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Join us all week as we celebrate the week leading up to Women's Equality Day, on August 26, with daily posts about all things women, politics and equality!
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Chere Foushee-Glover
· March 14, 2015
This organization is a great starting point for women who want to be the agents of change in our community!!!
Kathy Hawken
· July 21, 2014
Great people providing the "how" in getting more women ready to run. If we really want action & not just conversation- this group is one of the players.
Marie Cox
· December 3, 2016
Lots of information and connections to encourage and offer direction to young women interested in entering politics. So very important.
Anne LaCascia Seifried
· March 12, 2017
Great experience! So much useful information. Great networking (mostly for NJ women).
Christine Hoehn
· June 17, 2014
We need everyone. Without women in leadership roles we will not have our ideas and values represented
Clara Green
· June 10, 2014
A perfect union of information, passion and dedication.
Janet Adeola James
· June 8, 2014
Where political leaders are made and embraced!
Angie Nieves
· June 10, 2014
Amazing Staff! Exceptional programs.
Laura Muela
· January 21, 2018
Maravillosa oportunidad, realmente necesitamos grandes cambios a nivel no solo políticos, sino en nuestras comunidades.
Bayram Yasar Tekin
· March 24, 2015
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CA State Senator Holly Mitchell: "None of us have the luxury to not engage. It doesn’t mean that everybody has to run for office, but everyone has a responsibility, an obligation. Can you imagine if everybody just did something? How different our democracy would look?"

State Senator Holly Mitchell Has Real Talk for Women Running for Office
The “moral compass” of California’s state senate wants women to run — but she also wants us to have honest conversations about what that actually looks like.
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CAWP Director Debbie Walsh was on News 12’s Power & Politics show this weekend to talk about he surge in women running for office. Check it out!

Power & Politics - Full Show for Feb. 3, 2018
Senate President Steve Sweeney reviews some of Gov. Murphy's early moves, Republican state Sen. Mike Doherty talks about the president's State of the Union address, and more.
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CAWP’s Debbie Walsh & Columbia’s Kimberle Williams Crenshaw join To the Point to talk gender, race, and progress for women this year.

Has the ‘Year of the Woman’ finally arrived?
Women’s Rights are still not guaranteed by the Constitution, despite generations of effort. Will #MeToo, #TimesUp and backlash against President Trump make this a year of liberation? More women are running for office than ever before. And black women are especially energized. We’ll hear how time...
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Winning for Women was launched this cycle to support GOP women running for office. Check out their first batch of endorsements and read more about their plans for the 2018 cycle.

New GOP Women’s Group Makes First Endorsements
Winning for Women, Inc., is endorsing 12 Republican women and naming former Sen. Kelly Ayotte to its board.
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CAWP Director Debbie Walsh joined a discussion about women running for office in 2018 on WOSU's All Sides this morning. Listen here:

Women in Politics
Women have been striving for greater representation in the sphere public office for decades. Since President Trump's victory, a new wave of groups seeking
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Important partisan context for anticipating a "year of the woman" in 2018 from pollster Kristen Soltis Anderson.

Is the Republican congresswoman an endangered species?
So much attention is being paid to the importance of elevating women to office. But it is possible 2018 will end with fewer Republican women...
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Do you want to help women run for office? CAWP is hiring a program coordinator to assist with our Ready to Run & NEW Leadership programs. Spread the word.

Job Openings | CAWP
Program Coordinator
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We are so proud of NEW Leadership NJ alum Esder Chong, who is a guest of @FrankPallone at tonight's #SOTU

Some Democrats Will Support Dreamers and #MeToo at State of the Union
See who your representative is bringing to the address tonight.
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Some news from our home state -- welcome, Assemblywoman Timberlake!

Meet Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver's replacement in the N.J. Assembly
Britnee Timberlake was sworn in Monday to Sheila Oliver's former state Assembly seat.
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Today, 4 women veterans serve in Congress. These women are seeking to add to that number in election 2018.

From Annapolis to Congress? These Three Women Know Tough Missions
The women, who were contemporaries at the Naval Academy, are part of a powerful wave of political activism in the era of President Trump.
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“All of my life, people have presented reasons why I could not or should not do something,” Representative Diane Black (R-TN) says. “And all of my life I have worked to prove I could.” Black is running for governor of Tennessee in 2018.

This congresswoman still supports Trump in the #MeToo era
WASHINGTON — Not every female member of Congress would volunteer to stand next to President Trump. But Diane Black is happy to do so. Whether this Republican congresswoman is part of a high-stakes …
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CAWP Director Debbie Walsh and CAWP founder and Eagleton Institute of Politics Director Ruth Mandel spoke with Women's Media Center's Robin Morgan this week about women running for office in 2018. Don't miss this episode of WMC Live!

Women's Media Center Live with Robin Morgan by Women's Media Center on Apple Podcasts
Download past episodes or subscribe to future episodes of Women's Media Center Live with Robin Morgan by Women's Media Center for free.
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Our PA partners are training women to run for office at #ReadytoRun. 👏🏻👏🏼👏🏾 to that!

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Pennsylvania Center for Women and Politics
January 27 at 6:26am

The room is packed with women who are getting #ReadyToRun

“Nobody came and begged all these women to run. They woke up one morning and looked in the mirror and said, ‘Well, if he [Trump] can do it, so can I.’” - CAWP Director Debbie Walsh 👌🏻

'I want my voice heard': Women plot runs for office in record numbers
Of the 397 women running in the House, either for the first time or in a re-election bid, 317 are Democrats.
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News of the “Pink Wave” of women candidates was ubiquitous ahead of and after the first anniversary of the Women’s March. Cover stories and in-depth investigations into women running for office in 2018 rightfully celebrated the increase in the numbers of women running this year. At CAWP, we’re celebrating as well, but we also know that there is more to this story, and ignoring important context in which to digest these candidate numbers risks inaccurate, and perhaps unfair, conclusions come Election Day. Click through for important dynamics and data to watch as we move toward November.

"Pink Wave": A Note of Caution | CAWP
"Pink Wave": A Note of Caution January 26, 2018Kelly Dittmar News of the “Pink Wave” of women candidates was ubiquitous ahead of and after the first anniversary of the Women’s March. Cover stories and in-depth investigations into women running for office in 2018 rightfully celebrated the incre...
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