Real Women Run Case Competition

Get involved, develop strategic and creative plans, and win prizes! No experience necessary. We want to hear from YOU!

Register your team to compete in developing a strategic, creative plan to increase the number and diversity of women running for office in Utah. Teams will have the opportunity to ask questions of experts along the way and film their final presentations for review. The top 3 finalists will be invited to a viewing of their video, Q&A, and final judging on March 26, 2021.*

This event is co-hosted by Goff Strategic Leadership Center & the Hinckley Institute of Politics in partnership with the YWCA Utah.

Watch the Q+A and Winner Announcement live!

Real Women Run is an initiative through the YWCA that empowers women to participate fully in public life and civic leadership through elected political office at all levels, appointments to public boards and commissions, participation on campaigns, or effective engagement and instruction about our political system.

*All video presentations will be shared with Real Women Run to inform their strategy and increase the number and diversity of women running for office in Utah.

Friday, March 14, Noon | Registration Deadline, Details Released

Tuesday, March 16, Noon | Ask the Experts Event

Tuesday, March 23, Noon | Final Videos Due

Friday, March 26, Noon | Live Q&A, Winners Announced

Team Composition

Each team should have 2-5 members. However, we want everyone to participate! Contact us if you’d like to be matched with another team or participate as a team of 2. (email maya.jolley@eccles.utah.edu).
Participants can be any year, major, and/or undergraduate/graduate status
Diversity leads to more innovative ideas. As such, students are encouraged to consider multiple perspectives and identities including, but not limited to, gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, ability, academic major, and year in school when assembling your team. When registering your team, you will be asked how diverse identities and perspectives are represented on your team.
Each member of each team must participate fully
At least one team member must attend the Ask the Experts event. If selected as a finalist, teams will be invited to attend the final judging on March 26, 2021.

Presentation and Finalist Selection

Each team must submit a video (no longer than 12 minutes) outlining their final project. Videos can be filmed over Zoom or otherwise. In addition to the video, each team will submit a brief executive summary of their project (roughly one page). Deadline: March 23, 2021
Videos and executive summary will be reviewed by a committee. The top three teams will be selected as finalists.
March 26, 2021: The final three teams are invited to a showing of their video, Q&A, and final judging
1st Prize: $750, 2nd Prize: $250, 3rd Prize: Grubhub Gift Cards (Prize money is per team.)

Judges

Yándary Chatwin

Executive Director of Communications and Community Relations at Salt Lake City School District, Chair – Real Women Run

Morgan Lyon Cotti

Associate Director, Hinckley Institute of Politics

Shireen Ghorbani

Former Salt Lake County Councilwoman

Holly Richardson

Editor of Utah Policy Daily, Deseret News

Ruchi Watson

Managing Director, Goff Strategic Leadership Center

More Ways to Get Involved

Unable to participate in the competition, or still eager for more?

University of Utah Women’s Week

March 8-12, 2021

The theme for Women’s Week 2021 is “Inspiring a Movement.” Events will reflect on the history of women’s political leadership, celebrate women’s contributions to our communities, honor those who have come before us, endeavor to create community and belonging, and facilitate a collective call to action to make the changes that are needed to enact an equitable future.

Learn more