1. Welcome to
The 2012 Project Webinar

2. AWC MISSION:
To champion the advancement of women
across all communications disciplines by
recognizing excellence, promoting
leadership and positioning its members at
the forefront of the evolving
communications era.

3. To connect Women of Color seeking to
successfully build their careers and
businesses by serving as a platform for
networking, professional development
and strategic connections.

4. Debbie Walsh is the director of the Center for
American Women and Politics (CAWP), a unit of
the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers
University. CAWP is nationally recognized as the
leading source of scholarly research and current
data about American women’s political
participation. Its mission is to promote greater
knowledge and understanding about women's
participation in politics and government and to
enhance women's influence and leadership in
public life.
Director
The 2012 Project is CAWP’s newest initiative.
Center for American
Women and Politics

5. A Campaign to Increase the
Number of Women in Congress
and State Legislatures
Don’t get mad. Get elected.

6. We know the marquee names
and faces of women in politics.

7. But these women obscure the norm.
Freshman class of the U.S. House of Representatives, 112th Congress (2011-2012)

8. Though 51% of the population is
female…..
Congress
State Legislature
Governors
Mayors

9. Numbers for women of color,
even more dismal…..
Congress
State Legislature
Governors

10. The 2010 Election:
Year of the Woman? Not so much.
 For the first time since 1979, women lost
ground in Congress
 Largest percentage decline for women in state
legislatures since the 1970s
 No increase in number of female governors (6)
and loss of women in executive leadership
 One positive – first 2 women of color governors
elected

11. Why don’t
women run? REASONS
Family Privacy
Negativity Incumbency
Lack of a “Nobody
roadmap asked me!”
DIY

12. Why do
women run? REASONS
Solve a Change
Problem Agent
Desire to Asked to
be Involved run!

13. Women make a
difference.

14. The Solution:
The 2012 Project
The 2012 Project is a national, non-
partisan campaign to increase the
number of women elected to
Congress and state legislatures by
taking advantage of the once-in-a-
decade opportunities of 2012.

15. Women poised to be
successful candidates
• Women leaders in the public
and private sector with a track
record or interest in community
and civic involvement, with
specific outreach to women
leaders of color
• Women from fields currently
underrepresented in
government

16. Why not you?
And why not now?
You can make a difference on important
issues of the day.
• Economic Policy
• Health Care
• Civil Rights
• Pay Equity

17. Sharon Weston Broome Emmy McClelland
State Senator (LA) Former State Legislator (MO)

18. Sharon Weston Broome
Sharon Weston Broome's role as a public servant has spanned
over two decades. On September 8, 2011 she was re-elected
to her third term to the Louisiana State Senate without
opposition. Broome currently serves as President Pro
Tempore of the Louisiana State Senate. Senator Broome
served in the Louisiana House of Representatives (District 29)
for 12 years and was the first female elected as Speaker Pro
Tempore of the Louisiana House of Representatives.
During her tenure in the Legislature Senator Broome has been
a vocal advocate for issues surrounding children and families.
Broome is also the national president of the National
Organization of Black Elected Legislative Women (NOBEL-
Women). She is a recipient of the Morehouse College's
Gandhi, King, Ikeda Community Builder's Award.
With two degrees in communications, Sharon has established
herself as a nationally recognized speaker and
communications consultant. She is the president of Sharon
Broome Communications, Inc. Weston Broome has made
The 2012 Project various national television appearances including Court's TV's
The 2012 Project
Faculty
"Your Turn," PBS' "Debates Debates" and the "Montel
Williams Show." In addition, she served for five years as the "2
Faculty On Your Side" reporter for WBRZ-TV (ABC-Baton Rouge).

19. Emmy McClelland
Emmy McClelland is an active leader in government,
politics and her community. A native of Springfield,
Missouri, she is a graduate of the University of Missouri at
Columbia with a bachelors degree in political science and a
Missouri Life Teaching Certificate. She is a graduate of
Leadership St. Louis.
Emmy currently serves as Director of Government
Relations for St. Louis Children’s Hospital. Previously she
served as Governor Bob Holden’s Assistant Director of
Legislative Affairs for two years concentrating on education
issues and as a member of the Missouri House of
Representatives for ten years. Emmy was also the Director
of Secretary of State Roy Blunt’s Corporation Division Field
Office in St. Louis.
As an advocate on behalf of the developmentally disabled,
Emmy worked on the local, state and national level. She
The 2012 Project was the president of the National Society for Autistic
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Faculty Children and has served as Chairman of the Missouri State
Faculty Developmental Disabilities Council and Missouri's
Education for All Handicapped Children Panel.

20. Getting Started:
Next Steps
Leadership Institutes
Campaign Training
Fundraising Networks
 Sign up to run
 Fill out the candidate questionnaire
 Get connected

21. Every time a
woman runs,
women win.
Geraldine Ferraro
www.The2012project.us

22. Why Not You? Why Not Now?
CONSIDER THIS YOUR INVITATION!