From the President

  Dear Club members and friends, I take up the role of President at a specific moment of opportunity for the Woman’s National Democratic Club: a moment when those of us privileged to live in an economically vibrant city and benefit from superpower-driven access to vaccines, can take off our masks, check our privilege, roll … Read more

“Great is the art of beginning, but greater is the art of ending.” —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Will our fiscal year 2020–2021 be defined by COVID-19? Will we look back on it as a year of hibernation or the year ingenuity was unleashed? For the WNDC it was certainly the latter. We devised creative ways of staying … Read more

“Truth over Lies, Light over Darkness” We worked hard to elect this winning team. And we are now reaping the fruits of our labor. We are witnessing exponential change in the trajectory of our nation. People are once more the central focus. And the common man’s everyday concerns are being addressed. The era of compassionate … Read more

DC residents gathered at Black Lives Matter Plaza, across from the White House, on April 20, 2021 to hear the verdict of the Derek Chauvin trial in Minneapolis with trepidation and fear in their hearts. They had been demonstrating throughout the summer of 2020, despite the threat of COVID-19, since the murder of 46-year-old George … Read more

As trees don fresh green leaves, bushes sprout brilliantly-hued flowers, and cherry blossoms celebrate spring in all their pink and white glory, we dare to hope. The year-long COVID winter appears to be receding, life is slowly coming back to normal, vaccinations are up, the number of sick is down, people are emerging into the … Read more

March 2021 Letter From the President The Biden administration passed The American Rescue Plan which can only be described as a rational, essential crisis-management plan with heart! The COVID-19 pandemic has created a national emergency not only because of a public health crisis but an economic crisis that has devastated families across the country. Almost … Read more

Why do we celebrate International Women’s Day? It started in 1908 when garment workers in NYC took to the street demanding shorter work hours, pay equity, and even suffrage. The following year their mantle was picked up by the Socialist party. By 1910 the movement went global. More than 100 women from 17 countries agreed … Read more

Why do we celebrate International Women’s Day? It started in 1908 when garment workers in NYC took to the street demanding shorter work hours, pay equity, and even suffrage. The following year their mantle was picked up by the Socialist party. By 1910 the movement went global. More than 100 women from 17 countries agreed … Read more

January 6, 2021 dawned on the wings of hope. The Georgia run-off elections the day before looked really promising. Reverend Raphael Warnock was declared a winner and Mr. Jon Ossoff, though a little behind Senator Perdue, was poised to win once the balance of the votes from primarily Blue counties were called. The Democrats were … Read more