Posts by Kathy Groob
Candidate for Cincinnati School Board Ericka Copeland Dansby Receives Newspaper Endorsement
Ericka Copeland-Dansby is a candidate for Cincinnati School Board and received the endorsement of the city’s largest newspaper, The Enquirer. Enquirer Endorsement: She works for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Cincinnati as director of resource development, handling fundraising, marketing and promoting its youth programs. Her 25-year career in the not-for-profit sector working with…
Read MoreElect Her–Campus Women Win Will Reach 50 Schools in 2014
Program Seeks to Increase the Number of Women in Elected Office WASHINGTON – Elect Her–Campus Women Win, a program designed to expand the pipeline of women running for elected office in college and beyond, heads to 50 colleges and universities in 27 states, the District of Columbia, and Jamaica next year. The program’s 2014 expansion…
Read MoreEmerge Vermont is Launched
On September 24th in Burlington, over 200 people gathered at Hotel Vermont to celebrate the launch of Emerge Vermont. Thank you to everyone who attended to learn more about Emerge Vermont and to hear from our inspiring speakers, Governor Madeline Kunin, Congressman Peter Welch and Saint Albans Mayor Liz Gamache. We were thrilled WCAX interviewed…
Read MoreCarlsbad, NM, Democrat Roxanne Lara enters race for Congress
SANTA FE – Democrat Roxanne “Rocky” Lara of Carlsbad is running for Congress in the southern New Mexico district. Lara, 38, has been considering a run for Congress since late April. She began focusing on the race after Sam Bregman defeated her for the chairmanship of New Mexico’s Democratic Party. “New Mexicans deserve someone in…
Read MoreWendy Davis launches bid for Texas governor
By KATIE GLUECK FOR POLITICO -Wendy Davis, the Democratic state senator whose abortion filibuster catapulted her to national fame, announced Thursday that she will run for Texas governor, a race that looks to be a banner 2014 contest.“In Austin today, our current leadership thinks promises are just something you make to the people who write…
Read MoreOhio Women Rally at the Statehouse Wednesday Oct. 2nd
Ohio Women are planning a rally in support of women’s rights this Wednesday, October 2nd in Columbus at the Ohio Statehouse, 1 Capitol Square, Columbus, OH. RALLY EVENT SPEAKERS Ellie Smeal, President of Feminist Majority Foundation Terry O’Neill, President of National Organization for Women Stephanie Kight, President of Planned Parenthood Ohio Kellie Copeland, President NARAL…
Read MoreWomen Leaders Look Beyond The ‘Glass Ceiling’
As speculation over Hillary Clinton’s 2016 plans intensified this week (thanks, in part, to her recent New York magazine interview) one current and one former woman governor and the head of the Democratic group, Emily’s List, deliberated on Friday about how to elect the first woman president in 2016. But the discussion, which took place in a critical…
Read MoreWendy Davis tells Democrats she’s in
By ALEXANDER BURNS, POLITICO – Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis and her advisers have begun informing influential Democrats that she intends to run for governor in 2014, according to multiple sources familiar with Davis’s conversations. The Fort Worth legislator made a national name for herself in June when she mounted a filibuster against new proposed abortion…
Read MoreEMILY’s List Endorses WVa’s Natalie Tenant for U.S. Senate
EMILY’s List today announced it is endorsing Natalie Tennant for the U.S. Senate race in West Virginia. From the EMILY’s List news release: She is a trailblazer, a groundbreaking leader, and most of all, ready to be West Virginia’s first woman senator — in a 55-year Democratic seat that the GOP is clamoring to take over.…
Read MoreNOW Speaks out on removal of Montana Judge
NOW Stands with Activist Calling for Removal of Montana Judge Statement of NOW President Terry O’Neill September 25, 2013 The National Organization for Women is proud of the work Montana NOW has undertaken to remove Judge G. Todd Baugh from the bench by filing an official complaint with the Montana Judicial Standards Commission. Baugh has…
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