Another great GOP upset in Tuesday's Election !
https://shareblue.com/23-year-old-latina-trounces-gop-incumbent-who-defended-trumps-sexual-assault/Democrats painted a wide portrait of victories on Election Day. From governor races to city council contests, a winning message resonated.
23-year-old Latina trounces GOP incumbent who defended Trump’s sexual assault
Crystal Murillo, Aurora's newest city council member
Murillo’s family moved to the United States two decades ago from Mexico. She became the first member of her family to graduate high school, and then college, earning a bachelors degree from the University of Denver.
She was inspired to run after Trump’s win last November, saying his electoral victory was the “catalyst” for her decision to get involved in politics.
“But the more I looked at my own city and my own community, the more I realized that there was a legitimate reason for me to run in Aurora,” she said. “Our city council is made up entirely of older, white council members… the community here isn’t reflected.”
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Signaling a burgeoning youth movement in local Democratic politics, 23-year-old Crystal Murillo won a seat on the traditionally conservative Aurora, Colorado, city council on Tuesday.
In the process, she ousted a Republican incumbent and fervent Donald Trump supporter.
Her win was part of a larger Democratic mosaic of victories that unfolded Tuesday across the country, as women in particular, and newcomers in general, secured victory after victory and sent a message to Donald Trump’s Republican Party.
Along with Murillos, Nicole Johnston and Allison Hiltz also secured victories in the Aurora race.
All three women are graduates of Emerge Colorado, which is part of a nationwide organization that trains Democratic women on how to launch successful political campaigns. Since it was founded in 2002, the group has trained more than 2,500 women across the country.
EMERGE AMERICA is sponsored by Hillary Clinton's ONWARD TOGETHER
https://emerge.ngpvanhost.com/sites/emerge/files/Onward Together-5.png
"The day after Election Day, I said that women and girls are “valuable and powerful and deserving of every chance and opportunity in the world.” I believe in that message more fiercely than ever. You are valuable and powerful. You are eminently qualified and capable. And I cannot wait to see how you use your unique gifts and skills to make your community, our country, and our world a better place."
You can do this,
Hillary
EMERGE AMERICA
https://emerge.ngpvanhost.com/home
What an amazing organization.
The training is lead by some of our absolutest finest.
The wins in Aurora Co by the 3 fine women is proof that "When Women Run, Women Win".
EMERGE AMERICA was the traing ground & support necessary for future political involvement.
Read the list of Staff also, these women are the best in the business. They have seen the political world inside & out.
Advisory Board:
https://emerge.ngpvanhost.com/about/board/advisory
(These women are in good hands)
Congrats to all women involved in defeating the old guys & the women who stand with such archaic ideals.
Thanks Hillary!
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I hope she can do great things for her constituents.
So proud of my Dems.
I'd read about Emerge before, and how wonderful that these three young women are now part of their local government. Love it!
Thanks for pointing this out, Wwcd. Here's another link to 2017 Emerge candidates, 236 of them, but it's not been updated to show who else won on Tuesday and earlier this year. There's also a long list of other Emerge candidates planning run in 2018 (!), but they really need volunteers to keep their growing list of victories front and center. 
https://emerge.ngpvanhost.com/alumnae
It is a professionally run NPO that began with a mission statement and set out to fulfill it. Like Angie's List and at one time Planned Parenthood, and many others.
Now, Indivisible was and is a true, remarkable grassroots phenomenon, with many differently run groups with different "personalities" and purposes springing up all over. I love that! Though the closest viable one and I would be an extremely poor fit, they've held together for most of a year now in a deep-red area, are pretty active, and have reportedly become notorious locally for their obnoxious and disruptive behavior. Almost everyone here is a trumpster, so the only thing I mind is that their boorishness is being touted as an example of how Democrats behave.
The future of successful politics will belong to the Democratic Party for organizing with the next generation of strong leaders we can rely on for a Society of Human Rights for All.
They are building America's future.
http://womenyoushouldknow.net/inspired-illustration-feminism-work-pays-tribute-pioneers-moved-womens-history-forward/
"The story of women’s struggle for equality belongs to no single feminist nor to any one organization but to the collective efforts of all who care about human rights.” – Gloria Steinem
Meet The 12 Women Of Feminism At Work
Read More at Link..GREAT & IMPORTANT READ
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The story at the link identifies the 12 women on the highrise & is a remarkable timeline of some of the greatest women who made a difference.
A proud read
Remarkable story.
You'll have to scroll down page a bit.
Because of your example they will know how to withstand "the slings and arrows of outrageous scorn." And they will be unafraid, undeterred, and unstoppable.
