Emerge America

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Emerge America
Formation2002
Headquarters San Francisco, California
President
A’shanti Gholar
Website https://emergeamerica.org

Emerge America is a non-profit national political organization based in San Francisco with the mission to increase the number of Democratic women leaders from diverse backgrounds in public office through recruitment, training and providing a powerful network. [1]

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Background

Andrea Dew Steele co-founded the original affiliate, Emerge California, [2] which was formed in 2002. Under Steele's leadership, Emerge was expanded nationwide in 2005. [3] Steele resigned from her position in May 2019. [4]

Emerge America added affiliates in 6 states in its first year and by the 2016 presidential election, it had affiliates in 23 states. The organization's strategy is to have affiliates in all 50 states by 2020. [1] [5] Steele says the initial aim is for women to achieve 30% representation for women in government, noting evidence suggests this level passes a critical mass to effectively enact institutional change. [5] Emerge America has had 4,000 graduates, of which more 690 have been elected and are currently serving a political office, as of October 2018. [6]

A’shanti Gholar, the Political Director, said enrollment has increased across the board since the 2016 presidential election, and some classes have seen attendance almost double. [7] Overall, Emerge has seen an 87% increase in the number of applications since the 2016 election. [8] Gholar notes that at the end of 2017, there were 427 women running for a position in the U.S. Congress, compared to 219 women running at the same time in 2015. [7] The organization advised Naquetta Ricks during her successful campaign in 2020 for the Colorado House of Representatives. [9]

Reception

Hillary Clinton has praised the group as an organization helping to elect Democrats since the 2016 election by using coaching on public speaking, fundraising, networking, and ethical leadership. [10] [11] [12]

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