Activist, author urges women to lean into\u00a0politics<\/a><\/p>\nAs you know, women get involved in running for office, and otherwise engage in public leadership, because they care about issues. Consequently, the book explains how women can achieve their issue goals by becoming politically influential. It’s a step-by-step guide and includes a substantial resource section.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n
DD<\/strong>: If someone doesn\u2019t want to run for office, yet wants to make a difference in terms of social justice, what can they do?<\/p>\nRS<\/strong>: It\u2019s for women who want to be public leaders for the public good, in whatever political capacity, e.g., elected, appointed, running an organization or campaign, or as an issue advocate or donor. There is no other inspirational practical guide for such women that is evocative of the lives of women of differing ethnic, racial and class backgrounds, who aren’t already famous–from the Upper East Side to a Delta shack, “from Mississippi to Manhattan,” as I say in my intro.<\/p>\nDD<\/strong>: You\u2019ve talked about your passion for reproductive autonomy and economic security for women. With all the recent attacks on women\u2019s reproductive rights and the fight still going on for equal pay, what are some concrete steps people can take on these issues?<\/p>\nRS<\/strong>: I recommend that every woman who cares about women’s reproductive autonomy and economic security join and financially support organizations that promote these goals; become an activist on these issues; support women candidates who support these issues; and make sure to speaks out, e.g. in the local newspaper, online, etc., about the importance of securing these rights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A step by step guide on how women can achieve their issue goals by becoming politically influential.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":7432,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[48,83],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/lilith.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/6829406809_d2386c4aa7.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdW3k2-1VH","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lilith.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7421"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lilith.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lilith.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lilith.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lilith.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7421"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lilith.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7565,"href":"https:\/\/lilith.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7421\/revisions\/7565"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lilith.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lilith.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lilith.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lilith.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}