Virtual- Power Hour Series XIII: The Matriots/Shiloh & Brigin
Tue, May 05
|Women of Toledo's Zoom
We invite you to join our virtual power hour series and continue to find opportunity to be empowered. For this session our partner's organization - The Matriots, Shiloh & Brigin will be sharing their insight why 'the more we engage, the more we achieve'.
Time & Location
May 05, 2020, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Women of Toledo's Zoom
About the event
We invite you to join our virtual power hour series and continue to find opportunity to be empowered by participating.
Participation Equals Representation - Why We Need More Women in Politics!
The more we engage, the more we achieve. Research shows a clear correlation between American women’s political giving and their representation in elected office. But the research also shows that women lag drastically behind men in political giving. In 2010, women made up just 26% of the political contributions to national candidates, PACs, and party committees, according to She Should Run and the Center for Responsive Politics.
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