women in government and fields affecting public
policy
- Demystify the legislative process
- Promote the diversity of women's leadership
- Match young women with encouraging, supportive mentors
- Cultivate civic responsibility
- Explore career and volunteer opportunities for women in the public arena
- Relate current critical policy issues to a personal level
- Introduce young women to female role models who are making a difference
Striving for Diversity
LOTT's inspirational programs draw a diverse audience - and that's no accident.
We believe leadership comes in all shapes and sizes.
The percentages of participants who are women of color are nearly twice the
percentage of corresponding minorities in Minnesota, and we actively invite
women from a cross section of economic sectors. Women from all levels
of socioeconomic status have attended.
LOTT participants are geographically diverse as well. Women hail from
all regions of Minnesota, both rural and metropolitan.
Invitations to participate are sent to a wide range of colleges. Four-year,
two-year, technical, public and private schools have all sent students to take
part in LOTT.
LOTT Background
"This was a fantastic
experience that will be with me forever. It will also help me personally
to succeed because I now have a better understanding of the various roles women
can take in shaping policy."
Leaders of Today & Tomorrow was founded in 1993 with guidance from Minnesota
colleges and organizations, and is currently a program of the League of Women
Voters of Minnesota Education Fund.
LOTT is unlike any other program. While the vast majority of leadership
programs focus on personal change, LOTT promotes systemic change. We get
to the root of the problem –the lack of women's involvement in public affairs.
Other Ways to Support LOTT
Your support can help prepare the next generation of leaders. Our common
vision can provide endless possibilities; your help can make a difference.
Go online or call to learn more about ways to get involved by becoming a member,
volunteering or by sending a gift to:
League of Women Voters MN Education Fund
Leaders of Today & Tomorrow
550 Rice Street
St. Paul, MN 55103
Just the Facts *
Women make up 50.5% of the population in Minnesota and 50.9% of the population
of the United States.
However...
No woman has ever been President or Vice President and until recently,
Speaker of the House of Representatives with the addition of Nancy Pelosi.
- Only 16 out of 100 U.S. Senate seats are held by women
- Only 17% of the seats in the U.S. House of Representatives are held
by women
In Minnesota...
No woman has ever been the governor of Minnesota since it became a state
in 1858.
- 149 years later, Amy Klobuchar elected into office in 2006,
has become our first women U.S. Senator.
- Lori Swanson is Minnesota's first women Attorney General,
elected in 2006.
- 13.2% of MN city mayors are women
- 11.4% of the MN county commissioners are women
- 27.8% of MN judges are women; this % includes District, Supreme,
and the MN Court of Appeals judges
- 34.8 % of the MN legislative members are women
- 28.1% of MN city council members are women
* From the Commission on the Economic Status of Women Status Report, November
2007
For more information about Leaders of Today and Tomorrow (LOTT), contact the
League of Women Voters of Minnesota by
email or
at (651) 224-5445.
