Women Politics Media was invited by the Missouri Legislative Black Caucus Foundation to facilitate a media training for their young professionals track at their annual conference in Kansas City, Missouri on July 10, 2009. The young professionals learned how to write an effective op-ed, present themselves and their policy perspectives on radio and television interviews and had an opportunity to shoot professional head shots.

Elizabeth Birks and Rep. Leonard Jonas Hughes volunteered to be "Media Make-Over" candidates whose "Personalized Media Packages" were showcased during the training session.

"Personalized Media Package"

Elizabeth Birks, Outreach Coordinator,

Missouri Office of Supplier and Workforce Diversity

"Increasing Contracting Opportunities for

Minority and Women-Owned Businesses..."