Are you a Mainer running for office? Apply to Emerge’s Boot Camp, designed specifically for Maine women who want to run for office this election cycle. Top political trainers will prepare you with critical skills to lead a winning campaign! Apply now: https://webportalapp.com/sp/home/lorapply

The Emerge Luncheon is coming to SF on 4/29! This year's guests include #EmergeAlums @ajcampbellma.bsky.social, NV State Sen. Nicole Cannizzaro, @vtattorneygeneral.bsky.social, & @repmcclinton.com, alongside @ashantigholar.bsky.social. RSVP: emergeamerica.org/2026-sf-luncheon

Attend Meeting the Moment to learn how to best stand up for your community. The FREE hour-and-a-half sessions offered by Emerge Action Fund will set you on the path from civic engagement to elected office and everything in between: https://emergeamerica.org/meeting-the-moment

From Georgia to Washington, #EmergeAlums are taking this year by storm! Want to join in? Apply for an Emerge training: https://emergeamerica.org/candidate-training/

At @representwomen.bsky.social Solutions Summit, Emerge President & CEO @ashantigholar.bsky.social made it clear: you don't have to be perfect to get started. And when you're ready, we'll make sure you're prepared to run and win.

⚖️ Gavel In, our award-winning judicial candidate training program, was created to train jurists who want to serve in judgeships to run successful and strategic political campaigns. Apply here: https://webportalapp.com/sp/gavelin

#EmergeAlum @sarahforiowa.bsky.social is highlighted in @nytimes.com#EmergeAlumas a candidate running for Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District to improve health care in her district. Read more about the Lutheran minister and former hospital chaplain: https://nyti.ms/3NIzbCh

#EmergeAlum Magali Limeta is running for Marin County Supervisor, District 5 — and if elected, she'll be the first woman of color on the Board. She’s and raised in Novato, the first in her family to go to college, and ready to bring love of community to the role.

President Trump calls rising gas prices a "small price to pay." Tell that to our wallets. As Emerge President & CEO @ashantigholar.bsky.social told @ms.now, people want to elect leaders who understand the issues affecting their daily lives and are committed to addressing them.

#EmergeAlum @shannonbird4co.bsky.social was ranked the most effective Colorado state lawmaker of the 2023-24 term by the independent Center for Effective Lawmaking. Just like Rep. Bird, Emerge women make a real impact for their states. @axios.com#EmergeAlum https://bit.ly/4bIQfjL

Emerge President & CEO @ashantigholar.bsky.social will speak at the Black Policy Conference at @harvardkennedy.bsky.social alongside Communications & Political Strategist Kirsten Allen, and President of @nclrights.bsky.social Imani Rupert-Gordon. RSVP: https://bit.ly/4t4lz3p

Emerge President & CEO @ashantigholar.bsky.social joined Elizabeth Prann on @thehill.com's Raising America to talk about the women who already are, and are in the process of, stepping up to run for office. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OIbapZeXR8&list=PLLri3HDD8DQtqNlKohw0d04IIoyz075Wh&index=1

🗳️ #EmergeAlums @jenagriswold.bsky.social & @shennabellows.bsky.social#EmergeAlumsknow election law — and they're using their authority to make sure it's followed. Both Secretaries have put DHS on notice: armed federal agents have no legal standing at polling places.

🙌Two #EmergeAlums were named to @thehill.com’s Top Women Shaping Policy list! @adelemcclure.bsky.social#EmergeAlumsand New Mexico State Sen. Cindy Nava were featured for their community leadership, movement-building, and legislative wins. When #EmergeAlums win elections, they win for their communities.

Emerge is seeking highly motivated, relationship-oriented, and mission-driven individuals to serve as full-time Regional Training Directors in the Midwest/Rust Belt, New England, and the South. Apply now: https://emergeamerica.org/get-involved/jobs-internships/ =

ARIZONA: Applications are open for Leaders Emerge in Tucson, taking place March 28 & 29. Join for two days of leadership development for women and nonbinary people in the New American Majority, building skills and relationships. Apply now: https://webportalapp.com/sp/login/leaders

Meet the four #EmergeAlums running for U.S. Senate this year: @colpamstevenson.bsky.social, @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social, @drannieandrews.com, & Lorita Copeland Daniels of Virginia. 💙 Are any of these candidates running to represent your state? Let us know!

