tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36999206268889845362011-07-28T07:04:36.149-07:00Women are an emerging force in Arizona's politics & the media. We are using our voice and our opinions to create positive change!dmkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15030430069152910874noreply@blogger.comBlogger201100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699920626888984536.post-22555587912725550772009-01-01T08:20:00.000-08:002009-01-01T09:13:15.447-08:00

I had to take a break from blogging for a while as I just didn't have the time! This year I am making one New Year's Resolution and that is to blog more! There is going to be a lot to blog about this year and I want to share my insight to those who care to read it. I really am an optimistic person and I would like to say my glass is always half full rather than half empty. This New Years day

dmkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15030430069152910874noreply@blogger.com45tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699920626888984536.post-26883473891069472352008-08-22T22:38:00.000-07:002008-08-22T22:42:30.988-07:00

The link is now up. Since this article and the article in the political insider SWITCH is a hip spot to be seen. If you have not been you must! Check out the article here!http://www.elle.com/featurefullstory/14263/women-in-politics-democrats-and-republicans.html

dmkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15030430069152910874noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699920626888984536.post-3773086844805842192008-08-18T20:51:00.000-07:002008-08-18T20:52:26.791-07:00

Hillary didn't secure the nomination but it was still a close election no matter how you slice can dice it. Hillary was the first woman ever to win a primary. Every time the political pundits said this was it, back she came with yet another win. Because the primary was so close and Hillary did receive over 18 million votes the Hillary delegates simply wanted to make sure there was a roll call

dmkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15030430069152910874noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699920626888984536.post-74121885734673597812008-08-18T20:50:00.001-07:002008-08-18T20:50:58.393-07:00

Hillary didn't secure the nomination but it was still a close election no matter how you slice can dice it. Hillary was the first woman ever to win a primary. Every time the political pundits said this was it, back she came with yet another win. Because the primary was so close and Hillary did receive over 18 million votes the Hillary delegates simply wanted to make sure there was a roll call

dmkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15030430069152910874noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699920626888984536.post-6616219206841978312008-08-17T07:18:00.000-07:002008-08-17T07:31:09.634-07:00

This past week the new Elle magazine came out with a great article by the one and only Gloria Feldt called Where the Hell are all the Women? It is a great article about getting more women to run for office. It is a great article and I strongly recommend reading it. I can't find it online to link to it. The republic mention can be found here. http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/08/17/

dmkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15030430069152910874noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699920626888984536.post-11498556752424596992008-08-17T06:54:00.001-07:002008-08-17T06:54:39.182-07:00

In an effort to give you a little inside information from a Delegate I thought I would share with you some of the invitations to events that I have received. Tomorrow I am meeting with the fab five and a few more to try and plan our convention schedule. As for the fab five we named ourselves the fab five because we went have traveled to a couple of states to help with "get out the vote (GOTV)

dmkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15030430069152910874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699920626888984536.post-71629620738540638822008-08-15T20:48:00.000-07:002008-08-15T20:51:37.467-07:00

This just in....I just received the list of who will be speaking at the convention. It is going to be exciting and I can't wait. This is what the delegates just received.The 2008 Convention program will highlight Americans coming together to change the course of our nation and feature prominently the voices of Americans from across our country – those who are calling for a new direction, those

dmkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15030430069152910874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699920626888984536.post-61541524122890213492008-08-15T06:53:00.001-07:002008-08-15T07:10:55.342-07:00

Two weeks before the big night it was finally determined the Hillary delegates will get to have a vote at the convention. This happened because of a grassroots movement by delegates who want what is best for the party. I talk to a lot of the Hillary delegates from all over the country and they all feel very strongly that this is the only way for the party to unite. I couldn't agree more. What

dmkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15030430069152910874noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699920626888984536.post-56035643402677819292008-06-20T13:04:00.000-07:002008-06-20T13:06:34.715-07:00

Arizona AFL-CIO Announces the 2008 Congressional Primary EndorsementsToday the Arizona AFL-CIO is pleased to announce our Congressional Primary Election endorsements. The endorsements come from an extensive interviewing process and Legislative voting record review with U.S. Congressional candidates. As the largest organization of unions in the state representing 165,000 union members in

dmkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15030430069152910874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699920626888984536.post-22942752294100478092008-06-10T16:35:00.000-07:002008-06-10T16:36:26.623-07:00

Outraged AFL-CIO Working Families Protest Record High Gas Prices as National Average Reaches Four DollarsProtestors will call on Bush and McCain to denounce their support of Big OilOn Thursday, June 12, 2008, AFL-CIO working families will protest Sen. John McCain’s Office in Phoenix, Arizona to decry out-of-control gas prices, saying they’re choking off the American dream. They will assert that

dmkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15030430069152910874noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699920626888984536.post-66750556560001606242008-06-09T21:38:00.000-07:002008-06-09T22:21:05.275-07:00

