Podcasts about emerge california

Today we welcome Christy Smith, the former Democratic Assemblymember for California's 38th Assembly District. Smith also ran three times for Congress, holding the record as the best performing Democratic candidate for the 25th/27th Congressional district, but ultimately losing those races to Republican Mike Garcia - once by less than 350 votes.  Today she is the Executive Director for Emerge California, the state's arm of the national organization that recruits and trains Democratic women to run for office. She spoke with us about the likelihood that the California Legislature will achieve gender parity in the near future, and about the unique challenges that face women candidates.Plus, we tell you Who Had the Worst Week in California Politics.1:03 Talk about Emerge California2:13 Gender parity?5:39 Is it hard to get women to run for office?9:06 Male candidates vs. female candidates10:26 What did you learn in running for office?15:28 How do biases against women play out for lawmakers?19:03 "You look like you belong in congress"19:49 The 2026 gov's race29:54 Who is going to win CA27 in November?31:20 WWCA: Plenty to choose fromWant to support the Capitol Weekly Podcast? Make your tax deductible donation here: capitolweekly.net/donations/ Capitol Weekly Podcast theme is "Pickin' My Way" by Eddie Lang "#WorstWeekCA" Beat provided by freebeats.io

rWotD Episode 2450: Kimberly Ellis Welcome to random Wiki of the Day where we read the summary of a random Wikipedia page every day.The random article for Thursday, 18 January 2024 is Kimberly Ellis.Kimberly Ellis is an American activist and was the Executive Director of Emerge California from 2010 until she ran for the Chair of the California Democratic Party in 2017. Ellis is considered a progressive Democrat and formerly served on the California Democratic Party Finance Committee and also on the California Democratic Party's African American Caucus as Recording Secretary. Ellis ran for the Chair of the California Democratic Party in 2017, losing to party insider Eric Bauman.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:56 UTC on Thursday, 18 January 2024.For the full current version of the article, see Kimberly Ellis on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Mastodon at @wikioftheday@masto.ai.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm Matthew Neural.

On the 1 year anniversary of the devastating US Supreme Court Dobbs decision, which overturned the constitutional right to an abortion, I have the honor to speak with Libby Schaaf, former two term mayor of Oakland and interim executive director of Emerge California. We discuss her journey to public office, why we need to elect more pro-choice women into all levels of government, and what it really means for women to "step into your own power". In this episode you'll learn: 2:20 - How Emerge California is nurturing the next generation of CA leaders 8:00 - How we fight back after the Dobbs decision 10:52 - If you're uncomfortable it means you're growing 14:44 - Don't agonize, organize 17:47 - How to breakthrough to reach legislators 22:19 - Set your sights on local office 28:42 - One last piece of advice Click here for video and to read the blog post EPISODE RESOURCES: https://ca.emergeamerica.org/ https://timothysnyder.org/on-tyranny

Only two Black women have ever been elected to the U.S. Senate. The most recent, Kamala Harris, left to become Vice President and the Senate now has no Black women again. Oakland's Barbara Lee, who is running for Sen. Dianne Feinstein's seat, could be the third in American history. But she faces the same obstacles as the other Black female candidates before her, including fundraising and being taken seriously by political insiders and the media. This hour we'll explore the barriers they face, and the quandary surrounding Gov. Gavin Newsom's pledge to name a Black woman to the Senate should Feinstein leave before her term ends. Guests: Shira Stein, Washington DC correspondent for the San Francisco Chronicle Aimee Allison, founder and president, She the People - a national organization dedicated to building the political power of women of color Kimberly Ellis, director of the San Francisco Department on the Status of Women - former executive director of Emerge California.

