Interested in Politics?
Did any of you attend the State Democratic Convention last weekend? Did it energize you or motive you to get more involved? Consider joining the Board of the San Francisco Chapter of NWPC. Please contact Micha Star Liberty at micha@libertylaw.com for more information.
Congratulations!
NWPC-SF would like to offer our heartfelt congratulations to our successful endorsed candidates. We know that Carmen Chu, Natalie Berg, Sandra Lee Fewer, Rachel Norton and Lynette Sweet will continue to do the San Francisco women’s political community proud throughout their terms in office. We would also like to acknowledge all of our endorsed candidates who ran this cycle and, although they made a good showing, did not prevail. We hope each of you will continue to serve your communities and we thank you for being involved in the political process. You make us proud.
NWPC-SF ENDORSES FOR NOVEMBER ELECTION
We have been extraordinarily busy these last few weeks with political endorsements for the November 2008 election. We are pleased to recommend to you a stellar slate of female candidates for the November election.
Our slate is as follows:
Board of Supervisors
District 1 Sue Lee
District 3 Denise McCarthy
District 4 Carmen Chu
District 9 Eva Royale
District 11 Myrna LimCollege Board
Natalie Berg
Mary Hernandez
School Board
Sandra Lee Fewer
Jaynry Mak
Emily Murase
Rachel Norton
BART Board District 7
Lynette Sweet
Please come to Soluna Lounge at 272 McAllister Street (http://www.solunasf.com/) between 6pm and 7pm this coming Monday, September 8th to vote to approve the slate. Please note that you will be eligible to vote on Monday if you have paid your NPWC-SF dues and have attended one NWPC-SF co-sponsored or sponsored event in the last 365 days.
Because getting more pro-choice women into elected office is our number one goal at NWPC, we have worked hard this election cycle and have faced some difficult choices during this round of endorsements. We would be remise to not thank all of the female candidates who applied for our endorsement. We wish you the best of luck and continued success in politics.Again, please join us this coming Monday at 6pm and make your choices known. As always, we value your support as we work with you to achieve our goals of increasing women’s participation in the political process and creating a true political power base in San Francisco to achieve equality for all women.
NWPC President to Moderate Forum on Female Candidates on June 9th
Please join NWPC along with the Women’s Caucus of the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association to discuss:
- Special consideration for female political candidates
- How has (and will) race & gender affect the presidential race?
- What are the sociological impacts?
- Has it/will it change our every days?
- Panelists will explore the impact that race and gender will have on future races.
June 9, 2008 from 5:30- 7:30pm
at the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association’s conference room
located at 225 Bush Street, Suite 367
Speakers
Micha Star Liberty of Andrus, Liberty & Anderson- Moderator
Lillian B. Rubin- Sociologist and Author
Margot Biehl –former political candidate and board president of Emerge California
Stephanie Ong Stillman & Johanna Silva Waki- Hope Road Consulting
Carole Migden – State Senator
Marla Harvey- SEIU Political Coordinator
NWPC’s Slate for June 3rd Election.
U.S. Congress - Dist 12
Jackie Speier
CA State Senate - Dist 3
Carol Migden
DCCC 12 (West San Francisco)
Emily Drennen
Mary Jung
Jane Morrison
Melanie Nutter
Connie O’Connor
DCCC 13 (East San Francisco)
Darolyn Davis
Catherine Dodd
Louise Fischer
Leslie Katz
Linda Richardson
Nicole Rivera
Laura Spanjian
Holli Thier
Debra Walker
Other Races
Superior Court Judge Seat 12 Mary Mallen