One heel click at a time

By Allison Abney

There’s nothing more beautiful than the sound of high heels clicking on glossy marble floors through the halls of power. This is the sound of feminine resolve, determination and momentum. It is the sound our group of 20 Emerge Kentucky women created as we marched throughout the Frankfort, Kentucky Capitol—led by our fearless, female legislative leaders. These tour guides of democracy navigated us through their world, that we are working to one day make our own. Read More

Emerge America Adds Wendy Davis to Advisory Board

By Allison Abney

 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACT:  Allison Abney (202) 670-7994; allison@emergeamerica.org Washington, D.C.—Emerge America, the nation’s leading organization for recruiting and training Democratic women to run for office, announced today that it has appointed former Texas state senator, 2014 Texas gubernatorial candidate and… Read More

Cultivating Political Leadership in Muslim Women, Now!

By Allison Abney

When I was a child in my local mosque, I learned some well-intentioned but completely misguided pieces of information about Islam. I grew up with a mixed concoction of cultural beliefs steering the application of Islam. In one instance, I was told that women do not  publicly speak about Islam after asking my Quran teacher about what to say about the five pillars of Islam for my 6th grade class presentation. This was a clear example of how patriarchal culture overrode actual Islamic teachings. Read More

Every Vote Counts… Really

By Allison Abney

After spending last Saturday attending an Emerge Vermont training session, I met my wife and kids at a church supper. They’d been to our Town Meeting, a quaint New England tradition of participatory democracy, where local issues are debated over coffee and donuts and a potluck lunch before we get… Read More

Emerge America is opening a DC office!

By Allison Abney

We are thrilled to share that Emerge America is growing! We have recently hired two new staff members who will begin working out of a new office in Washington, DC. Allison Abney is joining Emerge America as our Communications Director, bringing years of experience working on a variety of federal, state and local campaigns, and most recently leading the media relations department of IR+Media, a public relations firm specializing in diversity and includion PR. A'shanti Gholar is joining us as our new Political Director. Read More