Reflections about my own family and my daughter’s future this Mother’s Day weekend brought to mind a study I saw a few years back about gender parity at the national level. The report, put out by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research determine...
This is our fourth JKH Academy to train the next generation of progressive campaign staff in North Carolina. Over 70% of JKH graduates have gone onto work on political campaigns at all levels of elected office. This is a three-day intensive training desig...
This is our first ever Campaign Staff Bootcamp! This intensive two-day training is for campaign staff who already have a job on a progressive North Carolina 2020 campaign. When: September 28-29, from appoximately 9AM-9PM on Saturday (9/28) and 9AM-2PM o...
The Threat is Coming from Inside the House and the Senate In mid-April our rights to reproductive healthcare were threatened once again by the Republican majority in the NCGA, but this time they were joined by six Democrats. The conservative legislators w...
Senator Erica Smith is a former School Board member and has served in the NCGA since 2014. She earned her B.S. Mechanical Engineering from North Carolina A&T State University and also has a M.A. in Religious Studies from Howard University School of Di...
In 2019 we ramped up our training programs to meet the needs of North Carolina after seeing so many women deciding to run for office this year. Who are the amazing women in your life who you think should run for office? Maybe you have a friend who is actu...
As we reflect on women’s history this month, I am reminded that Lillian Exum Clement, the first woman elected to the North Carolina General Assembly, did not begin her service until 1920. She was elected by an all male electorate as women did not yet ha...
In the last two years, women have really changed the political game and we want to talk about it. We’ve seen women run against establishment men accused of sexual assault and win. We’ve seen women be out-raised by their opponent and win. Overa...
Get Ready to Run is a half-day seminar designed for women who are champions of reproductive freedom interested in running for office in the next five years of their life. The training will cover finding your office and building your team, crafting person...
We’re always excited to come to Asheville because it’s where our namesake, Rep. Lillian Exum Clement, is from! She was the first woman ever elected to a state legislature in the South, blazing a trail for the women who would follow in her foot...
