Accomplishments

The DWPAC was organized as a registered Political Action Committee in the state of Indiana in January 2004. The First Friday breakfast meetings began! Raising money for candidates and endorsing pro-choice progressive women had its start.

The organization founders were Regina Moore, Susan Sandberg, Lois Sabo-Skelton, and Pam Huggins.

From 2004-2010 the DWPAC has raised and given candidates a total of about $50,000! Traditionally the Caucus has two major fundraisers a year. In March the Caucus plans an event to celebrate Women's History month and in August the Caucus have planns an event near August 18th to celebrate the 19th amendment giving women the right to vote. The admentment was passed by Congress June 4, 1919, and ratified on August 18, 1920.

Special Events    Fundraisers   Elections  Breakfasts    Luncheons    Training    Other 

SPECIAL EVENTS

September 2007- BREAKFAST WITH KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL!

September 2007 the DWPAC sponsored a speckal breakfast featuring Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor of The Nation.

Katrina vanden Heuvel has been The Nation's editor since 1995 and its publisher since 2005. She is also a weekly columnist for WashingtonPost.com, she is a frequent commentator on American and international politics on MSNBC, CNN, ABC and PBS and public radio. Her articles have appeared in the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times and the Boston Globe.

She is the co-editor of Taking Back America--And Taking Down The Radical Right (NationBooks, 2004) and, most recently, editor of The Dictionary of Republicanisms, (NationBooks, 2005) She is also co-editor (with Stephen F. Cohen) of Voices of Glasnost: Interviews with Gorbachev's Reformers (Norton, 1989) and editor of The Nation: 1865-1990, and the collection A Just Response: The Nation on Terrorism, Democracy and September 11, 2001.

She is a frequent commentator on American and international politics on MSNBC, CNN and PBS. Her articles have appeared in The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times and The Boston Globe.

Her weblog for thenation.com is "Editor's Cut." http://www.thenation.com/blogs/edcut She is a recipient of Planned Parenthood's Maggie Award for her article, "Right-to-Lifers Hit Russia." The special issue she conceived and edited, "Gorbachev's Soviet Union," was awarded New York University's 1988 Olive Branch Award. Vanden Heuvel was also co- editor of Vyi i Myi, a Russianlanguage feminist newsletter.

She has received awards for public service from numerous groups, including The Liberty Hill Foundation, The Correctional Association and The Association for American-Russian Women. In 2003, she received the New York Civil Liberties Union's Callaway Prize for the Defense of the Right of Privacy. She is also the recipient of The American- Arab Anti-discrimination Committee's 2003 "Voices of Peace" award. Vanden Heuvel is a member of The Council on Foreign Relations, and she also serves on the board of The Institute for Women's Policy Research, The Institute for Policy Studies, The World Policy Institute, The Correctional Association of New York and The Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute. She is a summa cum laude graduate of Princeton University, and she lives in New York City with her husband and daughter

FUNDRAISERS

July 25, 2004 - FUND THE RUN

July 25, 2004 - First Fundraiser - "Fund the Run" A reception at Tortilla Flat on North Walnut Street.

Pictured are Kerry Conway, Lois Sabo-Skelton, Mary Mahern, Susan Sandberg and Pam Huggins.

August 28, 2005 - WOMEN'S EQUALITY DAY

August 28, 2005 the DWPAC held a dinner at the Phi Delta Kappa International Headquarters. The featured speaker was Congresswomen Julia Carson.

The 'warm up act' for Congresswoman Carson will be our own WomenSpeak Readers Theater. Susan Sandberg has written a wonderful tribute to our foremothers showcasing some of the words of suffragists and other women (and men) advocating for women's full participation in government. Come hear the words of Susan B. Anthony (Dee Owens), Lucretia Mott (Kate Cruikshank), Sojourner Truth (Val Haughton),

Carrie Chapman Catt (Margaret Joseph) along with their later counterparts Shirley Chisholm (Vi Taliaferro), Barbara Jordan (Doris Sims) and Margaret Sanger (Charlotte Zietlow) read by women of this community. All this interspersed with music by Lois Sabo-Skelton and a visual presentation created specially for this occasion by Sarah Sandberg. Those who have attended the read-through's so far have been deeply moved by the words, and you will, too.

Dinner and hors d'oeuvres will be served by Middleway Foodworks.

March 26, 2006 - MUSIC AND FRIENDS AT THE PUB

March 26 2006 - The DWPAC held a fundraiser at the Players' Pub.

