The Women’s Campaign Fund builds good government at all levels using 100% of America’s talent, wisdom, and skill.
We are a group of people from all political parties and a range of ethnic and other perspectives who commit to 50/50 representation by women and men in elected offices nationwide by 2028. Not a quota. Just a common-sense concept.
WCF also operates the 50/50 PAC for women candidates. Not just any women. A diverse group of women with a variety of life experiences – and the proven ability to reach common ground solutions.
A is For is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing reproductive rights, and ending the stigma against abortion care. Founded in 2012, A is For emerged as a response to the ever-escalating legislative attacks on access to safe reproductive healthcare. We passionately stand against the culture of shaming which fosters that legislation.
Hester Prynne’s Scarlet A, intended as a symbol of shame, is reappropriated. You decide what your A is for: Advocacy, Autonomy, Abortion, etc.
A is For amplifies art and artists working to end the stigma against abortion. We envision a world in which every person has access to the full spectrum of reproductive healthcare free from judgment, scrutiny, and obstruction.
Working at the intersection of the arts and social justice, we believe art is a powerful tool for change, and through our creative initiatives we seek to elevate the human experience of abortion.
The A is For Playwriting Contest is designed to engage playwrights who are passionate about supporting abortion rights and reproductive justice, and offers audiences the opportunity to see those stories represented on stage.
Theatre is an especially powerful platform with which to share stories, debunk myths, and disempower fears. The stories we bring to the fore are diverse in perspective as well as imagination. They reflect the great variety of experiences that reproductive justice demands we all recognize.
In 2021, the A is For Playwriting Contest received 252 original, one-act plays about reproductive justice from all around the world.
A talented panel of judges including Cris Eli Blak, David Cromer, Jill Filipovic, Jonathan Marc Sherman, Lindy West, and Rhiana Yazzie selected the 2021 contest winners. A is For is proud to present this play festival to the public free of charge.
https://www.sistersong.net/reproductive-justice/
SisterSong’s mission is to strengthen and amplify the collective voices of indigenous women and women of color to achieve reproductive justice by eradicating reproductive oppression and securing human rights.
SisterSong is a Southern based, national membership organization; our purpose is to build an effective network of individuals and organizations to improve institutional policies and systems that impact the reproductive lives of marginalized communities.
SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective was formed in 1997 by 16 organizations of women of color from four mini-communities (Native American, African American, Latina, and Asian American) who recognized that we have the right and responsibility to represent ourselves and our communities, and the equally compelling need to advance the perspectives and needs of women of color.
Indigenous women, women of color, and trans* people have always fought for Reproductive Justice, but the term was invented in 1994. Right before attending the International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo, where the entire world agreed that the individual right to plan your own family must be central to global development, a group of black women gathered in Chicago in June of 1994. They recognized that the women’s rights movement, led by and representing middle class and wealthy white women, could not defend the needs of women of color and other marginalized women and trans* people. We needed to lead our own national movement to uplift the needs of the most marginalized women, families, and communities.
These women named themselves Women of African Descent for Reproductive Justice, and RJ was born. Rooted in the internationally-accepted human rights framework created by the United Nations, Reproductive Justice combines reproductive rights and social justice. The progenitors of RJ launched the movement by publishing a historic full-page statement with 800+ signatures in The Washington Post and Roll Call. Just three years later, in 1997, SisterSong was formed to create a national, multi-ethnic RJ movement.
https://www.votemamafoundation.org/
Vote Mama Foundation is the leading source of research and analysis about the political participation of moms. We are breaking barriers moms face while running for office, normalizing moms running for office with young children, and enabling legislators to pass family friendly legislation.
Our mission is to achieve gender equity by:
- Breaking barriers that moms face when running for office.
- Normalizing moms of young children running for office.
- Advocating for policies that allow working families to thrive.
When moms have a seat at the table, legislative priorities shift.
Working moms in Congress write and pass more bills over the course of their tenure compared to other women, and their legislation is more focused on family-friendly policies.
More moms would mean:
- Investment in childcare as a public good.
- Paid family leave for everyone.
- Leading the world in public education and healthcare instead of our current ranking as 27th worldwide.
We elevate these issues among candidates, elected officials, and the general public so that they are seen not as women’s issues, but as economic issues that affect all Americans.
We are the only national organization dedicated to elevating openly LGBTQ leaders who can further equality at all levels of government. Through our training and professional development programs, each year Victory Institute assists hundreds of individuals who go on to influential careers in politics, government, business and advocacy. Many of our trainees join the more than 1,000 openly LGBTQ elected and appointed officials now serving around the world.
Victory Institute’s signature internship and fellowship programs – as well as its Presidential Appointments Initiative – develops and promotes LGBTQ leaders with varied levels of experience.
Through our internships and fellowships, you can work in the U.S. Capitol, attend our four-day Candidate & Campaign Training, or take advanced leadership training sessions at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Our Presidential Appointments Initiative aims to secure appointments in pro-equality presidential administrations.