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
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
We know the progressive pro-choice women elected to the legislature are already hard at work for our shared values. Lillian’s List spent Monday afternoon with these women, talking about the state of reproductive freedom in North Carolina. Thanks to an e
The Legislative Leader is a monthly interview with one of the pro-choice, progressive women currently serving in the North Carolina General Assembly. Representative Sydney Batch grew up in North Carolina and attended UNC-Chapel Hill. Following law schoo
In 2018, we helped elect nine new women to the NCGA. In 2020, we’re going to work to protect the women currently serving and elect pro-choice women to the Council of State. But, we’re also scouting for women to run for the NCGA and local off
We’re so excited about the start of the 2019 legislative session. Now that conservatives no longer have a super-majority in both the House and the Senate, we have more power to enact the progressive policies of our Featured Candidates. We have start
