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Former leaders of Emerge Colorado start new training program for women in politics
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There’s a new candidate training program in town. Emerge Colorado spent 10 years as the state’s premier training and recruitment organization seeking to get Democratic women elected into public office. But earlier this month, the national affiliate Emerge America cut ties with its Colorado chapter amid accusations of mismanagement. Now, some of the former leaders…
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Michal Rosenoer to lead Emerge Colorado in training Democratic women
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Michal L. Rosenoer is the new executive director for Emerge Colorado, the state’s largest training organization for Democratic women considering public office. “Women will make history in this year’s midterm elections,” Norma Ruth Ryan, the interim chair for its Board of Directors, said in a statement. “There are more women running for office in 2018…
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Q&A with Karen Middleton: It all comes down to equal treatment for the sexes
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The #MeToo movement must seem like déjà vu to Karen Middleton. The former state lawmaker, longtime education policy wonk, self-described “fierce feminist” – and nowadays, point person for abortion-rights advocacy in Colorado – took her seat in the legislature a decade ago in the wake of the Capitol’s last big sexual-misconduct scandal. It was her…
