The new seven-member Saint Paul City Council team was inaugurated at a ceremony on January 9 that included comments from Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan, a land acknowledgement by Maggie Lorenz about making real change to restorative rights for Indigenous lands, a spoken word performance by Muna Abdulahi, and a Hmong dance troupe.

The ceremony filled the Ordway Theater in Saint Paul with residents, advocates, family, and friends excited about celebrating an historic occasion — commemorating that an all-woman team, majority women of color, and all under the age of 40, were stepping into city leadership.

Join Women Winning THIS WEEKEND for the next event in our Training Series as we gear up for 2024!  Learn more about running for elected office and get the lowdown on logistics, insights, and must-knows for a successful campaign!

Mark your calendars for THIS Saturday, January 20th where we’ll connect on Zoom! 

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Women Winning is seeking an energetic, innovative, and politically savvy individual with a passion for Women Winning’s mission to serve as the 2024 Political Leaders of Tomorrow (PLOT) Coordinator! The PLOT Coordinator will work to organize, implement, and manage the PLOT Training Program and its participants throughout the spring and summer of 2024. This role is a part time, contracted position–about 10 hours per week on average–starting in February and ending in August 2024. 

To apply, send your resume and cover letter to [email protected] by January 29th.

After coming up short at the Capitol for more than a decade, backers of a Minnesota equal rights amendment view 2024 as their moment. Ahead of the 2024 legislative session, they’re tweaking a proposed addition to Minnesota’s Constitution to address new concerns around equality. That has meant explicitly spelling out rights to pregnancy and pregnancy outcomes. The result could yield the most expansive equal rights policy in the country. 

Abortion patients in Iowa are currently facing the prospect of an extreme six-week abortion ban going into effect. While on the campaign trail during the lead up to the Iowa Caucuses, the current Republican candidates for President have made it clear they will go further to pass a national abortion ban. These candidates have already published plans to stop people in all 50 states from accessing medication abortion, without the help of Congress or the courts. 

Less than a week into the new year, a federal appeals court has already issued a pernicious new decision in a Texas abortion case, setting the stage for the far-right’s escalating assault on reproductive rights in 2024. The conservative 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday that Texas hospitals are not obligated to perform abortions to stabilize a pregnant patient facing a medical emergency. With a similar Idaho case under reconsideration by the 9th Circuit, the rulings tee up a Supreme Court battle on the question of emergency abortion care.

- Team Women Winning