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African-American Female Political Leaders Demand DNC Invest in Their Leadership

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African-American Female Political Leaders Demand DNC Invest in Their Leadership

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The Democratic Party relies on Black women to be the most consistent and engaged progressive constituency, but rarely supports their political leadership. A group of 27 Black female political advocates and leaders released an open letter demanding that Democratic National Committee (DNC) chairman Tom Perez stop taking them for granted.”We have voted and organized our communities with little support or investment from the Democratic party for voter mobilization efforts,” reads the letter, which was published by NBC BLK yesterday (May 24).

“We have shown how Black women lead, yet the party’s leadership, from Washington to the state parties, have few or no Black women in leadership. More and more, Black women are running for…

Please read original article African-American Female Political Leaders Demand DNC Invest in Their Leadership posted on Healthy Black Girls on 5 June 2017 | 5:51 pm —

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