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President Coates discusses Kamala in Spanish news outlet

WNDC President Rosalyn Coates has been featured in an article in Spanish media outlet Articulo14 on the importance of electing Kamala Harris this fall. Read the full article here (the original article... READ MORE...

Democratic Party Women’s Leadership Forum

The recent Democratic Party Women’s Leadership Forum gathered influential Democratic party insiders, rising leaders, activists, donors, and experts. WNDC was well-represented by our leadership t... READ MORE...

November 29, 2023: In Memoriam: Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter

Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter: A Portrait of Leadership and Grace Throughout her lifetime, the late Eleanor Rosalynn Smith Carter provided quiet but formidable leadership, creating a ro... READ MORE...

October 1, 2023: The Woman's National Democratic Club Salutes Senator Dianne Feinstein

The late Senator Dianne Feinstein can only be described as a force of nature. A powerhouse in American politics for more than 5 decades, she leaves a legacy of extraordinary public service. Glass ... READ MORE...

August 22, 2023: Statement on Georgia Indictment and Attack Ads

A jury comprised of everyday Americans in the State of Georgia has weighed evidence and decided to charge Former President Donald Trump and others with felony racketeering and numerous conspiracy char... READ MORE...

May 3, 2022: WNDC on SCOTUS

The Woman’s National Democratic Club has for 100 years put energy into advances for society and women—more women public leaders, more exposure for underrepresented authors and creators, mo... READ MORE...

June 24, 2021: Reopening with Resolve

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... READ MORE...

April 29, 2021: 100 Days of Solicitude

“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 ... READ MORE...

April 23, 2021: George Floyd Immortalized

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 heart... READ MORE...

April 21, 2021: Surviving the 2020 Challenge

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 ... READ MORE...

March 23, 2021: A Plan With Heart!

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 ... READ MORE...

March 8, 2021: Choose to Change | International Women’s Day

Why do we celebrate International Women’s Day? It started in 1908 wheb garment workers in NYC took to the street demanding shorter work hours, pay equity, and even suffrage. The following year t... READ MORE...

February 19, 2021: What Price Opportunity?

“I learned that courage was not absence of fear, but the triumph over it.” —Nelson Mandela We saw our elected Republican leaders cowering in the days leading up to February 1... READ MORE...

February 1, 2021: There is Always Light

“For there is always light if only we’re brave enough to see it, if only we’re brave enough to be it.” –Amanda Gorman We rode through four dark years towards a faint l... READ MORE...

January 7 2021: Within crisis, are the seeds of opportunity…

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 be... READ MORE...

December 11, 2020: The Long Road Ahead

We live in unsettling times. Weeks after election day, and even though the election was called for VP Biden, the incumbent continues to lodge legal challenges in different states. Most are dismissed o... READ MORE...

December 23, 2020: 2020—A Retrospective

The year started on a high note—with two major events on the horizon. A celebration of the women’s suffrage centennial was one. What a milestone! After almost a century of protest, women g... READ MORE...

November 9, 2020: A NATION REJOICES AS BIDEN AND HARRIS MAKE HISTORY!

History was made this weekend. On Saturday, November 7, four fraught days after election night, Joe Biden was pronounced the president-elect, who will become the 46th president of the United States on... READ MORE...

September 24, 2020: The Urgency of Now

The year 2020 will long be remembered for the disasters it brought in its wake. We were anticipating a momentous year for different reasons. We were all geared up to celebrate the centennial of women&... READ MORE...

September 24, 2020: Statement on the Breonna Taylor Grand Jury Verdict

“INJUSTICE IS NOT ALWAYS ASSOCIATED WITH ACTION. IT IS IN AN INACTION.” Marcus Aurelius Armed citizens and trigger-happy law enforcement officers—a recipe for violence especially... READ MORE...

September 1, 2020: A Tale of Two Conventions

The year 2020 dawned innocently enough. There were exciting events to plan. The presidential election was underway and America was celebrating the centennial of women’s suffrage. January slid ea... READ MORE...

