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Emerge celebrates women in political leadership

Join us on September 28, 2010 as we gather to celebrate two years of Emerge Oregon with our first Reception and Award Ceremony.  Joining us will be Dr. Jennifer Lawless, Associate Professor at American University.  We'll also be celebrating a stellar role model for democratic women everywhere as we present the first Justice Betty Roberts Award for Political Leadership. 

Plan to be there - support Emerge and help us make the case for  gender parity in elected office.  Governor Hotel at 6:00 PM, Tuesday, September 28.  Get your tickets today - just click the "RSVP" link on the right!


Recruitment Underway 2011!

Application posted soon! If you'd like to be notified when it's up - send a note to contact@emergeor.org and we'll be sure to let you know!

Do you know a smart, passionate, democratic woman who you think should be serving the community? Better yet - have you asked her when she's going to run for office? For myriad reasons, women do need to be asked to run and they benefit when they've been trained in essential campaign skills. Emerge Oregon can help! Over the course of 6 months, we provide rigorous training for a select class of democratic women. Topics include public speaking, dealing with conflict, message, working with the media, fundraising, field, campaign legalities, ethics and more.

How can you help?

 1) Refer that smart woman to Emerge. Applications will be posted in August. 2) Share information about Emerge Oregon with your friends and colleagues. 3) Make a donation today!

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  • "In my more than 40 years of encouraging women to seek public office, Emerge Oregon is the most dynamic organization I've worked with that has the potential and long-range commitment to put Democratic women in elected positions at all levels of government."

    Betty Roberts, Former Oregon Supreme Court Justice

    Emerge Oregon is the premier training program for Democratic women. We inspire women to run and we hone their skills to win.  Our goal is clear: to increase the number of Democratic women in public office.

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Please contact Kathryn Firestone for more information at kathryn@emergeor.org or 503.704.0504

About our Keynote: Jennifer L. Lawless received her Ph.D. in political science from Stanford University in 2003 and her B.A. in political science from Union College in 1997. She is currently an Associate Professor Government at American University, where she is also the Director of the Women & Politics Institute. Prior to arriving at American University in Fall 2009, she was an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Brown University

Her teaching and research focus on gender politics, electoral politics, and public opinion. She has published numerous articles in academic journals, such as the American Journal of Political Science, Perspectives on Politics, Political Research Quarterly, Legislative Studies Quarterly, The Journal of Politics, Politics & Gender, and Women & Politics. She is also the lead author of It Still Takes A Candidate: Why Women Don't Run for Office (Cambridge University Press, 2010) and a Brookings Institution public policy report that is used by EMILY’s List, the Women’s Campaign Forum, and many other women’s organizations to help promote and recruit women candidates.  She also currently serves as the editor of Politics & Gender.

Dr. Lawless is a recognized speaker on the subject of electoral politics, frequently discussing these issues on national and local television and radio outlets. Her scholarly analysis and political commentary have been quoted in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The New Republic, the Chronicle of Higher Education, the Boston Globe, the Pittsburgh-Gazette, the Seattle Times, the Hartford Courant, the Providence Journal, the Associated Press Newswire, Reuters, CNN.com, MSNBC.com, and FOXNews.com.

In 2006, she sought the Democratic nomination for the U.S. House of Representatives in Rhode Island’s second congressional district. Although she lost the race, she is very active in politics.  She has served on the national board of Emerge America since 2009.