It is not enough to resist federal rollbacks and devastating new policies. On November 7th we have the opportunity to push our progressive agenda at home, by voting. Because these elections matter, PowHerNY is hosting a local version of our successful campaign, PowHer The Vote. Each week through Election Day on November 7th, we take on a different issue important to our community. Hear from guest bloggers, join us online each Thursday from 1-2PM, and arm yourself with questions for candidates.

Mayors, City Council members and other municipal officials can forward or thwart our issues, but fewer than 25% of voters participate in choosing these elected officials. We need to change that! We need to PowHer The Vote!

Guest blogs:

• Three Facts About Reproductive Health in New York Your Representatives Should Know, Katherine Bodde (NYCLU)
• The Gender and Culture Wars: Reproductive Health, Donna Seymour (AAUW)
• Local Elections Matter for Reproductive Health Access, Elizabeth Adams (PPNYC)
• A Call to Action for Immigrant Rights (Carlene Pinto/ The New York Immigration Coalition
• The Dreamers Are Caught in a Political Nightmare (Donna Seymour/ AAUW NYS)
• Ending Violence Against Women Starts With Who We Choose to Lead Us (Jennifer Becker/ Legal Momentum)
• Starting Local: Changing the Future of Domestic Violence Protections (Saima Anjam/New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence)
• Responding to Title IX Rollbacks by the DeVos Department of Education (Donna Seymour/ AAUW NYS)
• Steps to Preventing Sexual Violence From Community Education to Legislation (Selena Bennett-Chambers, New York State Coalition Against Sexual Assault)
• America’s Epidemic of Gun Violence (Donna Seymour/ AAUW NYS)
• The Child Care Crises by Donna Seymour (AAUW-NYS)
• Promoting Equity and Mobility of Children and Parents by Jennifer March (Citizens’ Committee for Children of New York)
• Local Electeds Should Lead on Child Care by Blue Carreker (Citizen Action of New York and Empire State Campaign for Child Care )
• To Build a State of Opportunity for Working Families, New York Must Invest in Child Care by Gregory Brender (Winning Beginning NY)
• Don’t Forget To Turn Over Your Ballot on Nov. 7th! by Donna Seymour, AAUW-NYS
• The Opportunity of a New York Constitutional Convention by Jennifer Wilson, League of Women Voters New York
• A Constitutional Convention Puts Women’s Rights at Risk by Erika Lorshbough, Legislative Counsel, New York Civil Liberties Union
• Why Voting “Yes” Will Secure Rights and Protections for New Yorkers by Priscilla Grim, Citizens Union
• The “Con” in Constitutional Convention by Jordan Marks, New Yorkers Against Corruption
• The Gift of Fear by Jazz Minista of New York People’s Convention
• Here’s Why You Should VOTE NO to a Constitutional Convention (United University Professions)
• Should New York Hold a State Constitutional Convention? [A PowHer New York Poll]
• Holding Government Officials Accountable for Enforcing Equal Pay for Equal Work and Racial Discrimination Laws (Arthur Cheliotes, CWA 1180)
• Equal Pay – What Can We Do Now? (Jane Pendergast, AAUW-NYS)
• We’ve Still Got a Long Way to Go, Baby, When it Comes to Economic Justice for Women (Donna Seymour, AAUW-NYS)
• This Election Day, Fight for Fair Wages & Better Jobs (Sarah Brafman, A Better Balance)
• Will New York Have One Fair Wage? (Catherine Barnett, ROC-NY)