Texas Democratic Women of Gregg County

March 2009 meeting — Tuesday, March 17, 5:30–7:00 pm: Speaker: Rosie Mimms of Glen Rose, Texas, who currently serves as the Secretary of the Texas Democratic Women (TDW). She will be speaking on the recent annual convention in Austin of the Texas Democratic Women.

Donations are collected at each meeting for the East Texas Women’s Center. Paper goods are the most needed items.

Dinner will be served.

Past programs: We’ve had some great speakers over the past couple of years. Want to see what you missed?

Women in politics: How does the U.S. stack up?

Not very well, according to Parade magazine’s July 3, 2005 edition: “When nations were ranked for women’s participation in national legislatures and governments, the U.S. was 61st. . . . In Iraq, women are pushing for 40% of the assembly seats, while they’re still at just 14% in the U.S. House and Senate.”

The Parade website includes some great links to organizations working for women and democracy-building around the world. See http://archive.parade.com/2005/0703/0703_changing_nations.html, at the bottom of the page.

The nonpartisan group The White House Project promotes women’s leadership in politics and beyond. Parade says The White House project “is training 300 women to become more active in U.S. politics this summer. Marie Wilson, the projects’s president, says more women need to be encouraged to run for office. She stresses the importance of women’s involvement in state and local offices, which serve as a pipeline to national positions.”

TDWGC Meetings
Third Tuesday, 5:30 to 7:00 p.m.
Longview Community Center
500 E Whaley, Longview

903-445-4100

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