When Hillary announce that she was suspending her campaign on a Saturday so her supporters would be able to be there I was thrilled. As always she was thinking about her supporters and wanted to make sure we were included. I went on my US Airways account and yep, I had enough miles to garner a free ticket. I didn't want to miss this historic event. This last year was about History and I wanted to

dmkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15030430069152910874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699920626888984536.post-45021691286121373012008-06-09T21:13:00.000-07:002008-06-09T21:14:40.605-07:00

For this blog I am just going to post Hillary's remarks.....Transcript: Hillary Clinton Delivers Remarks in Washington, D.C. Hillary Clinton delivered the following remarks at a campaign event in Washington D.C. this afternoon: Thank you so much. Thank you all. Well, this isn’t exactly the party I’d planned, but I sure like the company. I want to start today by saying how grateful I am to all

dmkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15030430069152910874noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699920626888984536.post-57701112165997716552007-11-17T09:32:00.000-08:002007-11-17T09:56:29.324-08:00

Thursdays debate was one to remember. There was a nice gathering of Hillary supporters at a local wine bar. About 25 people gathered to watch the debate and it was a good one. There was amazing energy as new connections were formed and a great group networked and connected. The majority of gatherers were women and a few men. This seems to be a common theme I see in her campaign. Many of those

dmkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15030430069152910874noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699920626888984536.post-61272585577811250252007-11-04T14:29:00.000-08:002007-11-04T14:36:07.187-08:00

That right- if you haven't already heard let me be the first to tell you. 2008 is all about the single woman! Yep, that's right we hold a lot of political clout for the upcoming election. It's about time campaigns realized single women rock! Move over soccer mom's and make room for the single women. We can sway any election if we make up our mind and vote! I always knew me and my

dmkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15030430069152910874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699920626888984536.post-9425956158673374222007-11-04T11:21:00.000-08:002007-11-04T12:02:56.210-08:00

I recently traveled to DC to be part of Hillary's Women's Finance Council and attend the first ever Women's Summit. What an amazing experience. There were almost 1,000 women from 47 states. We had to turn women away because there was not room to hold everyone. Many fundraisers said you find an overflow room and hook up a satellite screen - you never turn money away. Not the Hillary campaign. This

dmkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15030430069152910874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699920626888984536.post-75581236414571456992007-01-21T09:20:00.000-08:002007-11-04T12:04:43.986-08:00

There is much going on regarding in-fighting with the Dems in the State House. This really bothers me as someone who has worked to get more Democrats in office. The new members worked hard to get there and will need to work even harder to stay. We must look at the big picture. Look at all that the Dems in the nations capitol achieved in 100 hours- they were able to do that because they were

dmkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15030430069152910874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699920626888984536.post-47897469342007773852007-01-20T17:00:00.000-08:002007-01-20T20:53:13.015-08:00

This is what was reported from the conventionChair: David Waid won by 86%1st Vice Chair: Donna Branch Gilby (Emerge Arizona Graduate 2006)won by 62%Vice Chair Women: Louis Pfau, Jo Kelleher, Sharon CoveyVice Chair Men: Randy Camacho, Tony Gonzales, Jeff LatasSecretary: Judy KennedyTreasurer: Rick McGuireAffirmative Action Chair: Michael Williams

dmkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15030430069152910874noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699920626888984536.post-4034251321784449102007-01-20T16:52:00.000-08:002007-11-04T12:07:23.034-08:00

It just seemed appropriate to start a blog on Women Leaders on the day that Hillary tosses her hat in the ring! I am in no way endorsing Hillary; this is not the intention of this blog. I do want to start thinking how many times the discussion will be her gender rather than ideas. I strongly believe that 2007 & 2008 will be years where there will be many firsts for women in politics. It started

dmkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15030430069152910874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699920626888984536.post-34584071310619780632007-01-20T16:27:00.000-08:002007-01-20T16:32:55.061-08:00

January 4, 2007Women Leaders Celebrate Speaker Pelosi Shattering the “Marble Ceiling” and Making History Being the First Woman Elected to Lead the U.S. House of Representatives and to be Speaker of the House(Phoenix, AZ) –Emerge Arizona and Arizona List are celebrating the historic event of the swearing in of the first woman Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi.

dmkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15030430069152910874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699920626888984536.post-43540125632998129382007-01-20T16:14:00.000-08:002007-01-20T16:16:10.696-08:00

Rebekah Friend Appointed Executive Director of the Arizona AFL-CIOAnother Woman to Make History in the Labor Movement!(Phoenix, AZ) Today the Executive Board of the Arizona AFL-CIO announced that its president, Rebekah Friend is the new Arizona AFL-CIO executive director to manage the organizations’ day-to-day operations. Michael McGrath recently stepped down as executive director, but will

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