“Passing the Torch” will unite two current California leaders with two students who are positioned to be future leaders, for a thought-provoking conversation about identity, age and citizenship in an ever-changing California. This event will feature the vice chair of the California Democratic Party, Betty Yee, and interim executive director of Emerge California, Libby Schaaf, plus two incredible UC Berkeley student activists, Issabella Romo, a Latina organizer fighting back against attempts to silence minority communities in Florida, and Owen Knapper Jr., an African American activist working to make higher education more accessible to BIPOC and nontraditional students. The speakers will dive into how their backgrounds shaped them into the leaders they are today and their thoughts on the future of California, and the discussion will provide space for advice to flow both ways from this intergenerational panel. This event is part of the Creating Citizens Speaker Series at UC Berkeley, a partnership between The Commonwealth Club, the Associated Students of the University of California Vote Coalition, and the University of California National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement. The series gives UC Berkeley students and community members opportunities to listen to and ask questions of leading minds in politics, media and education as they learn how to become better, more involved citizens. NOTES This program is part of The Commonwealth Club's civics education initiative, Creating Citizens.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Local government is more impactful than most people may realize. Leaders in local government are able to fly high and change the world, but stay grounded enough to be able to see your impact and know the people your decision affect. Libby Schaaf, former mayor of Oakland, California is here today to talk about her time in local government leadership and how we can support and encourage other women to run for office. This week's episode 61 of How Women Inspire Podcast is about the value of local government and encouraging women to run for office! In this episode of How Women Inspire Podcast, Libby Schaaf is sharing the importance of leadership in local government and actionable steps you can take right now to support the women in your life taking on leadership roles!Libby Schaaf served as Mayor of her hometown Oakland, California from 2015 to 2023. Prior to being mayor, she worked as an attorney, a mayoral and legislative aide, public affairs director at the Port of Oakland, and Councilmember. Currently, Libby is the interim Executive Director of Emerge California, the nation's premier organization that recruits, trains, and provides a powerful network to Democratic women who want to run for office.Some of the talking points Julie and Libby go over in this episode include:How to deal with the constant criticism women face in the public eye.The importance of local government and how local politics makes a difference.Why women wait to run for office, and how to change that narrative.How to support the women in your life running for office or making other big waves.For more information and to connect with Emerge, check out their website at emergeamerica.org.Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, take a screenshot of the episode to post in your stories and tag me!  And don't forget to follow, rate, and review the podcast and tell me your key takeaways!Learn more about How Women Inspire at https://www.howwomenlead.com/podcast CONNECT WITH LIBBY SCHAAF:LinkedInTwitterCONNECT WITH JULIE CASTRO ABRAMS:LinkedIn - JulieHow Women LeadHow Women InvestHow Women GiveInstagram - HWLLinkedIn - HWLFacebook - HWLOnly 2.1% of venture capital went to women-founded companies in 2022. We are done waiting or fighting for a seat at the table—today, we are committing to build The New Table; women-funded, women-run. I invite you to invest in your power, don't wait—join The New Table today.

Melanie Ramil is a Filipina-American who participated in LEAP's Leadership in Action summer internship program as a student in 2005. She now runs Emerge California, an organization committed to helping women get elected to political offices. Melanie charts her journey from a LEAP internship to working for then-US Senator Kamala Harris and to advocating and empowering women to run for offices Melanie shares how she got her dream job and how butterfly effect was created in her career empowering her as well as others with a lasting impact to uplift other women.  As we close out this series, this episode shows how in empowering ourselves, we can empower and amplify the voice of others.  Melanie discusses the mentors and groups who helped her to overcome hardships and become an inspired and enthusiastic champion for minorities and women seeking personal and professional accomplishment.  She is a role model and strategist for women who may find themselves in a field dominated by men.

Melanie Ramil is Executive Director of Emerge California,  a non-profit organization that identifies and helps women and minorities in California be elected to public office. Emerge America was praised by Hillary Clinton as a group that has impressed her since the 2016 election at helping get Democrats elected to officeRamil is a superstar in her field and has dedicated her career to ensuring that institutions embrace and reflect the diversity of the constituencies they serve.  Melanie has led and won multiple statewide campaigns, including the one for United States Senator Kamala Harris.In this conversation Melanie opened up about her journey to embrace her Filipina identity.  Nina and Melanie also riffed on what kind of VP Harris will be and how her leadership will transform the role.  We also made some distinctions between identity politics and discussed why it really matters to have more women in office.  ResourcesAnd She Could Be Next: A Documentary Emerge California Nina Simonds CoachingMelanie's Story on NPR's Race Card Project  

Molly Watson is the Senior Development Manager for Courage California, a graduate of Emerge California, and a Board member for the Black Women's Democratic Club of California.   The daughter of a Haitian immigrant and a hippie from down south,  she came back to Southern California after 7 years in Brooklyn, NY.  In this episode Molly and I talked about her experiences growing up bi-racial in Huntington Beach .   We also talked about her work holding our elected officials accountable and how to stay involved post election.  

