John,

Congratulations to Emerge’s Seated Together Class of 2024. The third cohort just graduated 11 trailblazing Black women from across the country. Let’s celebrate them! 🎉

This is a critical moment in our democracy, and it is empowering to see the next generation of leadership ready to win this November!

Seated Together is Emerge’s advanced candidate leadership program specifically for Black women elected officials who aspire to run for higher office. The program was co-founded by Congresswoman Emilia Sykes (OH-13) and Colorado state Rep. Leslie Herod. Just last week, our third Seated Together cohort graduated and we gathered in Washington, DC to celebrate at our annual Level Up event.

The 2024 class included:

Representative Rhetta Andrews Bowers, Texas, House District 113
Representative Morgan Cephas, Pennsylvania, House District 192
Senator Merika Coleman, Alabama, District 19, Chair Alabama Legislative Black Caucus
Representative Gina H. Curry, Pennsylvania, Legislative District 164
Trustee Erica Gilmore, Tennessee, Metropolitan Trustee of Nashville & Davidson County
Senator Sonya Halpern, Georgia, Senate District 39
Representative Annie E. McDaniel, South Carolina, House District 41
Council President LaMonica McIver, New Jersey, Council Member, Central Ward, Newark and Democratic nominee for New Jersey’s 10th Congressional District
Senator Elizabeth “Liz” Miranda, Massachusetts, Second Suffolk District
Mayor Talisha Searcy, Maryland, Takoma Park
Assemblymember Lori Wilson, California, Assembly District 11

At Emerge, we're committed now more than ever to empowering bold Democratic women to lead and defeat the GOP's dangerous agenda in 2024 and beyond. But we urgently need your support to train our next cohort, so can we count on you to contribute $10 or more today?

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Together, we can make a difference!

Brianna Carmen
Political Director, Emerge

Emerge is the largest network of Democratic women elected officials and candidates. Vice President Kamala Harris is the original Emerge woman. Now at the top of the Democratic ticket, this is our biggest opportunity to make a huge impact and elect the first woman President and even more Democratic women up and down the ballot! Will you make a recurring contribution today to help us recruit, train, and empower more Democratic women?

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