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Hello #ChangeMakers!
Can you believe the election is finally here??? I know that many of us are feeling a bit fatigued because of an election season that feels like it’s been going on forever, but I hope you also feel the same sense of excitement that I’m experiencing.
We have a tremendous opportunity to elevate the issues we care about – affordable higher education, pay equality, lifting the minimum wage, reproductive freedoms, family leave and affordable child care – just to name a few. Honestly, I couldn’t wait to cast my ballot. And so I did so on the very first day of early voting in my home state of Texas.
If you haven’t voted yet (or registered), Rock the Vote has more information about where to vote in your area and whether you are still able to register in your state. The good news is, your generation is registered in record numbers! Check out what that looks like.
And remember that this election is bigger than who will become our next President. We have an opportunity to make sure that we play a role in changing the face of power at every level of government – from school boards to city councils to state legislatures. Did you know that only a fifth of the largest US cities are led by women mayors and a mere six of 50 states are governed by women? In state legislatures, women occupy less than a quarter of House seats and only one fifth of Senate seats. The list goes on…
Regardless of whether your candidate of choice is a Republican, Democrat or Independent, I hope you’ll take the opportunity to vote with gender equality top of mind. That means electing women who align with us on the issues we care about and bring with them the unique experience of what it means to be a woman in America.
It also means supporting the work of our friends at Ignite National and She Should Run who are working tirelessly to ensure that the faces of our candidates and therefore, officeholders, look more like all of us the next time around. In the meantime, we must elect strong male allies too who support the decisions we make for ourselves.
Now’s our chance, #ChangeMakers! Let’s all commit to voting for our mothers, daughters, sisters and ourselves. YOU are amazing! And I’m so grateful for where you are taking this country.
xo,
- Wendy
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