| Abbreviation | RWB |
|---|---|
| Formation | 2019 |
| Founder | Katie Paris |
| Type | 501(c)(4) with independent political action committee |
| Purpose | political mobilization |
| Headquarters | Ohio |
| Subsidiaries |
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| Website | redwine |
Red Wine & Blue(RWB) is a 501(c)(4) organization founded by Katie Paris after the 2018 midterm election. Operating out of suburban swing districts in the United States, RWB engages women at a grassroots level and drives media narratives to better reflect issues faced by the "everyday woman". [1]
The organization manages a weekly podcast "The Suburban Women Problem", [2] a 215,000-member Facebook group, SWEEP (Suburban Women Engaged, Empowered, and Pissed), and publishes a weekly newsletter, The Sip. [3] [4]
Red Wine & Blue began its organizing efforts in 2019 with a plan to engage “concerned but unconnected” suburban voters in local races across Ohio. [5] Paris told Buzzfeed News at the time that the group was using these local campaigns to build a roadmap for Democrats to win back Ohio in the 2020 presidential election.
By 2020, a dozen groups in 12 suburban Ohio counties joined the Red Wine & Blue network, and the group began to hold in-person rallies. [6] They also hosted Facebook Live conversations with Ohio Congressional candidates and participated in a friend-to-friend texting program to turn out the vote. [7]
Red Wine & Blue continued their organizing in Ohio following the 2020 elections. In 2021, the group held a read-in at the State Board of Education to counterprotest an anti-critical race theory demonstration, [8] and called on Ohio REALTORS to stop financially supporting Republican state lawmakers that backed a legislative ban on teaching "divisive concepts" in K–12 schools. [9]
The same year, Red Wine & Blue announced its intended expansion in Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin while still maintaining a presence in its headquarters state. [10]