As the energy around 2020 grows, conversations about women’s political leadership are taking the lead. In The Thick's NY Women's Foundation fellow Nour Saudi reports from a panel organized by the Metro New York chapter of UN Women on what the future of politics looks like for women of color, and where New York City falls short. We also hear from Democratic Rep. Yvette Clarke and Erin Vilardi, founder of VoteRunLead.

  

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At Capitol Hill, the freshman congresswomen are urging young girls to run for office, via Refinery29.
The history of the women trailblazers in New York’s state government, from The New York Times.
This Vox piece makes the case for why 2020 should be the year of women.
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