Emerge Blog

March 8 is International Women's Day, a day to recognize women's political and social achievements.

This spring, we are launching our first series of 
Emerge America Webinars 
We would like to invite you to join our first two sessions!

I can't tell you how many times I had to answer that question when I ran for office in 2008.  I lost count.  I also had a lot of reasons to run for office:

Sitting quietly in my Emerge Maine class a couple of weeks ago, I was listening intently to an Emerge graduate explain the pleasure and pain of running for state office - and losing. Suddenly, f

I think it is important for women to be involved in politics because women are smart and extremely strong.

KTVU recently did a peice on the California gubernatorial race, asking why there are so few choices on the ballot.

Happy President's Day!

Feminist author Viginia Woolf wrote in her famous essay, "A Room of One's Own" that in order to write fiction a "woman must have money and a room of her own."  Last Saturday, I sat in a room

One of the most interesting facts I have learned recently is that 47% of members of Congress are millionaires. That is compared to less than 1% of the average Joes that make up the rest America.

A jam packed day of Emerge training proved to be another successful class that helped to build our skills and strengthen our camaraderie.  After our last training on public speaking, I think