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MARCH 13, 2025
Join us for community, connection, and meaningful action TONIGHT at Wine, Chocolate & Choice 2025!
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Wine, Chocolate & Choice is happening TONIGHT, and it’s not too late to purchase your tickets!
At Wine, Chocolate & Choice, gather in community with others who are passionate about pro-choice politics and reproductive justice. Learn more about Women Winning’s political programs, and hear from powerful pro-choice champions like Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan and Minneapolis Mayoral Candidate Emily Koski!
Wine, Chocolate, and Choice 2025
Thursday, March 13th, 2025
The Whim, 655 19th Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN 55418
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Thank you to our generous sponsors!
Gold
Joanne & Dave Kamper
Champion
Kate Bryant, Traci Esades, Lorrie Janatopoulos, Kate Mortenson, Lockridge Grindal Nauen PLLP, Planned Parenthood Action Fund, Vote Run Lead Action
Advocate
Kate Agnew, Cynthia Bauerly, Tracy Fischman, Mary Fisher, NewPublica, Katherine Murphy, Lori Ryan, Jaime Tincher, Sherry Sanchez Tibbetts, Sandra Shirek, SeeBotRun, Boriana Strzok & 5ive, Women's Foundation of Minnesota
Grassroots
Carol E. Ball, Carrie Carroll, Molly Coleman, Lauren Gilchrist, County Commissioner Laurie Halverson, Kathy Heltzer, Ellen Hertz, Melissa Hettmann, Mary McKinley, Holly Kragthorpe Shirley, Alana Peterson, Pro-Choice Minnesota, Cassandra Rohlik, Aaron Rosell, Ally Schuman, Betsy Sitkoff, Stephani Tikalsky, Susan Thompson, Liz Young
Ambassador
Sen. Liz Boldon, Rep. Sydney Jordan, City Council Member Saura Jost, County Commissioner Tara Jebens-Singh, Rep. Athena Hollins, City Council Member Katie Cashman, Sen. Mary Kunesh, Rep. Tina Liebling, Sen. Lindsey Port, Sen. Ann Johnson Stewart, City Council Member LaTrisha Vetaw
Thank you to our partners!
The Whim, Margo & Co, Chopped & Served, Marla Olivia Photography, Zipp's, Vote Run Lead Action, Planned Parenthood Minnesota South Dakota Action Fund, GenderJustice, Pro-Choice Minnesota, NewPublica, Lockridge Grindal Nauen PLLP, Chocolat Celeste, SeeBotRun
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Join us for the final event in our 2025 Candidate Training Series!
[[link removed]] Join Women Winning for the final event in our Candidate Training Series as we gear up for 2025 and beyond!
At our Advanced Candidate Training, we’ll dig deeper to get the lowdown on logistics, insights, and must-knows for a successful campaign!
Join us on Saturday, March 29th in St. Paul!
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Applications for Women Winning’s 2025 PLOT cohort are NOW OPEN!
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The Women Winning Political Leaders of Tomorrow (PLOT) Training Program is designed to help you acquire the tools and connections needed to be a political leader in Minnesota. PLOT serves as an entry point for energized, pro-choice Minnesotans who are interested in a career in politics, especially those who have not yet volunteered or worked on a campaign.
PLOT invests in the next generation of political strategists, volunteers, and candidates in Minnesota through education and training. The Women Winning team supports and develops PLOT participants throughout the program by providing:
- In-depth training in campaign communication, fundraising, fieldwork, and strategy
- Professional development and networking opportunities
- Personalized check-ins and problem-solving coaching
Applications are now open and will be reviewed on a first-come-first-served basis! Apply today below for best priority!
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Democrats win Minnesota state House special election, setting up shared control of the chamber
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Democrats won a Minnesota state House special election Tuesday night, The Associated Press projected, restoring a tie in the chamber and ending a monthslong power struggle in the Legislature.
The win in the reliably Democratic 40B state House district, in the northern suburbs of St. Paul, means that control of the chamber will be tied, with Democrats and Republicans each holding 67 seats — and that a power-sharing arrangement the two parties reached in February is likely to continue.
The special election was scheduled after a state court ruled that the Democrat who’d won the race in the district in November, Curtis Johnson, had failed to meet residency requirements and couldn't be seated. (Johnson defeated Wikstrom in November.) Johnson’s exit had given Republicans a temporary one-seat majority in the state House.
Gottfried’s win prevents Republicans from being able to more robustly counter Democratic priorities in the state government, with the Democratic Party holding the governorship and a narrow one-seat majority in the Senate.
Tuesday’s special election is the latest chapter in an unusual drama in Minnesota legislative politics that has included a Democratic walkout that turned into a weekslong boycott of the legislative session, as well as the court ruling that kept the seat empty for months.
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Trump DOJ's limits on FACE Act enforcement fuel concern from abortion providers
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One morning in late August 2021, Phebe Brandt was attending to patients at a Planned Parenthood facility in Philadelphia, where she works as a nurse practitioner, when someone at the front desk told her a man had barricaded himself in one of the bathrooms. Just a few minutes later, everyone was ordered to evacuate the building.
Federal prosecutors filed a lawsuit against Connolly under the FACE Act, or the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act. The law prohibits threat of force, obstruction and property damage meant to interfere with reproductive health care services, including abortion. The federal government's civil case sought to impose financial penalties on Connolly and deter future disruptive actions by him at abortion clinics.
The lawsuit was one of several the Justice Department brought during the Biden administration as it sought to protect access to reproductive health care. In the past six weeks, the Trump administration has moved to undo all of that.
The Justice Department's new leaders say past enforcement of the FACE Act is "the prototypical example" of what they say is the weaponization of law enforcement against conservatives.
Instead, the Justice Department now says it will no longer enforce violations of the statute, except in extraordinary circumstances — such as cases involving death or serious property damage.
The department also has dropped three pending FACE Act cases, including the one against Connolly. President Trump, meanwhile, pardoned 23 people convicted under the FACE Act.
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📌 Outfront Minnesota Community Care Night: A guided discussion on ways that you can engage in the current tumultuous and fast-paced political landscape
* Date: Tuesday, March 18
* Time: 6:30 - 8:30 PM
* Location: Metta Coffee Cafe, 215 E Main St, Anoka, MN 55303
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📌 Planned Parenthood Action Fund: Spring Into Action
* Date: Tuesday, April 22
* Time: 5:30 - 8 PM
* Location: Machine Shop, 300 2nd St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414
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📌 Abortion Access Community Resources from OurJustice
* From locating a clinic to finding childcare or transportation, we know it can be overwhelming to arrange everything necessary to access an abortion. Women Winning partner, OurJustice, has collected lists of community resources and services so that it’s easier to get the care you need.
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