BART Board Candidate Lateefah Simon to Receive Political Emerging Leader Award

Washington, D.C.—Today, Emerge America, the nation’s leading organization that recruits and trains Democratic women to run for office, announced that Lateefah Simon, a candidate for the Bay Area Rapid Transit Board of Directors, President of the Akonadi Foundation and appointee to the California State University Board of Trustees will receive their… Read More

Oregon State Rep. Jessica Vega Pederson to Receive Political Ambition to Action Award

Washington, D.C.—Today, Emerge America, the nation’s leading organization that recruits and trains Democratic women to run for office, announced that Oregon State Rep. and Multnomah County Board of Commissioners member-elect Jessica Vega Pederson will receive their 2016 Ambition to Award. The accolade, which recognizes a leader that turns her Ambition to Action… Read More

Emerge Kentucky Women Win Big in Democratic Primary

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 17, 2016 CONTACT: Mandy Heltoncontact@emergeky.org; 502-694-0009 Louisville, KY.—Tonight, Emerge Kentucky, the state’s leading organization for recruiting and training Democratic women to run for elected office, delivered a knockout punch in the Democratic primary. All eight of the organization’s women running for elected office… Read More