Our friends at Players Pub on South Walnut have agreed to allow us to have a fundraiser for the caucus PAC at their pub on Sunday, March 26th in the late afternoon. Music, good food, good friends and a good cause. Members are the servers, and tips are being donated to the DWPAC. Local musicians are volunteering their talents.

Performers are Rachel Caswell, Janice Jaffee and Monika Herzig - local well known women with incredible voices. Lisa Loew is a young voice major at Indiana University who is eager to make a difference with her support of the caucus. If you haven't heard Lois Sabo-Skelton make her violin tear at your heartstrings, you have missed an incredible experience. If you've never heard city councilmen Chris Gaal and Andy Ruff sing and play together, you've again, missed a local musical treat. We end with Hambone and Doc (yes, one of our local pediatricians!) locals who are anxious to entertain those supporters of Democratic women.

August 26, 2006 - WOMEN'S EQUALITY DAY

August 26, 2006 the DWPAC held their annual Equality Day Dinner at the Phi Delta Kappa Internatinal Headquarters. The featured speaker was Betty Cockrum President and CEO of Indiana Planned Parenthood.

Pictured are State Senator Vi Simpson, Betty Cockrum, and Charlotte Zietlow.

March 25,2007 - MUSIC AND FRIENDS AT THE PUB

March 5, 2007 - The DWPAC held a fundraiser at the Players' Pub.Once again this year we are fortunate that the folks at Player’s Pub are willing to open on a Sunday evening to help us raise funds to help our mission. The Pub has great food and is a comfortable place to spend a couple of hours with friends! Dinner, great music, wonderfully Democratic associations and to do your part in helping the caucus to increase the number of women involved in the political process!!

August 24, 2007 - WOMEN INSPIRE

August 24, 2007 the annual Equality Day Dinner held at the Phi Delta Kappa International Headquarters. The featured speaker was Governor candidate and former Indiana Congresswoman Jill Long Thompson.

Jill Lynette Long Thompson, a Representative from Indiana; born in Warsaw, Kosciusko County, Ind., July 15, 1952; graduated from Columbia City Joint High School, Columbia City, Ind.; B.S., Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Ind., 1974; M.B.A., Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind., 1978; Ph.D., Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind., 1984; assistant instructor and lecturer, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1977-1980; assistant professor Valparaiso University, 1981-1986, 1987-1988; adjunct professor, Indiana University/Purdue University-Fort Wayne, 1987-1989; member, Valparaiso, Ind., city council, 1984-1986; business consultant; unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1986; unsuccessful candidate for election to the One Hundred First Congress in 1988; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred First Congress by special election to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative Daniel Ray Coats; reelected to the two succeeding Congresses (March 28, 1989-January 3, 1995); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Fourth Congress in 1994; fellow at the Institute of Politics, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; Cambridge, Mass.; business executive; Under Secretary for Rural Economic and Community Development, Department of Agriculture, 1995-2001; unsuccessful candidate for election to the One Hundred Eighth Congress in 2002.

March 30, 2008 - ALL ABOARD FOR CHANGE!

Sunday, March 30, 2007 4:00-7:00 pm Democratic Women's Caucus fundraiser "All Aboard for Change!" Jazz at the Station, 825 N. Walnut St

This is a fundraiser to help fund the caucus in helping women become more involved in the political sphere…. in working for campaigns, in running for office, in bringing in speakers and presenting programs to inspire and encourage the participation of progressive pro-choice women in politics. We’ll have several "celebrity" servers, and frankly, Regina says she'll pay double to have Mayor Mark Kruzan bring me some munchies and a nice glass of wine! This is an all ages venue, so bring your daughters, sons, and younger friends, too "Engineer" Jean Sebeok and "Conductor" Mary Norman have assembled a wonderful cast of musicians,(Jazz Pianist Monika Herzig, Vocalist Janiece Jaffee and Ron Kadish (on bass) and Bob Stright, on vibraphone) in addition to the "celebrity" servers for the cause!

The event was hosted by Cheryl Underwood and Chef Matt O'Neal. Complimentary Hors d'Oeuvres by Chef Matt O'Neal, Celebrity servers, and a cash bar.

August 22, 2008 -EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN, EXTRAORDINARY VOICES!!

AUGUST 22, 2008 - Annual Equality Day Dinner - Special Guest is Ann Delaney, author of Politics for Dummies, former candidate for Indiana Attorney General, former Indiana Democratic Party Chair and that's just for starters!

We were entertained by the African American Choral Ensemble from IU,directed by Keith McCutchen.

