African American Women on the Hill Network

Join us in wishing Congresswoman Maxine Waters a Happy Birthday!

Congratulations to Jocelyn Moore who has been named the NFL's new executive vice president of communications and public affairs!
https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl-promotes-jocelyn-moore-top-212511459.html

NFL promotes Jocelyn Moore to top communications role The NFL has been looking for a new executive vice president of communications and public affairs since Joe Lockhart announced he was leaving in January, and now the league has found Lockhart’s replacement within its own office. Jocelyn Moore has been promoted to the executive vice president of com...

“Use your place at the table. Everybody’s always saying they want a place at the table and then they act like everyone else and they mind their table manners. Bring your experiences to bear on the questions that are asked. Find the nerve to say the things that have to be said, even when it’s hard.”

Mae Jemison on Choosing to be an Astronaut—or a Dancer Dr. Mae Jemison, the first African American woman to go on such a mission, revealed details about her 1992 Space Shuttle Endeavor stash to a riveted mostly black audience gathered at SAP’s San Francisco headquarters Friday night.

Congratulations, Kay! The Heritage Foundation's Kay Coles James makes POLITICO's of Women to Watch: https://www.politico.com/interactives/2018/politico-power-list-women-to-watch/kay-coles-james/

Kay Coles James - POLITICO Playbook Power List POLITICO Playbook Power List - Here are the women to watch from around the globe who are at the forefront of politics and policy.

“I had many people telling me that I wouldn’t be able to ever get a job here and it would be impossible because I wanted to wear my hair natural, I went to an HBCU, and I am a black woman.”

One small step for racial diversity on Capitol Hill A study in 2015 found less than 1 percent of top Senate staffers are African American. The number has barely gone up since then.

Join us in wishing Congresswoman Gwen S. Moore a Happy Birthday!

A Record 309 Women Are Running For Seats In The House (And 1,103 Men) The number of women running for Congress has jumped sharply this year. So has the number of men.

“Black women have long gone above and beyond the call of duty in their contributions to American civic society, particularly when it comes to voter turnout and political participation." - U.S. Senator Kamala Harris

https://www.essence.com/news/dream-deferred-conference-black-women

Her Dream Deferred: Black Women Convene In D.C. To Explore Our Status In America The third annual conference looks at substantive analysis on the status of black women and girls in the United States.

Black women staffers and the members they work for have been knuckling up for daily warfare to implement the good they believe in, protect what they know is right, and build a sister circle of support well-articulated for action.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/kzx7bn/how-black-women-on-capitol-hill-are-dealing-with-trump

How Black Women on Capitol Hill Are Dealing with Trump With white supremacists rising under a right-wing president, black women in the halls of power are looking out for each other and the causes they care about.

“I want to make the people who invested in me proud, whether it’s my parents, my teachers, my friends, my family — my ancestors who I’ve never known, but I know I stand on their shoulders in getting to this spot."

http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/lobbyist-profiles/379219-new-kid-on-the-tech-block

New kid on the tech block Alyssa Betz’s personal “oath” on her business card states simply: “Make them proud.”

For the first time, women now head the four largest congressional staff diversity associations.

Top Diversity Associations on Capitol Hill Run by Women For the first time, women head the four largest congressional staff diversity associations, at a time when sexual harassment is a major issue on the Hill.

Join us in wishing U.S. Representative Val Demings a Happy Birthday!