The Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics is hosting the first of three sessions in its biennial Ready to Run® Iowa Campaign Training for Women workshop series.

According to the Catt Center, Ready to Run® Iowa is a non-partisan political leadership program designed to recruit and train women to run for elected office, to prepare for appointive office or to become involved in public life as leaders in their respective communities.

Since 2007, the Catt Center has offered the Ready to Run® Iowa program every other year as part of a national network founded by the Center for American Women in Politics at Rutgers University. The 2015 program will be offered as a six-part series of workshops that begin in February and conclude in April.

Today’s sessions are at capacity, but registration will open Feb. 14 for the March 13 workshops and March 14 for the April 24 workshops. Each workshop is $20. This fee includes the workshop materials, parking pass and light refreshments. Registration is required to attend.

Interested parties can register for the Ready to Run® Iowa workshops by visiting http://cattcenter.las.iastate.edu/ready-to-run-registration.