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Category: Women for Obama

Pick up the phone and talk health care

By Laura on March 27, 2012 Groups Women for Obama Organizing
We’ve been celebrating a big month for health care, and supporters across the country are capping it off with the National Women’s Week of Action. Women are getting together for house parties, phone banks, and canvasses to talk to voters about how the Affordable Care Act is helping all of us get access to quality health care—and it’s not too late for you to be a part of it.

The campaign’s online call tool is an easy way to do your part. Whether you decide to meet up and phonebank with friends or make calls from your couch at home, it will put everything you need to talk to supporters about health care right at your fingertips.

It’s so easy, in fact, that we’re posing a challenge: Commit to talking about health care with five women over the phone before this Friday.

Five conversations won’t take up too much of your time, and person-to-person interactions like this are what will make a difference this fall. It’s up to all of us to make sure that everyone in our communities knows exactly what health care reform is doing for us—like making free preventive care available and preventing insurance companies from charging women more just because they’re women.

So get on the phone today and help get the word out about health care reform.
Did You See—U.S. Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security

By Laura on December 19, 2011 Groups Women for Obama Equal Rights
A new White House plan issued today outlines why it’s more important than ever to make sure women have a voice in government and peace-building around the world, from Iraq to Libya to the Democratic Republic of the Congo:

“The goal of this National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security is as simple as it is profound: to empower half the world’s population as equal partners in preventing conflict and building peace in countries threatened and affected by war, violence, and insecurity. Achieving this goal is critical to our national and global security.

“Deadly conflicts can be more effectively avoided, and peace can be best forged and sustained, when women become equal partners in all aspects of peace-building and conflict prevention, when their lives are protected, their experiences considered, and their voices heard.

“Above all, this National Action Plan expresses the United States’ unqualified commitment to integrating women’s views and perspectives fully into our diplomatic, security, and development efforts—not simply as beneficiaries, but as agents of peace, reconciliation, development, growth, and stability.”

Watch Secretary Clinton explain why integrating women is so important, and find out more about the United States National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security here.
“I Saw How Difficult It Is”

By Alexa on December 15, 2011 Formats Photos Groups Women for Obama Young Americans for Obama Health Care Photos
Andrea and her two sisters are just three of the 2.5 million young Americans who can stay on their parents' health insurance thanks to the Affordable Care Act. A volunteer in Florida, Andrea says health reform has had a big impact on her family.

“My parents first joked around saying, ‘I have to have you three on my health insurance till you’re 26? No!’ They then realized that it saves us all money to be under one insurance.

“I graduated from college two years ago. After experiencing life after college, I saw how difficult it is to get a full-time job that offers health insurance.

“When we found out that the Affordable Care Act gave us a few more years to be on my parents' health insurance, it was a stress release for all of us. My dad is the only one that works out of my parents, so my sisters and I help him with the bills. We struggle with all the bills already—having to worry about paying for health insurance is not something we can think of handling right now.”

Heading into 2012, Andrea is going to be doing all she can to re-elect President Obama.

“I want to work 24/7 to make sure President Obama gets re-elected. I don't want all the work that has been done to be taken away and families like mine to have to struggle for four years until the next election.”

Are you one of the 2.5 million young Americans who has benefited from the Affordable Care Act? Tell us your story.
Weekly Wrap-Up

By Elizabeth on May 22, 2011 Groups Women for Obama Young Americans for Obama Education
Here are five stories from our blog that you might have missed this week:

President Obama delivered a moving commencement address at Booker T. Washington High School in Memphis, winner of the 2011 Race to the Top Commencement Challenge.

The President rallied supporters in Washington, telling them that this campaign isn't about politics—it's about making sure schools are helping our kids reach their full potential and that seniors have peace of mind about their financial security and health care.

You can now purchase your very own "Made in the USA" birth certificate T-shirt or mug—because if we can't make the smears go away, we can at least have a little fun with them.

First Lady Michelle Obama reminded supporters at the Women's Leadership Forum National Issues Conference that "if we keep showing up, if we keep fighting the good fight and doing what we know is right, then eventually we will get there."

President Obama talked about the "moment of opportunity" following the sweeping changes we've seen in the Middle East and North Africa and laid out his vision for U.S. policy in the region.
"Our Daughters Have the Chance to Be Anything They Want to Be"

By Mary on May 20, 2011 Formats Speeches Video Groups Women for Obama Equal Rights Speeches Video Barack Obama
President Obama speaking at the Women's Leadership Forum in Washington, D.C. last night:

The cause of women aren't just important to me as President--they are personal. I saw my grandmother hit a glass ceiling at the bank where she worked for years. She could have been the best bank president they ever had, but she never got that chance. I saw how Michelle was made to balance work and family when she was a vice president at a hospital. As a father, I want to make sure that my daughters and all of our daughters have the chance to be anything that they want. That's the America that we believe in. That's the America we're fighting for.

So, to all of you who are activists in your communities, in your neighborhoods, in your work places, I want to say thank you for everything that you've already done to help advance the cause of justice and equality, and prosperity and fairness. But I also want to underscore that we are not close to being finished. We are not close to being finished.

Working together, we can make a difference-invest in the campaign here.
Link Roundup—April 28th, 2011

By Mary on April 28, 2011 Groups Women for Obama Environment Volunteers
Welcome to today’s roundup of the important, interesting and entertaining links we’ve come across today.

—The White House Council on Women and Girls has launched the Engaging Men Grant Program to encourage men to help end violence against women and children. Thanks to Hélène G for sharing the link in the comments of yesterday's link roundup.

—The Environmental Protection Agency has introduced controls to protect millions of acres of wetlands and thousands of miles of streams from pollution.

—Volunteers in New York have been brushing up on their social media skills to use Facebook as an organizing tool.

—And finally, Beyoncé has released a new music video showing kids that exercise can be fun. The video is in support of First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move campaign to help tackle childhood obesity.

What are you reading and watching today? Let us know in the comments and we’ll be sure to use one or two of your links tomorrow.