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#Women to Watch on September 4th
August 17, 2018
#WomenToWatch is a series by RepresentWomen that documents rising women leaders and their stories. Ayanna Pressley’s campaign message is simple: “Change Can't Wait." Pressley, a 44-year old African American woman, was the first black...
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August 10, 2018
#WomenToWatch is a series by RepresentWomen that documents rising women leaders and their stories. A lot has changed for Beth Fukumoto in the past year. At the start of 2017, Beth Fukumoto was the...
Read More Add your reaction ShareInterview with Michelle Whittaker
August 07, 2018
The RepresentWomen interns spoke with Michelle Whittaker, the Communications Manager for Manna Food Center and former Communications/Digital Media Director at Democracy Initiative, last week. Whittaker was previously the Director of Communications at FairVote, where...
Read More Add your reaction SharePrimary Recap: Tennessee
August 03, 2018
Though hundreds of women are running and winning in 2018’s Congressional primaries, Republican women are strikingly underrepresented: just 17 percent of women nominees so far this cycle are Republicans. Prior to yesterday’s primary, Tennessee...
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August 03, 2018
#WomenToWatch is a series by RepresentWomen that documents rising women leaders and their stories. If Sharice Davids wins the Democratic primary for her district, Kansas 3rd, she could go on to be the first...
Read More Add your reaction ShareWhere Is the Data on Judicial Representation?
August 03, 2018
San Francisco Superior Court Judges. California is the only state that collects data on minority representation, women's representation,...
Read More Add your reaction ShareIndigenous Women's Representation
August 02, 2018
By Izzy Allum With the 2018 midterm elections quickly approaching, American politics are once again in the spotlight. However, one area of American politics that has long being left in the shadows is the...
Read More Add your reaction ShareInterview with Mayor of Oakland Libby Schaaf
August 02, 2018
The RepresentWomen interns spoke with Mayor of Oakland Libby Schaaf on Tuesday. Elizabeth “Libby” Schaaf was elected the Mayor of Oakland, California in 2014 in a ranked choice...
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July 27, 2018
#WomenToWatch is a series by RepresentWomen that documents rising women leaders and their stories. Primary season resumes in early August, when voters in Tennessee, Michigan, Kansas, Missouri, and Washington will pick their candidates for...
Read More Add your reaction ShareIntroducing the Balanced Bench Project: Examining Representation in the State Judiciary
July 26, 2018
President Donald Trump just nominated Brett Kavanaugh to replace outgoing Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy. Soon after, CNN ran an article citing a statistic that, if confirmed, Kavanaugh will be the 108th white man to...
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