March 2, 2009 - Silpada Jewerly Sale

March 2nd after work, come by "Affairs of the Sun" on 4th Street and see Laurie's collection of Silpada sterling silver jewelry. There's something for everyone in this collection with low and moderately priced earrings, bracelets, necklaces and belts. Laurie has generously offered the caucus her share of the profits on any sales that night. We’ll have some snacks, and a cash bar, with a few more surprises, too. The particulars are:Fundraiser for the Fundraiser hosted by Laurie Eynon and Regina Moore.

March 28, 2009 - PEARLS, POLITICS, AND POWER HOW WOMEN CAN WIN AND LEAD

March 28, 2009 - March Fundraiser held at the University Club and the Tudor Room. A reception for Govenor Kunin and book signing, Pearls, Politics, & Power How Women Can Win and Lead

Dinner followed in the Tudor Room with the music group Kaia performing.

Madeleine May Kunin (born September 28, 1933) is a Swiss-American diplomat and politician. She was the 77th Governor of Vermont from 1985 until 1991, as a member of the Democratic Party. She also served as United States Ambassador to Switzerland from 1996 to 1999. She was Vermont's first and, to date, only female governor as well as the first Jewish governor of Vermont. She was also the first Jewish woman to be elected governor of a U.S. state.

August 24, 2009 - CELEBRATING 90 YEARS OF WOMEN VOTING

August 24 2009 Equality Day Dinner - Celebrating 90 Years of Women Voting. The fundraiser was held at the Bloomington Country Club. Sophia Travis and Friends provided entertainment for the event and Oviva Orenstein was the featured speaker.

Professor Orenstein writes and teaches in the area of evidence. Her current scholarship examines special evidence rules that allow prosecutors to introduce evidence of a defendant's prior sexual offenses in rape and child molestation cases.

Orenstein teaches Civil Procedure and Family Law and has in the recent past taught Legal Profession, and Children and the Law. In 2000-2001, she directed the Child Advocacy Clinic, supervising law students who serve as guardian ad litem for children in contested-custody cases. She has served as a court-appointed special advocate for abused and neglected children and currently does pro bono work in the local family court. In 2004-05, she was a fellow at the Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions, where she now participates in a seminar on "The Ethics and Politics of Childhood."

Orenstein founded and supervises an Outreach for Legal Literacy, a program through which law students teach constitutional law and civics to local fifth-graders. She has written and produced a number of plays on legal and ethical questions used for the professional development of law students and the local bar.

March 23, 2010 -

March 2010 - Rise Up Women - March fundraiser at Terry's Catering and Banquets. Kate Coyne-McCoy Emily's List trainer was the featured speaker.

Kate Coyne-McCoy serves as a regional director for EMILY's List, the largest political action network in the United States. Ms. Coyne-McCoy has trained over 2500 women in 32 states, and directly assisted with the campaigns and successful elections of more than 100 women. In 2000, Ms. Coyne-McCoy sought the Democratic nomination for Congress in Rhode Island's second congressional district. Her campaign raised $750,000 and was endorsed by more than 30 national groups, including EMILY's List, NARAL and the National Women's Political Caucus. Ms. Coyne-McCoy holds a Bachelor's degree in Social Work from Providence College and a Masters in Social Work from Rhode Island College. In addition to her work for EMILY's List, Ms. Coyne-McCoy recently accepted a Fellowship at Harvard University.

August 22, 2010 - OLD FASHIONED PICNIC

August 22. 2010 - Old Fashioned Picnic held at the Pic-a-Chic Farm on Rockport Rd. Our Women's Equality Day Picnic - an old-fashioned, family-fun event to raise funds for our candidates - will be held Sunday, August 22, from 2-6pm! Wait until you see the fun for the kids - young and old alike - including games, races, pies, cakes, quilts, lace, croquet, and more, all to help us recreate the era when the voting amendment for women was passed. Photos with a donkey or on a fire truck; a cupcake walk for the kids; and maybe a few surprises – all are waiting for you there!

March 27, 2011 - WOMENSPEAK

The Democratic Women's Caucus will host a performance of Women Speak Theater on Sunday, March 27th @ 3pm. The event is a celebration of Women's History Month - and history comes to life! Susan Sandberg collected inspiring words from great women in history for this wonderful event. Please plan to attend.... and please send us an email to dwcannouncements@gmail.com if you can help us plan the event! The event will take place at the Bloomington Playwrights Project Theater (107 West 9th Street). Tickets are $30 and include both the performance and a reception, featuring savories and sweets from The Bakery Girl! Lynn Schwartzberg is the Bakery Girl! Please join us for our spring fundraiser - the proceeds will benefit endorsed candidates!

