[1] VoteRunLead was a program of The White House Project designed to engage women in the political process as voters, activists, and candidates through training, inspiration, and networking.
The White House Project created the EPIC (Enhancing Perceptions in Culture) Awards to honor innovators who brought positive images of women’s leadership to the American public.
The 2002 EPIC Awards, in its inaugural year, honored those who presented positive images of women leaders in pop culture venues: Dr. Renee Poussaint, Camille Cosby, Geraldine Laybourne, Ted Nelson, Mullen Advertising, Walter Anderson, Jenifer Lewis, and Tammy Ader.
The 2003 honorees included many different areas of popular culture that normalized women leadership: the films Bend It Like Beckham, Blue Vinyl, Frida, The Powerpuff Girls Movie, Rabbit-Proof Fence, Real Women Have Curves, Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde, and Whale Rider; commercials from MasterCard International, McCann-Erickson WorldGroup, Reebok International Ltd., Berlin Cameron Red Cell, the Girl Scouts, and Kaplan Thaler Group; and the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Charms for the Easy Life, Damaged Care, Homeless to Harvard, and The Division.
The 2005 honorees included Hearst Magazine for their 2004 Election Year articles; CHISHOLM '72 - Unbought & Unbossed; Oscar winner Born Into Brothels; and TV's The West Wing.
[citation needed] The 2007 honorees were Jean King, Sheila Nevins, Barbara Kopple, Cecilia Peck, KeKe Palmer, and Nancy Hult Ganis.
Awards were presented to culture changers who brought images of women’s leadership to a global audience in 2007: Abigail E. Disney, Leymah Gbowee, Gini Reticker, Marjane Satrapi, Kathleen Kennedy, and Glamour magazine.