"It's really about centering the visibility of survivors, that we are not victims, that we are survivors. That our voices will be heard and our stories will not be ignored, and our votes will be counted," said Me Too CEO Dani Ayers.
The new campaign created by journalist Anita Kopacz, aims to help disenfranchised groups dealing with sexual trauma.
(Politics365) – Keeping with his penchant for polemic flare and independent style, the Rev. State Sen. James Meeks abruptly pulled out of his quixotic bid for Mayor of Chicago. The move comes after a confluence of events pulled the firebrand Illinois state legislator into the hot burn of a spotlight, something he is no stranger […]
(Chicago Tribune) — Seizing on a message she used two decades ago in her historic run for the U.S. Senate, Carol Moseley Braun announced Saturday she was running for Chicago mayor to be a voice for the unheard and an advocate for the underrepresented. “This great city can’t survive if some Chicagoans are treated like […]
(NYT) — As Rahm Emanuel and a host of others consider campaigns to replace Mayor Richard M. Daley, they must reckon with a key issue: how to mount a successful citywide effort without the political machine that propelled Mr. Daley successfully through six mayoral elections. For Mr. Emanuel, the White House chief of staff, it may be […]
(NYT) — Andrew M. Cuomo faces discontent among black elected officials and community leaders who say Mr. Cuomo has ignored them during his campaign for governor and is offering black New Yorkers little reason to rally to his cause, endangering his prospects for November. In interviews, the officials raised numerous concerns about Mr. Cuomo, the state […]
(NYT) — It seemed to be the defining narrative of the 2009 elections in New York City: a billionaire mayor pouring $108 million of his own money into a re-election bid and undermining the fairness of the city’s publicly funded campaign finance system. But the most detailed examination of that election to date tells a […]
(Washington Examiner) — The largest straw poll for the 2010 election for D.C. mayor was in Ward 4 last night (Wed., Aug. 4, 2010) in Northwest. Over 1,000 supporters and voters turned out proving the contest between incumbent Adrian Fenty and Chairman Vincent Gray is becoming highly contentious. A rambunctious crowd ignited the evening but […]
(Washington Examiner) — In the battle of paid campaign advertisements, D.C. Council Chairman and mayoral hopeful Vince Gray isn’t getting the word out as well as his better-funded rival, Mayor Adrian Fenty, advertising experts said. Gray released his first advertisement on “urban” Washington radio stations Tuesday morning, nearly a month after Fenty released the first […]
(Mashable) — The Old Spice guy just took his and other websites. Regular fans got video responses, but the Old Spice guy also smartly targeted social media-savvy celebrities and bloggers to get the word out and achieve viral status.