DWPAC March Fundraiser - March 27, 2011 at the BPP Theater. Located at: 107 West 9th Street Bloomington, IN 47404

LUNCHEONS

Lunch Meeting Januay 2004 - The last regular lunch meeting before the regular First Friday Breakfasts started.

Peggy Welch and Vi Simpson spoke on Problems with Running as a Woman, the Role of Women in Politics

March 2, 2004 - Special Lunch

The lunch held at the Affairs of the Sun located on 4th Street. A report from Women's Institute given by Tomi Allison to support new women candidates - Mary Ellen Diekhoff, Sophia Travis, Sandy Newmann, and Iris Kiesling The event was free: sponsored by Mark Kruzan, Peggy Welch, Matt Pierce and Vi Simpson.

After Election Lunch

May 6, 2004 the DWPAC held a Friday Lunch after the the 2004 May Primary Election

August 1, 2007

Friday, November 9, 2007 - JOIN US FOR A CELEBRATORY LUNCH ON FRIDAY!!

We just can’t wait another month to get together and celebrate or commiserate together about the election, to reflect on our actions and listen to each other about our Election Day experiences, we’ve planned another post election lunch. Details:the Grazie Italian Eatery, back room Noon til about 1 pm Price is $12 for three salads, bread and beverage. Bar items are extra. We’ll have someone collecting your $$ at the door to facilitate payments. Salads are their house salad, a grilled chicken salad and insalata caprese (fresh tomatoes, basil, mozzarella with olive oil & balsamic glaze). No matter whether our candidates win or lose, we need to be together!

FEBRUARY 18, 2008 PRESIDENT'S DAY LUNCHEON

Guest Speaker: Dr. Suzanna Walters, Chair, I.U.'s Gender Studies Departmen "Is America ready for a woman president" This special event is cosponsored by I.U.'s Women's Student Association, I.U. Democrats, Planned Parenthood and the Democratic Women's Caucus Location: Indiana Memorial Union Solarium (through Alumni Hall

June 18, 2009 - WOMEN IN POLITICS AND THE MEDI

Special Lunch - WOMEN IN POLITICS AND THE MEDIA

Speaker: Mary Dieter

On Friday, June 18, 2009, the DWC has a special luncheon planned that will focus on women and media. Our special speaker wasMary Dieter, a name familiar to many of us who read her daily columns in the Louisville Courier Journal for many years. Mary was more recently communications and press secretary for Governor Frank O'Bannon and covered that incredibly difficult job after he died in office in 2003. Mary is the President of MED Communications LLC, which focuses on writing and editing consultancy in the Indy area. She and her husband, Tim McClure, recently published a crime novel set in Indianapolis; it is called The McNaughton Rule.

The lunch was catered by Affairs of the Sun and held at Depot on Morton Street.

OCTOBER 11, 2009! - CAMPAIGN FORUM AND LUNCH

The Campaign Forum lunch starts at noon on Sunday, September 20th at Affairs of the Sun Catering on 4th Street (across from WFHB) that will focus on women in the electoral and/or political process. This forum will examine the problems that women encounter in making the decision to run for office, getting the experience to do so, and issues in coordinating a campaign team, There is limited seating at this FREE lunch, so if you are considering a run for election in 2010.If you think you might want to run in the next city election, now's the time to prepare. If you are interested in helping recruit women and help them become candidates, this forum should help you give them the tools they need to get started. (Re-scheduled from September 9, 2009.)

Follow up from the October lunch:
On Sunday afternoon, October 11th, 38 women gathered for a lunch and forum on women in politics. A discussion of obstacles to women's participation in politics was followed by presentations of former candidates, campaign managers, and advisors. Attendees ranged in spectrum from teens to, well, older (!) women, from the experienced present and past office holders to political novices, to activists that now want to turn their passion into public service. At the end of the program, brainstorming provided the group with ideas for continued training, resources that need to be developed, and an interest in future sessions.

March 25, 2011

Special Lunch with Kate Michelman

On FRIDAY MARCH 25th, 11:30 AM to (approximately) 1:00 PM at the Lodge (101 E. 6th St.), you are invited to lunch with Kate Michelman! Ticket price for lunch is $18. Seats are limited, so reserve yours today!

