Posts by Kathy Groob
Junior League of Boca Raton to Hold Women’s Political Symposium
ElectWomen founder and Pink Politics author Kathy Groob to deliver keynote address The Junior League of Boca Raton Florida will host its Women’s Political Symposium on Saturday, May 17, 2014 at the Vegso Community Resource Center in Boca Raton. The event will feature a full day of workshops on engaging women in politics and training for…
Read MoreWomen in Theater co-produces play with St. John UCC in Bellevue, KY
St. John UCC in Bellevue, KY, and WIT-Women in Theatre Combine Forces St. John United Church of Christ in Bellevue, Ky, is co-producing the first of many plays with WIT-Women in Theatre, a professional, non-union acting troupe. The first offering is “Walter Cronkite is Dead” by Joe Calarco, a comedy/drama about the difficulty of civil…
Read MoreMore New Jersey Women Are Ready to Run, Thanks to Ready to Run
Ready to Run™ NJ brought women from across the Garden State – as well as visitors from Pennsylvania, Delaware, New York and even Colorado – to master the nuts and bolts of campaigning to win.Congresswoman Grace Meng (NY) keynoted the Diversity Initiatives, explaining how, as the only Asian American lawmaker in New York State, she…
Read MoreOhio Democratic Party Endorses Jill Miller Zimon Over Incumbent in Race for State Representative in HD 12
Former Pepper Pike City Councilwoman Jill Miller Zimon has received the Ohio Democratic Party Endorsement in her State Representative race. Zimon faces sitting incumbent Democrat John E. Barnes Jr. in the May 6th primary for House District 12 which encompasses Bedford, Bedford Heights, Cleveland Ward 1, Maple Heights, Mayfield Heights, Highland Hills, North Randall, Orange…
Read MoreThe CNN 10: Visionary Women
CNN Launches Visionary Women in honor of Women’s History Month Helping other women soar A former welfare mother supplies cars for women re-entering the workforce. A public health worker yearns to stamp out the stigma of menstruation in the developing world. A biotech engineer embarks on a mission to teach a generation of black girls…
Read MoreLIVE/HAPPENING TODAY: Supreme Ct. takes up contraception case
LIVE/HAPPENING TODAY: Today the Supreme Court of the United States is taking up the employer contraception case. Senator Sherrod Brown says this today, “All women – regardless of their place of employment – should enjoy full access to preventive health care.” Follow all the action on Twitter: #SCOTUS#NotMyBossBusiness Hobby Lobby brought the case, wanting to deny…
Read MoreSally Field Pushes Mentoring
Getting There: Sally Field By ANDREA DRUSCH, POLITICO – Over the past five decades, two-time Academy Award winner Sally Field has managed to take on show business from just about every angle, rising from small-screen queen to behind-the-scenes force. Recently, Field, 67, spoke with POLITICO in Washington, where she headlined an event for the mentoring-focused global…
Read MoreGail Collins on Gloria Steinem Turning 80
By Gail Collins, New York Times – ON Tuesday, Gloria Steinem turns 80. Do not bother to call. She’s planning to celebrate in Botswana. “I thought: ‘What do I really want to do on my birthday?’ First, get out of Dodge. Second, ride elephants.” Very few people have aged as publicly. It’s been four decades…
Read MoreIllinois Primary Results: Ann Callis, Rodney Davis to Face Off in Targeted Illinois District
By Emily Cahn, Roll Call Former Madison County Judge Ann Callis picked up the Democratic nomination in Illinois’ 13th District Tuesday night and will now face a top target of national Democrats, freshman GOP Rep. Rodney Davis. Callis defeated physics professor George Gollin 59 percent to 28 percent, with 56 percent of precincts reporting, according…
Read MoreFormer Ohio Sec. of State and US Senate Candidate Jennifer Brunner Files for Judge
Read the announcement from Jennifer Brunner here: Since my U.S. Senate campaign and finishing my term as Ohio Secretary of State, I’ve continued to work to move good government forward. I’ve led a successful referendum to protect Ohioans’ voting rights, helped low income Americans gain access to telephone services, served in Serbia for USAID and…
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