She became a candidacy coach and trainer focused on motivating and preparing more women of color to run for office. In addition, all of the net increase in seats for women in state legislatures from 2016 to 2017 came from women of color. It offers three separate sessions for women of color as part of its Ready to Run series, which offers programs in 20 states: Eleccion Latina, Rising Stars for Asian American women, and Run Sister Run for Black women. “It’s important for women of color candidates to know their value and worth when it comes to politics and elected office,” Harris writes in an email. Of the women Emily’s List has helped elect to Congress, 40 percent have been women of color.