Tuesday April 24th, 8:00 am,  (7001 Loisdale Road, Suite B, Springfield, VA 22150; map, click here). Join other supporters for a breakfast roundtable moderated by the Obama campaign’s National African American Vote Director Stefanie Brown. Learn about opportunities to organize supporters. This is part of a series of events being held on April 24^th to formally launch African Americans for Obama in Virginia. RSVP on va.barackobama.com.

Our chair, Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz knows the importance of engaging women within the Democratic Party. The DNC Women’s Institute will do just that. Leading up to the 2012 elections, the Institute will support, complement, and expand efforts to elect all Democrats and enhance the Obama for America campaign’s Women for Obama program. Following the
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To celebrate International Women’s Day, March 8, 2012, join other women in Lee District (and friends of Lee District) who are getting together for dinner at Walker’s Grille (6909 Metro Park Drive, Alexandria, VA 22310; map, click here). Not a fundraiser, just good company and conversation.

Thursday, March 8  6:30 drinks, 7:00 dinner
food and beverages at regular menu prices

PLEASE ENTER AN RSVP (click here) FOR EACH PERSON ATTENDING NO LATER THAN TUESDAY, MARCH 6TH SO THAT APPROPRIATE RESERVATIONS CAN BE MADE. Read more …

Republicans in Richmond Declare War on Women Virginia and vaginas have become the headline and topic of every major news outlet – not only in this country, but in places as far away as Australia. There’s a concerted effort by the Republican majority in the General Assembly to roll back women’s rights. What is happening
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CoalitionForWomensHealth.org On September 15th the Virginia Board of Health, under pressure from the Attorney General’s office, voted to approve new regulations on Virginia’s women’s health clinics – the most onerous regulations on women’s health centers in the country severely limit a Virginia woman’s ability to make her own decisions about her health care. These new
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March is National Women’s History Month that highlights contributions of women to events in history and contemporary society. March 8th is International Women’s Day, and today is the centennial observance of this special Day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future. Suffragettes campaigned for women’s right to vote. The
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