The We Know Weho team is making the rounds and getting to know the candidates who are in the running for City Council seats this upcoming November and interview Noemi Torres in this week's episode. Noemi is dedicated to helping lift people out of poverty and out of homelessness and has volunteered with Project Angel Food for sixteen years as well as the Downtown Women's Center, RED EYE, and the Skid Row Carnival of Love. She also served on the board of Ascencia, a local organization that has provided services and affordable housing to homeless individuals and families since 2006. In 2014, Noemi became involved in the City of West Hollywood's Women's Advisory Board, supporting women's rights, pay equity, and advocacy for women. In 2017, she was appointed to the Public Facilities Commission by West Hollywood Mayor Lindsey Horvath. Because of her volunteer work and advocacy with numerous community organizations, Noemi was named Woman of the Year in 2017 by Congressman Adam Schiff. La Boheme is the hot topic in this week's Food and Fashion segment with the entire town talking about the new charming outdoor patio that has been constructed in the valet lot and a happy hour that serves amazing bites for a great value all 7 days a week starting at 5pm! There is also a review of the newly opened GGet (Go Get Em Tiger) coffee shop on the corner of Harper and Santa Monica as Tracy gives her food critic review of the breakfast burrito and the tasty flaky creamy Bun Bun. In Health & Wellness Lauren and Noemi compare notes on their favorite West Hollywood IV Drip locations Hydration Room and Nergy Boost. And they all discuss their thoughts on an outdoor hair salon concept and find out where you can get an outdoor pedicure! Show Links: Noemi Torres https://noemi4weho.com/ Project Angel Food https://www.angelfood.org/ Downtown Women's Center https://downtownwomenscenter.org/ Emerge California https://ca.emergeamerica.org/ Asencia https://www.ascenciaca.org/ The Den https://www.thedenonsunset.com/ La Boheme West Hollywood http://www.globaldiningca.com/laboheme/ Go Get Em Tiger (Gget) https://gget.com/locations/ Hydration Room https://thehydrationroom.com/locations/west-hollywood/ Hamburger Mary's https://www.hamburgermarys.com/weho/

2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote, so we’re running a Q&A series this year called “The Women in Charge,” focusing on California women who are doing groundbreaking things in policy and politics, both here in the Golden State and around the nation. Because it’s also an Election Year, we’re going to talk with the women in charge of getting other women inspired to run for political office, funding them so they can go the distance, and training them so they’ll succeed. California is home to innovative organizations that are getting more women elected and appointed to top spots on local, state and national levels. * California Women Lead is the state's first, and still only, nonpartisan organization that encourages and mentors women to run for office or apply for an appointment at the state or local level. * Emerge California is a top training program for Democratic women who want to run for office (graduates include Eleni Kounalakis, California’s first female Lieutenant Governor, San Francisco Mayor London Breed and Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf). * Fund Her, the first political action committee focused on electing progressive women, provides that badly-needed financial support to ensure their candidates are well-positioned to win. * And Ignite goes all the way down to the K-12 grade level to train young women who want to become the next generation of political leaders. Join us for a conversation with some inspiring political leaders in California who know how to maneuver through the political world, and teach other women how to navigate successfully, too. PANELISTS * Esmeralda Cortez Rosales, West Coast program manager for Ignite National * Samantha Farmer-Helton, chief political strategist for Fund Her, and deputy political director for Consumer Attorneys of California * Lindsey Nitta, executive director of California Women Lead * Melanie Ramil, executive director of Emerge California PODCAST PLAY BY PLAY * O to 5 min - Intro to California Groundbreakers, and the reason for this specific event * 5:10 min - Panelists introduce themselves, and highlight particular California women in politics who have inspired them * 11:15 min - How California Women Lead gets more women appointed and elected around the state * 15 min - How Emerge California picks women to train, and how it trains them * 19:50 min - How Fund Her is getting women candidates to be better fundraisers and get connected to more donors with deep pockets * 23:05 min - How Ignite is training young women to be future political leaders * 30:45 min - Women typically haven't run for office unless they've been asked to -- is that changing? * 35:40 min - What skill sets do women need to run for office in 2020? * 39:55 min - What skills women need to raise money to run their campaigns * 46:20 min - How each of the panelists' organizations are funded * 52:15 min - Do you need to be a "yes man" as a woman climbing the political career ladder? * 57:25 min - How college students can explore career opportunities in the political world * 1 hr, 40 sec - How high schoolers can start thinking about getting involved in politics * 1 hr, 6:35 min - The pros and cons of social media for women running for office * 1 hr, 10:15 min - How do you balance the "likeability" factor with "being real" while running for office? * 1 h, 13:30 min - Lessons learned from the six female Democrats who ran for the Presidential nomination this year Photo credit: Ignite National