For nearly 20 years, Kate Michelman served as President of NARAL Pro-Choice America, catapulting the organization to prominence as the nation's premier reproductive rights group. Under Kate's leadership, NARAL Pro-Choice America transformed the political debate and positioned a woman's freedom to choose as a fundamental American liberty.

Kate has worked closely with -- and her counsel has been sought by -- many of the most powerful leaders in America, from Senators to Cabinet Secretaries to Presidents. She successfully implemented grassroots and grasstops strategies to promote a political agenda to keep abortion legal while making it less necessary. She built NARAL Pro-Choice America into a dominant force in electoral politics at the state and federal levels. Vanity Fair Magazine named Kate one of America's 200 Women Legends. Washingtonian magazine named Michelman one of the capital's 100 most powerful women. The Hill named her one of the top grassroots/non-profit lobbyists. Fortune Magazine described NARAL Pro-Choice America under Kate's leadership as "one of the top 10 advocacy groups in America."

Early in her professional career, Michelman was a specialist in early childhood development, with a particular emphasis on developmentally disabled children. Building on her work with special-needs children in rural Pennsylvania on the edge of Appalachia, she developed a model multi-disciplinary diagnostic treatment program for developmentally disabled preschool children and their families that now serves as a model across the nation. Michelman, who first honed her organizing skills in the civil-rights movement, became concerned about reproductive freedom after her own humiliating experience with a pre-Roe v. Wade abortion in 1970, which required her to obtain the consent of the husband who had deserted their family as well as a hospital panel comprised entirely of men.

Prior to joining NARAL Pro-Choice America in 1985, Michelman was executive director of Planned Parenthood in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where she expanded the range of reproductive health services available in the area. She also trained medical students and residents in child development as a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Pennsylvania State University School of Medicine.

TRAINING

July 22 - 23 2005 - Campaign Training Event

July 2005 the Caucus brought Emily's List Political Opportunity Program (POP)to Bloomington.

EMILY  =   "Early  Money   Is  Like  Yeast"

September 24, 2005 -LOCAL TRAINING SESSION FOR DWC WOMEN

As a follow up to the Emily's List POP training, the DWC will be conducting a campaign program for women who think they may want to run for office in the near future and women who want to understand that process more fully so that they can support and help women run for office. We have a training room reserved at the Phi Delta Kappa International Headquarters on Union Street. . The Emily's List training is not required for participating in this campaign program.

SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 2007, POLITICAL TRAINING 101

Our Director of Training, Charlotte Zietlow, and her committee have planned a political training for women that will be held on Saturday, March 3^rd from 9am-noon at the PDK International Center on Union Street

We'll cover some of the basics of the political world, take some of the mystery out of campaign plans, and have some fun at the same time. These political training sessions are specially planned for women who have not had a lot of experience in the political scene, but are of benefit to every woman who wants to run for office in the future, or see a friend run for office. Come to find out just what it means to be someone's campaign chair, campaign manager, treasurer, or communications director really means! Dress comfortably, come by 8:30 for coffee, bring a three-ring notebook. Bring a friend that you hope to see run for office one day!

April 1, 2007

Local Training at PDK

MAY 12 & 13, 2007- MORE POLITICAL TRAINING!

The Democracy for Monroe County has arranged to have a two-day political grassroots training here in Bloomington over the May 12^th and ¹³th weekend. They've asked the DWC to help sponsor the training, and we're happy to do so.

At the DFA Training Academy, experienced campaign professionals will cover practical strategies and tactics including communications, fundraising, voter targeting, online organizing, and building a sustainable grassroots movement. We design the program so you can go out and use the skills you learn right away.

The training requires a pre-registration and costs $60 per participant. You can get more information on this training and sign up on-line at the link below. The training is being advertised throughout Indiana and the Midwest, and there will be many participants attending!

January 2008

Candidates 101

NOVEMBER 8, 2009 - CAMPAIGN 101 CIRCUIT TRAINING

CAMPAIGN 101 CIRCUIT TRAINING!! NOVEMBER 8 AT 1 PM In keeping with the DWCaucus of inspiring, recruiting, training, funding and supporting women in pursuit of political participation, we will be holding a continuation of our lunch/forum/training program on Sunday, November 8th. This session is for any woman who is planning to run for political office next year, or the year after, or sometime in the future, or any woman who wants to work on a political campaign, or any woman who just wants to know what all this hoopla is all about!

We'll be doing more in depth message development (like what do you do after you complete the message box?), viability and how it’s determined, budgeting, campaign plans, developing a campaign team and finding the right people to help campaigns, fundraising, and a bit about the campaign 'necessities.'

