In the News
July 11, 2019
This Yahoo article by Lindsey Ellefson features RepresentWomen's Cynthia Richie Terrell and RepresentWomen's Theory of Change. Read an excerpt below.
Democratic political veteran Jennifer Palmieri said Thursday that what she learned trying to elect the first female president as Hillary Clinton's communications director in 2016 was that our political and social system is "broken."
"I wanted her to be the first woman president, but she's going to be the woman who showed us that it's all broken," Palmieri said at TheWrap's Power Women Breakfast in Washington, D.C. "I feel like that was her mission, as heartbreaking and unfair as it is."
She added: "I did not think it was going to be be hard or a big deal to elect the first woman president … I just did not appreciate how deep some of the perceptions that we have of women are."
Palmieri, who wrote "Dear Madam President" about the experience of losing the 2016 election and looking forward, appeared on a panel at TheWrap's Power Women Breakfast Washington DC titled "Road to Representation" with Missouri-based congressional candidate Cori Bush. Bush was one of four first-time female candidates featured in the documentary "Knock Down the House." She lost her race in 2018, but is running again for the same St. Louis-area seat.
The event also featured U.S. Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-Califorina), mega-producer Gale Anne Hurd ("The Walking Dead"), CreativeFuture CEO Ruth Vitale and Gail McKinnon of the Motion Picture Association of America who spoke about protecting content in the age of technology.
And fair election advocate Cynthia Terrell presented data that suggests a "ranked choice" voting system — the voting system used to determine the Oscars — would create a fairer playing field allowing more women and minorities to take office in the U.S.
Read the complete article here.