September 19, 2020: A Very Bright Star Shines Brighter Still When Viewed Through Brimming Eyes

Oh, how she fought. She fought to be taken seriously in law school, despite top grades. She fought to get a job in that bastion of male dominance—the US legal system. Kept out of law firms she e... READ MORE...

July 30, 2020: Legal Jeopardy

The US has always prided itself on being a nation of laws. The final recourse in cases that are divisive and politically charged would be a Supreme Court that is a fair arbiter. Courts must not be sim... READ MORE...

July 20, 2020: The Passing of a Living Legend

Representative John Lewis left a profound mark on everyone he encountered. The Woman’s National Democratic Club was no exception. He visited us on April 2, 2019 to present the “Democratic ... READ MORE...

May 31, 2020: A Riot is the Language of the Unheard

“A Riot is the Language of the Unheard” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The recent murder of a 46-year-old black man, George Floyd, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, follows the slaying of... READ MORE...

November 6, 2019: When citizens vote, democrats win

Election fever in an off-off-year is unusual. But 2019 has proved that when the stakes are high, people are feeling vulnerable and the tone at the top is threatening, anything can happen. A big surge ... READ MORE...

July 12, 2018: The Legitimacy of the Court and the Rule of Law is at Risk

Democrats pride themselves on being fair and even-handed. The nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court last year generated a lot of discussion, even alarm, but many argued that he was not... READ MORE...

January 12, 2018: The Death of Decency

We have sunk to a new low. When the current occupant of the White House debases us on a daily basis and Republicans surrounding him don’t mutter a single dissenting protest – we know then ... READ MORE...

November 8, 2017: The Sun Came Out On A Rainy Tuesday

Democrats won big on November 7, 2017. Last night hope won, tolerance won, diversity won, WOMEN won, suburban and exurban voters won, Medicaid and Medicare won, Obamacare won, Progressives and Democra... READ MORE...

October 18, 2017: Power Imbalance & Misogyny: Why Women Are Victimized

With dozens of women leveling allegations of sexual assault and harassment against film executive Harvey Weinstein, this issue has suddenly moved center-stage. The virility of power is no longer in qu... READ MORE...

October 5, 2017: Women’s Rights Under Attack Again. The GOP Moves In For the Kill

This happened while you weren’t looking. The diversion of inane tweets, hurled insults, and a pre-occupied media are the perfect cover for nefarious acts. The latest of these occurred in the ... READ MORE...

October 3, 2017: It Is Time to Redefine Terrorism and Legislate Firearms

And we mourn again today. We mourn the countless dead and wounded in Las Vegas, Nevada. Not at the hands of the destruction unleashed by forces of nature or the targeting by foreign militants, bu... READ MORE...

September 19, 2017: Voter Suppression: The Dark Cloud Hovering over our Elections

September 26 is National Voter Registration Day. The strength of American democracy depends on the ability of citizens to exercise their fundamental right to vote. Instead of pursuing the myth of vote... READ MORE...

September 6, 2017: The Dreamer’s Nightmare

The dreamers just woke up from a nightmare. Kids who grew up knowing no other country but the U.S., kids who had bought into the American dream, kids who grew up to work in nearly every company in Ame... READ MORE...

August 17, 2017: Symbols of Oppression

Why are we protesting the events of August 12, 2017? Why does the fact that our country elected an overt white supremacist strike terror in our hearts – a man who spent years trying to prove tha... READ MORE...

January 23, 2017: Post-March Message

It is the day after the Women’s March on Washington (WMW). Two days after the Inauguration of an unpopular president whose words and actions and cabinet picks have galvanized a vast majority of ... READ MORE...

January 16, 2017: Women’s March on Washington

The Woman’s National Democratic Club (WNDC) continues its legacy of pressing for women’s and girls’ empowerment by participating actively in the Women’s March on Washington (WM... READ MORE...

November 11, 2016: Post-Election Message

This much-anticipated week is now ending. Americans went to the polls on Tuesday with the generally accepted conventional wisdom that it would be a close race with Hillary Clinton the likely winner.&n... READ MORE...