January 17, 2010 - FOLLOW-UP TRAINING

Our candidate follow-up training is now scheduled for January 17, 2010, from noon until no later than 3pm, at the Lodge, 101 E 6th Street. We will cover campaign plans, budgets, how to develop a message and stay on that message, forming a campaign team to help and the specific roles of that campaign team, fundraising and more. If you are considering a run for office and would like to learn more nuts and bolts, please consider attending. If you think you might like to help a woman run for election in 2010, please come and you might find a candidate that you’d like to help. The DWC is committed to making sure women are smart and effective campaigners

A report from the "Follow-up" Traning: Twenty very interested and motivated women got together for a Campaign Circuit Training Session. We went through 6 stations in small groups to learn about campaign plans, budgets, message development and media relations, campaign teams and how they can help a candidate, printed materials, and viability. Candidates were given some direction, volunteers hooked up with women they want to support, and really good discussions took place about the upcoming election and the campaign and election process in general. Thank you to the steering committee members who worked on materials and presentations: Susan Sandberg, Jill Jolliff, Charlotte Zietlow, Lu Cregar, Merridee LaMantia, Julie Thomas, Jillian Kinzie, Dee Owens and Regina Moore. It is of great importance to the Caucus that women work smart and present the best of campaigns in pursuit of our mission to increase the number of elected women in public service. We hope that we made a good dent in that work at this session.

ELECTIONS

2004 - US President,US Congress,State House,State Senate,County,Township Elections

The candidates the Caucus endorsed in the 2004 election all enjoyed overwhelming victories! They are:

• Iris Kiesling (Monroe County Commissioner)
  
• Sandy Newmann (Monroe County Auditor)
  
• Sophia Travis (Monroe County Councilwomen-At-Large)

2006-Mid-term, US Senate, State House, State Senate County, Township Elections

2006 Endorsed Candidates Win!

• Nancy Brinegar, (Bloomington Township Trustee)
  
• Teresa Harper, (Monroe County Judge, Division 8)
  
• *Valeri Haughton, Monroe (County Judge, Division 5)
  
• *Jill Lesh, (County Council District 4)
  
• Barbara McKinney, (Bloomington Township Board)
  
• Cheryl Munson, (Indian Creek Township Board)
  
• Judy Sharp, (Monroe County Assessor)
  
• Barbara Sturbaum, (Perry Township Board)
  * Have a Primary opponent

Valeri Haughton defeated former Monroe County Prosecutor Bob Miller and attorney Alphonso Manns in the May primary but lost in the general election to Republican Francie Hill. Jill Lesh defeated Bill Hayden in the May election and had no opponent in the November general election.

2007 - City Election

2007 - 3 of the 4 2007 Endorsed Candidates in the City Elections Win!

• Regina Moore (City Clerk)
• Susan Sandberg (City Council at large)
• Isabel Piedmont (City Council D-5)
• Jillian Kinzie (City Coucil D-2) lost by 4 votes!

2008 - US President,US Congress,State House, State Senate, County, Township Elections

2008 Candidates who asked for endorsment:

• Clearwater Gretchen Clearwater Gretchen Congress Distict 9
• Cure Elizabeth A. Cure Elizabeth Monroe Circuit Judge, Seat IX
• Gerstman Amy Gerstman Amy Monroe County Auditor
• Harvey Holly M. Harvey Holly Monroe Circuit Judge,
• Haughton Valeri Haughton Valeri Monroe Circuit Judge, Seat IV
• Heerdink Malloy Regina Malloy Regina Monroe County Treasurer
• Kiesling Iris Kiesling Iris Monroe County Commissioners, Dist. 4
• Newmann Sandy Newmann Sandy Monroe County Auditor
• Smith Cathy Smith Cathy Monroe County Treasurer
• Thomas Julie Thomas Julie Monroe County Council, At large (vote for 3)
• Travis Sophia Travis Sophia Monroe County Commissioners, Dist. 3

The following candidates the DWPAC endorsed and 4 of the 5 won their race.:

• Julie Thomas (County Council at Large)
• Valeri Haughton (Monroe Circuit Judge, Seat IV)
• Cure Elizabeth A. Cure Elizabeth (Monroe Circuit Judge, Seat IX)
• Cathy Smith (Monroe County Treasurer)
• Sandy Newmann(Monroe County Auditor)was defeated by Amy Gerstman in the November general election.

