Women’s Caucus
The elected caucus leaders have been meeting weekly since convention. Sarah Elgatian is the Vice Chairperson, from District 1, and Elizabeth, (Twink)Wearing is the SCC provisional person from District 3. There are currently 1, 155 Facebook members, 66 joining since convention. A new logo depicting the Statue of Liberty, intertwined with the Iowa Democratic Party logo was developed with assistance from IDP staff. It may be seen on the Facebook page, IA Women’s Caucus. The statue of Liberty was chosen, as she was female, and was given to the U.S. by the people of France after the Emancipation of the slaves. She has a broken shackle around her feet, representing Hope and Freedom. Twitter and Instagram pages have been established under Women of Iowa.
Educational/information sessions will be held via Zoom the third Thursday of every month at 8:00 P.M.
Topics and dates listed below:
July 21 Re-branding of Iowa Democratic Party
August 18 Abortion/Maternal Mortality Rate
September 15 Education-Public dollars for Public Schools
October 20 Constitutional Amendment regarding Guns
November 17 Queer basics
December 15 Rural caucus link, legislative proposals
We will be having Statewide candidates stopping into issue greetings and a campaign update during the informational sessions. House Democratic Leader, Jennifer Konfrst will be introducing Kelly Gibson at the July 21 session, followed by Deidre Dejear in August, and Mike Franken in September. Registration information available on Facebook page. We are searching for a woman from each of the 4 districts to be designated as the Women’s Caucus leader. To date, we have one representative from District 1. A long-term goal is to have a caucus leader from each of Iowa’s 99 counties. We will be using Amy Adams to teach how to successfully write letters to the editor during the month of August.
A theme we are creating is FINDING YOUR VOICE, USING YOUR VOICE.
Reported by Mary Weaver, Women’s Caucus Leader July 17, 2022.