Minnesota, it's time to march again! We're bringing a #WomensWave to St. Paul on January 19, 2019. Join us!
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On Thursday the world watched as Dr. Christine Blasey Ford testified before the Judiciary Committee. As her testimony began, I sat in my car and felt the anger, disappointment and sadness consume every fiber of my being. I refused to allow those emotions to render me motionless, I opened my car door and walked up to Senator Amy Klobuchar’s office. I stood there and watched as a steady stream of our sisters, brothers and gender non-identifying siblings flooded the sidewalk with signs that read “I believe Christine,” “Believe Women,” “I Believe Anita,” “Kava-Nope.”
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Getting Out The Vote is one of our most important tasks between now and November 6 - and this event will support getting as many people to the polls as possible! Plus, the laughter, the smiles, and the FUN is something we all need right now.
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The Judiciary committee is set to vote on Kavanaugh this Friday, one day after Dr. Ford testifies. The U.S. Senate will vote soon after. They're not hanging around on this one. They want Kavanaugh confirmed ASAP. Meanwhile, a third woman has accused him of sexual misconduct.
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Join Women’s March Minnesota, with co-sponsors Survivors Lead, Break the Silence and Indivisible MN-03 here in Minnesota at 12pm Thursday Sept 27th, outside Senator Amy Klobuchar’s office. Visit the Facebook Event Page.
The confirmation hearing for Judge Brett Kavanaugh is one of the defining moments of our lifetime. We’re on the front lines of the fight to keep Brett Kavanaugh off the Supreme Court because we know that if confirmed, he will not just send a message that sexual violence is rewarded with power; he will also roll back rights that women have worked for a generation to secure.
"Senator Collins, we call on you to publicly commit to voting against Judge Kavanaugh’s confirmation and to strongly encourage your colleagues to do the same. Reproductive freedom – which ensures dignity, equality, and self-determination for women – is on the line."
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In 2016, Emily's list got 920 enquiries from women about running for office. In 2018 they got 40,000!
This November, as many as 30 to 40 new female candidates could be elected to the House, making a record-breaking total of 100 women Representatives.
This is fabulous news!
Is there anything more that you can do to support women candidates running for office?
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The last time I did any phone banking was in 1989 and I was a paid telemarketer for Rudy Boschwitz. I hated every minute of calling people during dinner and asking them to fund a campaign during a non-election year. Times change!
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Today is National Voter Registration Day - a great time to make sure you're registered to vote! Do it NOW - it's so easy!
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Over the last few months WMM has held or supported multiple postcard writing events and sent over 2500 postcards to stop Kavanaugh’s appointment. This weekend we held one more.
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Now you know which candidates are running, take some time to work out who stands for the things that are important to you. Check their websites, do a google news search on them, and also look at what advocacy groups who care about the issues that are important to you say about them.
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Minnesotans will elect federal, state, county, and local officials on November 6th. Not sure who is running for what? Go the Secretary of State website and click on “View your sample ballot” to see the list of your candidates and ballot questions.
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To vote in Minnesota you must be: a US citizen; at least 18 years old on Election day; a resident of Minnesota for 20 days; have finished with all parts of any felony sentence.
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Connie Priebe from the Bois Forte Band of the Chippewa Tribe Strong women talk about why they vote to encourage people to get out and vote for the midterm elections.
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Ellen Longfellow, Civil Rights Attorney for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, Minnesota Chapter Strong women talk about why they vote to encourage people to get out and vote for the midterm elections.
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Irma L'Escala, a Minnesota Care Voter Strong women talk about why they vote to encourage people to get out and vote for the midterm elections.
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Kabo Yang, Minnesota Women's Consortium Strong women talk about why they vote to encourage people to get out and vote for the midterm elections. My name is Kabo Yang. I am working with Women's Consortium working to advance gender justice for all women In Minnesota. The reason I vote is because it is my power.
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Tiffini Flynn Forslund from Frogtown neighborhood of St Paul Strong women talk about why they vote to encourage people to get out and vote for the midterm elections.
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I am Reverend Nancy Nord Bence. I am the executive director of Protect MN , the independent state based gun violence organization. They want to know why I vote. I vote because if we don’t vote then everything we do to try affect change; all the letters we write, the people we organize, all the trainings we hold and the protests we sponsor, none of that will do any good if we can’t change the people who are currently running Washington and Minnesota. ..
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