2010 - Mid-Term, US Senate, County, Township Elections

2010 - candidates who asked for endorsment and were endorsed:

• *Linda Robbins (Monroe County Clerk)
• Cheryl Munson (County Council District 2)
• *Linda Sievers (Bloomington Township Trustee)
• *Barb Sturbaum(Perry Township Board)
• *Vicky Sorensen (Indian Creek Trustee)
• Meri Reinhold (Indian Creek Township Board) (tie vote broken by IC Township vote)
• *Amy Swain(Indian Creek Township Board)
• Lucretia Cregar(Clear Creek Township Board)
• Kyla Cox(Richland Township Board)
• Pamela J. Davidaon (Richland Township Board)
  * Five of the ten endorsed candidates were elected:

BREAKFASTS

6/1/04 School board candidates; sophia and sandy

7/1/04 Fundraising and FriendRaising: We're Ready to Rock and "Role" Strategies from the Emily's List Training and a report by Dee owens from a recent Move-On.org training in Washington DC.

8/1/04 Seasoned Campainers: Tales from the Trenches Problems encountered by women candidates running on our ballot Vi simpson, Charlotte Zietlow, Iris Kiesling

9/1/04 "Meet the Press: helping local candidates field questions that you think the press will ask"

11/1/04 Sharing the local wins, sharing the national losses

12/1/04 "Cathi Crabtree - Study on Women in Monroe Co. and City politics Chris Sautter visits with recount information"

1/1/05 listening:

2/1/05 Sophia Travis: What I did in my campaign; steering committee bylaws

3/1/05  

4/1/05 Janet Stavropolous, Vi Simpson and Susan Rinne; Medicaid issues

5/1/05 "Heather Reynolds, Dave Rollo, Danise Alano: the New Sustainablity Commission"

6/1/05 "County Government and the Women Who Run It! Iris, Sophia, Nemann, Sharp"

7/1/05 "Townships – Who are they and why are they there??? Nancy Brinegar. Barbara McKinney, Cheryl Munson

8/1/05 Julie Thomas and Cathi Crabtree about a seminar they recently attended on media. Dee Owens recently attended a Take Back America training and she will also share her experiences

9/1/05  

10/1/05 School Board – A Good Place to Start Lois Sabo-Skelton

11/1/05 ELECTION 2006—One Year Out.

12/1/05 The Supremes! Stop! In the name of Gov. The Supreme Court with Catherine Stafford, Terry Harper and Val Haughton

1/1/06  

2/1/06 Liz Feitl, Toby Strout, John Clower - Pay Equity

3/1/06 Lawrence Mayor Deborah Cantwell

4/1/06 Endorsed Candidates speak

5/1/06  

6/1/06

7/1/06 Cindy Hoffman-- Electronic Voting, Voter fraud

8/1/06 Judge Candidates Val Haughton & Terry Harper

9/1/06 "Who are these folks? Related Democratic Groups; Communities United, Democracy for America (Rosemary Hart), We the People (Andy Ruff)"

10/1/06 "DNC FOLKS AS GUESTS / Local candidates & Judy Anderson for State Auditor"

11/1/06

12/1/06 Vi Simpson reports / Election Reflections

1/1/07 Rob and Karen Stone: Hoosiers for a Common Sense Health Care

2/1/07 Isabel, Susan and Regina Speak on their candidacies

3/1/07 What is the Status of Women in Indiana, Charlotte, Cathi, Toby

4/1/07 Kaylee from WSA reported on DC training.

5/1/07 Susan Sandberg and Jill Lesh… what I learned when I ran.

6/1/07  

7/1/07 The Women of City Hall, Susan Clark, Danise Alano, Maria Heslin,

8/1/07 Citizen's Academy & Youth Academy - Vickie Provine & Jo Stong

9/1/07 Katrina Vanden Heuvel from the Nation

10/1/07 Verify the Vote -- Tomi Allison and Cindy Hoffman

11/1/07

12/1/07 Women Candidates Speak/ Jillian updates us on RECOUNT

1/1/07

2/1/08 Pam Warren/Carole Scifres/Gretchen Clearwater CANCELLED

3/1/08 Allida Black

4/1/08 Endorsed Candidates speak

5/1/08 Vi Simpson/ Betsy Myers

6/1/08 Listening Session when Pence didn't come.