Sabrina Ashjian is the newly-appointed California state director for the Humane Society of the United States. Prior to that she served as the Chairperson for the Cannabis Control Appeals Panel, after being appointed by Governor Brown in 2018. She was a consumer fraud & environmental crimes prosecutor, pursuing cases against companies for predatory practices and environmental harms. While in this role she handled cases of illegal hunting and poaching and was the recipient of the “Prosecutor of the Year” award from the California Department of Fish & Wildlife. She began her career as a public defender, serving in juvenile and adult courts as well as restorative programs. Sabrina received a Presidential Academic Scholarship to attend George Washington University, graduating cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in business administration and a secondary field in English. She holds a master’s degree from the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Journalism and a JD/MBA from Pepperdine University. She is admitted to practice law in California, New York, and in the United States Supreme Court. She serves on the statewide non-profit boards of National Women’s Political Caucus of California, California Women Lawyers, Emerge California, and California Lawyers Association Environmental Section Executive Committee. In addition to this statewide work, she is on the regional non-profit boards of Central California Legal Services, Inc., Philanthropy Inspired by the Needs of our Community (PINC), the Fresno County Bar Association, and Fresno County Women Lawyers. She is co-chair of California Women Lawyers Gender Equity Task Force and participates on Emerge California’s Central Valley Advisory Team. She is a member of the Armenian Bar Association and Environmental Law Institute. She lives in Fresno with her husband, Sean Brunton, and their rescue dog, Remington (Remy).  

Nina Turner explores strength with activist and Executive Director of Emerge California, Kimberly Ellis. Plus an encouraging word about how to harness your own strength and stories from the streets about what it means to be strong.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Patt Morrison talks with Maimuna Syed, executive director of Emerge California, about how the organization prepares women to run for office.

Six years ago, Malia Cohen was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, the legislative branch of the City’s local government. She represents the southeast corner of San Francisco, District 10, home to more than 70,000 constituents living in neighborhoods like Bayview Hunters Point, Potrero Hill, Dogpatch and Visitacion Valley. District 10 also served as home to Malia, who grew up in the area she now represents. In her job Malia also serves as county supervisor (as San Francisco is both a city and a county). Her job is simple, yet complex: Solve problems. One of those problems? Along with her other 10 elected colleagues, determine who gets how much of San Francisco’s $9 billion budget. Malia also serves as chair of the Board of Supervisors Land Use and Transportation Committee, as vice chair of the San Francisco Employee Retirement System, as a member of the Board of Supervisors Rules Committee and on the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board. During her tenure she’s spearheaded efforts to develop policies and legislation that provides improved transparency with limited services pregnancy centers, regulated background checks by employers and affordable housing providers, led homeownership investment for San Francisco’s middle class and also authored ordinances for firearm regulation. TOPICS DISCUSSED IN TODAY'S SHOW: A Moment Like This: The moment (in third grade!) when Malia just knew she was meant to work in public service. What Running In A Political Campaign Feels Like: “You kind of have to be tough about it,” she says, “and I would encourage any woman that is interested in running for office to definitely not talk herself out of it.” Political Warm-Up: Malia discusses her involvement in Emerge California, an organization she discovered in 2003 while working on the first mayoral campaign for Gavin Newsom. She credits the organization, which helps women who identify as Democrat with a crash course in politics, for helping her get her start. Discipline And Delayed Gratification: Find out how this instilled philosophy applies to where Malia is now. Yes, You CAN Get Involved: “I don’t want people to get caught up in, ‘I don’t have the education. I don’t have the background, or the connections or the network. Or, I don’t have the pedigree.’ I mean I don’t come from any of that. I don’t come from a wealthy family. I don’t come from a well-connected political family in San Francisco. I am a woman of color that really worked hard developed a strategy early on and really implemented the strategy.” Kitchen Cabinet: Why you need a strong advisory board. Cross-Industry Career Advice: “You can’t be afraid to ask questions.” On Women In Politics: “We need to lift as we climb,” Malia says. On Legacy: Malia hopes to be remembered for her time serving as Supervisor as being fair, compassionate, approachable and extremely thoughtful – a person who did not shy away from conflict, fear or intimidation. On Twitter: Follow her @MaliaCohen.