Women don’t simply need to “lean in” to the leadership challenge—they need to organize. This session will build on a theory of women’s leadership development and turn it into action. AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer Laura Reyes and New Mexico Federation of Labor Secretary-Treasurer Maxine Velasquez will lead the session, looking at the structural supports and programs that develop women leaders and surfacing the personal commitments men and women of the labor movement can make to support that change. This session is intended  to start a national dialogue on women’s leadership, beginning with practical steps participants can take back home.