7/1/08 Linda Pence candidate for Indiana Attorney General

8/1/08  

9/1/08 Vi Simpson talks about the Demcratic National Convention

10/1/08 endorsed candiates speak. School board

11/1/08 by-laws vote

12/1/08 Election of SC/ Ravay Smith and Anna Strand

1/1/09 readings from Pearls, Power, Politics by Madeline Kunin

2/1/09

3/1/09

4/1/09 state legislaturew Peggy Welch

5/1/09

6/1/09 ENDORSEMENT POLICY REVIEW

7/1/09 Summer Reading List

8/1/09  

9/1/09

10/1/09 vote on endorsement policy

11/1/09 lobbying for health care reform Jan Ellis and Lorraine Farrell WAND/WiLL 2009 National Conference:

12/1/09 Election of 1/2 ssteering committee

1/1/10 SNOW DAY

2/1/10 Women in Color in Public Service

3/1/10 women candidates speak / endorsement votes

4/1/10 Young Women in the Political Process, Whitney Pierle, AnnElyse Gibbons, Cathi Crabtree- update on status

5/1/10 Women;s Rights/Women in Government Lara Weaver

OTHER

2/1/04 Democratic Women's Institute in INDY

5/1/05 Attended 9th District meeing to present DWC format to State Party

8/1/05 "Regina & Sophia Sponsor Iron Jawed Angels at MCPL / WOMENSPEAK on the Road to French Lick"

9/1/05 WOMENSPEAK on SRO on WFHB

10/1/05 Sponsored a repeat discussion involving the whole Democratic party

12/1/05 "Members attended Supreme Court Moch Appeal of Roe V.Wade Revisited. / Caucus Elects Susan Sandberg, DWC organizes setup/refreshments"

1/1/06 Rally for Women's Lives @ Showers Plaza

2/1/06 WOMENSPEAK at the LODGE for ARTs WEEK

3/1/06 WomenSpeak at MCPL; Cathi Crabtree & Regina Moore present Political Involvment at 1st Women's Leadership Development Seminar; exhibited at WHM Lunch

4/1/06 ENDORSEMENTS ANNOUNCED/ attended Camp Bayh in INDY

5/1/06 POINT OF SALE Campaign

8/1/06 One on One Letter Writing for TERRY & VAL

9/1/06 Planned Elect'em Both Mailer for Val and Terry/ bought bulk mail permit

10/1/06 How to Vote session with WSA

12/1/06 Tea with WSA students

Sunday, February 26, 2006 at the LODGE (101 E. 6th Street, Upstairs) and Tuesday, March 28th at the Monroe Public Library Auditorium.

The WomenSpeak Reader's Theater was created for our 85th anniversary celebration of Women's Suffrage last August. It was a program that included your friends and colleagues reading excerpts from speeches given by women through history, music, photos, all wrapped up in a Ken Burn's type production. Those who saw it in August thought it was truly amazing. Producer Susan Sandberg narrates us through women's history for a performance that is truly unique and inspirational. When you hear the words of Barbara Jordan, Susan B. Anthony, Shirley Chisholm, Eleanor Roosevelt read by your friends you'll be especially moved by the work women have done in the struggle for voting rights and human rights.

Bring your friends, mothers, sisters, daughters, husbands, boyfriends, sons! The February performance will be part of the community celebration of ArtsWeek. The March program will be part of Women's History Month celebrations in the community.

1/1/07 Pelosi Palooza with WSA students

4/1/07 Bayh @Lilly Library with Kate Cruicshank and Dinner

6/1/07 Retreat at Day Mortuary Family Room

7/1/07 KINZIE CAUCUS; Sponsor of Debbie Wasserman Schultz for party JJ Dinner

8/1/07 Susan Sandberg speaks at Women Inspire

9/1/07 ANNOUNCE ENDORSEMENTS

11/1/07 Hosting of Jill Long Thompson @ Tutto Bene by some members.

1/1/08 Carole Scifres attends Hillary Training in Chicago/Members Heather Cohee and Linda Sievers elected in caucus to Trusteeships

February 5, 2008- Democratic Women's Day at the Statehouse with Senator Vi Simpson

8/1/08 Call to Action co sponsored w/ Planned Parenthood

9/1/08 sponsored JJ with Debbie Wasserman-Shultz of FLA

3/1/09 Breakfast with Kunin - "brainstorming"

sponsor WHM Lunch table"

8/1/09 sponsored JJ with Jan Schakowsky of ILL

12/1/09 Dee, Merridee, Susan, and Regina went to Vincennes to meet Patty Avery, Tammy Barnett, and Susan Helfrich from the Evansville DW Caucus

3/1/10 sponsor WHM Lunch