Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Sheila Capone-Wulsin talks about health care on NECN

Sheila Capone-Wulsin appeared on NECN last night to discuss the status of health care reform, including provisions in the House and Senate proposals relating to abortion.

Check out the video below!

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Congratulations to NWPC PAC endorsed candidate Martha Coakley



MWPC PAC would like to congratulate Martha Coakley on her extremely impressive 19-point victory last night in the Democratic primary to fill Senator Kennedy's vacant US Senate seat.

MWPC members were busy helping to support Coakley's candidacy all day yesterday, including the MWPC Young Professionals, who were phone banking all last night.

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Election Day is Today!

Today is Election Day here in Massachusetts.

December 8 is the date set for the primary in the January 19, 2010 special election to fill the vacancy in Senator Edward Kennedy's seat in the United States Senate.

MWPC's PAC has proudly joined the NWPC PAC in their endorsement of Attorney General Martha Coakley in this race, and we encourage all MWPC members to do everything they can to support her.

If you have some time today to volunteer, please let us know. You can call Sheila Capone-Wulsin (617) 451-9294 to find out more about opportunities.

Sheila was quoted in an editorial by Margery Eagan today, talking about the role of women in the race. You can read more about her comments here.

But most importantly, please remember to get out and vote today!

Thursday, November 19, 2009

In the News

Joan Vennochi has a very interesting column about women and the federal health care bill in the Boston Globe today. The first two lines sum up her thoughts pretty well: "Women must always fight to make sure they are not thrown under the political bus. The latest example is health care reform."

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/11/19/taking_a_hit_on_health_care_why_thats_womens_work/

The Women for Coakley Web site also has an interesting speech by Evelyn Murphy, which is a great read. Murphy talks about the fact that the language the press uses regarding candidates on the subject of toughness and strength holds them up to stereotypical male standards, and that women are every bit as strong, just in different ways.

http://www.womenforcoakley.com/2009/11/18/evelyn-murphy-on-coakleybig-and-loud-no-strong-absolutely/

As always, these stories show exactly how important it is for us to continue our mission at MWPC to make sure the voices of women are heard in the political dialogue.