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Meet 18 Candidates Leading the Historic Rise of Black Women Running for Office in Alabama

Meet 18 Candidates Leading the Historic Rise of Black Women Running for Office in Alabama

(Photo by Shaniqua Jarvis via glamour.com)

by Jamia Wilson (with reporting by Samantha Leach) via glamour.com

Before Black Panther celebrated the all-­female freedom fighters of Wakanda, real-life black women formed their own type of special-forces unit in Alabama. When a whopping 98 percent of African American women voters united behind Doug Jones, they were able to elect him as the…

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[anti-capitalistlesbianwitch]

The Women’s Hour

Already on the front lines of the resistance to Donald Trump, women are stepping forward by the thousands to pursue first-time bids for public office.

Women have been flocking in record numbers to political training sessions run by universities, political groups, and nonprofits with names like Ignite, Running Start, She Should Run, and VoteRunLead. Interviews with organizers training female candidates around the country suggest that a staggering 16,000 women have sought professional advice on how to run for office since Donald Trump’s was elected president.

... A century after the first woman took her seat in Congress, American women still trail much of the world when it comes to political representation. Women hold only 19.4 percent of congressional seats, 24.8 percent of state legislative seats, and a paltry four governorships, ranking the United States 104th internationally—a record low.

The recent female candidate surge is unlike anything seen since the “Year of the Woman” in 1991, when lawyer Anita Hill’s sexual harassment allegations against then-Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas ushered a record crop of women into Congress the following year. Many women were outraged not just by Hill’s testimony, but by the all-white, all-male composition of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

This year’s outpouring is not strictly a reaction to Trump—though his anti-woman declarations and policies have certainly galvanized many women.

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(via Meet 18 Candidates Leading the Historic Rise of Black Women Running for Office in Alabama)

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Erin Vilardi (#VoteHerIn, Episode 69)

[harlemworldmagazine]

WeWork And VoteRunLead Train NYC Women To Run For Office From Harlem To Hollis

WeWork And VoteRunLead Train NYC Women To Run For Office From Harlem To Hollis

Launching in New York City on June 16, 2018, is the VoteRunLead WeWork Women’s Leadership Works #RunAsYouAre New York Training. (more…)

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Erin Vilardi Talks Women Leadership On The Danny Tisdale Show (Audio)

Erin Vilardi Talks Women Leadership On The Danny Tisdale Show (Audio)

Join Erin Vilardi, as she talks women in politics, living in Harlem, her inspirations, Womens History Month and much, much more, with host Danny Tisdale, on The Danny Tisdale Show. (more…)

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[marzeydoze]

It's (facebook) official! My friend's running. #Roberson4Clerk . . . #runforsomething #runasyouare #voterunlead #startlocal (at Vermilion County, Illinois)