In Which I Attend The New Hampshire Women’s Caucus And End The Day Inspired And Hungry

Mon, Nov 14 – by Ruth Graham. Last Saturday, I left home at 7:30 in the morning to spend the day contemplating the future of women’s issues in my state, the nation, and the world. Luckily there was coffee. The occasion was the New Hampshire Women’s Caucus, a daylong conference on women’s issues and policy priorities. Since New Hampshire hosts the country’s first presidential primary, it receives tons...

Announcement of the 2011 New Hampshire Women’s Caucus Platform Nov. 12, 2011, at Sawyer Center Theatre

“We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; that to secure these rights governments are instituted, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.” These words come from the Declaration of Sentiments, the result of...

Engagement and Action for Positive Change

Tools for Change from the 2011 New Hampshire Women’s Caucus The New Hampshire Women’s Caucus featured a panel that discussed strategies and resources for bringing about social change. The panel included Editor Jeff Feingold and Southern New Hampshire University Social Media Director Karlyn Morissette on traditional and new media; Executive Director of the Albert Einstein Institution Jamila Raqib and...

We’re Talking about American Values: Liberty, Equality, Justice

Leading Issues at the 2011 New HampshireWomen’s Caucus The New Hampshire Women’s Caucus, which took place on Nov. 12, 2011, at Colby-Sawyer College, began with opening remarks by Ann McLane Kuster, a public policy advocate and community activist, who called for more women in leadership roles in the U.S. Congress and on Wall Street. “Women bring a special sensibility to these areas; we’ve held...