Never has better representation of women's lives, ideas, challenges and accomplishments been more needed to strengthen and sustain our democracy. So this week, I want to write about three organizations working to elevate women's voices in media.
Read MoreThe First Women-Led Recession Makes Voting More Important Than Ever
From the frontlines of the Covid pandemic this week, I want us to think about some startling new facts about who is hurting the most and what we can do about it. After decades of progress for working women, this recession has the potential to roll it all back in one fell swoop.
Read MoreShow Up, Woman Up and Vote!
I launched ShopBADW.com, my “purchase with purpose” shopping website, last October with the publication of my book, Becoming a Dangerous Woman: Embracing Risk to Change the World. The shop offers eco-friendly, sustainable products that are designed and made by women. 100% of the profits are going to organizations that support and lift up women. Learn more.
Read MoreDangerous Women Vote!
After Tuesday night, the imperative to vote has never been more urgent. A new doc featuring Stacey Abrams explains how voting rights are under threat. Get vote ready with a list of ways you can work as a citizen to secure this election.
Read MoreWoman Up, But Not 'On the Basis of Sex' Alone
As a tribute to the precedent setting, culture shifting cases that Justice Ginsburg defended as a lawyer and protected as a Supreme Court Justice, I am expanding my Woman Up campaign to focus on men running for the U.S. Senate. After all, we can’t make voter choices on the basis of sex singularly or we miss the opportunity to ‘Woman Up’ for some very good men — and in order to take back the Senate, these races are key.
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Working Together to Woman Up
There are still many barriers for women seeking political leadership, and gratefully, many more organizations being formed and initiatives put into action to make it more likely that women who take the risks to run — to woman up — will also win. Here is some information on some of these groups and the important work they do!
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It's time to WOMAN UP in the House (Again)
This week, I'm highlighting five women of color running for the House. Let's give them a lift in the coming days and weeks. (I'll be featuring more women running for the House in an upcoming post.)
Read MoreIt's time to WOMAN UP in the Senate.
The key to shifting the power in the Senate this election will be women! Women voters. Women candidates. This is why I’m devoting all my social media platforms for the next 10 weeks to profiling the women whose wins will change the power balance between political parties and between women and men in the US Congress.
Read MoreThe DNC and Georgia ‘Women Up’
Georgia is a state with a proud history of what John Lewis liked to call "good trouble” and today, many of Georgia's women leaders are continuing to stir up good trouble for democracy, racial justice and equality. More women from Georgia spoke during the DNC than any other state. I am feeling a sense of pride in my sister Georgians and a powerful dose of hope, too, that these voices represent our future. Let’s hear from them!
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