At our recent #LeadersMatter event, #EmergeAlum California State Sen. Sasha Renée Pérez broke down how she is fighting for her community: legislating, organizing, and refusing to accept that states are powerless.💙

Emerge President & CEO @ashantigholar.bsky.social joined @ms.now to discuss why Americans need answers about how long this economic crisis is going to last. Democrats can stand up with the solutions our party cares about enacting for working people–who clearly, President Trump does not care about.

#WomensHistoryMonth? At Emerge, we’re making women’s history all year long! #EmergeAlums have become the “firsts” in their new positions already in 2026, from Abigail Spanberger in Virginia, Griselda Arias in Washington, Erica Deuso in Pennsylvania, to Tiffany Thomas-Smith in Pennsylvania – & more.

Featuring three Emerge alums on the ballot this year 🙌 @votejocasta.bsky.social, @laurenforkansas.bsky.social, and Helene Neville of North Dakota are three of 58 Emerge alums running this year. Let's go! 💙 #EmergeAlums #ElectWomen

TODAY #EmergeAlums are on the ballot! Here are just a few of the incredible candidates:

Women are electable. Period. Emerge President & CEO @ashantigholar.bsky.social joined @momsrising.org Breaking Through Podcast with @rowefinkbeiner.bsky.social to discuss how women are electable, as proven by all the #EmergeAlums being elected and thriving in office. https://apple.co/4seDHXL

The 2025 data from @cawp-ru.bsky.social confirms it: training women to run and win works. Women have reached majority status in Democratic State House caucuses. The federal level is next. Read more from @msmagazine.com: https://bit.ly/4l6wMxx

Need hope? Get involved with your community. Jill Barkley Roy, director of the Emerge Action Fund, joined the How To Not Lose Your Sh!t podcast with Katie Paris and LaFonda Cousin. @redwineblueusa.bsky.social: https://apple.co/3MOCaZq

…Wake me up when Gov. @abigailspanberger.com is on… #EmergeAlum

#EmergeAlum Justice Bolden made history as the first Black woman elected to the MI Supreme Court. Justice Bolden's journey from Emerge training to the state's highest court shows what's possible when women step up and run. @forbes.com#EmergeAlum https://bit.ly/4cRVW0G #BlackHistoryMonth

#EmergeAlums like @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social#EmergeAlumsshow up. 👏

This #BlackHistoryMonth, we celebrate #EmergeAlum Kristen Pope, the first Black woman elected to Natick's Select Board. She's only the 8th woman to serve on this body. After going through Seated Together, she's running for a second term and continuing to make history.

Tomorrow, join #EmergeAlums PA State Rep. Morgan Cephas & VA State Del. Adele McClure, alongside Emerge President & CEO A’shanti Gholar, for a #LeadersMatter salon in celebration of #BlackHistoryMonth! RSVP: https://secure.ngpvan.com/3Gr51rOHOUuJtDpXvyFZfA2

A love letter from us to you 💌 Happy Valentine’s Day!

This #BlackHistoryMonth, meet Erika Evans, an #EmergeAlum who left her federal job to fight injustice. Now she's Seattle's first Black woman City Attorney, proving our alums are making history at every level.

ICE Director Lyons was questioned by #EmergeAlum U.S. Rep. @replamonica.bsky.social#EmergeAlumwith an important query: when do your morals kick in after killing Americans, separating children from their parents, and destroying communities?

🎉 First #EmergeAlum victory of 2026! VA Del. Elizabeth Bennett-Parker won her election to represent VA Senate District 39. Once she joins the Senate next week, she’ll be the sixth Emerge VA alum elected to the chamber, which means 6/11 women in the VA Senate Democratic Caucus will be Emerge alums.

Emerge President & CEO @ashantigholar.bsky.social joined The Unburdened Leader Podcast to share how women often already have the skills and experiences to run for office: https://bit.ly/4rb4Law

Joining our Thursday #LeadersMatter Salon is Minneapolis Activist Wintana Melekin, who will moderate the conversation of #EmergeAlums discussing what is happening on the ground with ICE, and what they’re doing to fight it. RSVP for our event this Thursday at 5pm ET: https://bit.ly/4bLDqqD

Happy #BlackHistoryMonth! Black women belong at every decision-making table. Pictured here are #EmergeAlums Fatmata Barrie and @replamonica.bsky.social#BlackHistoryMonth#EmergeAlumst our 20th anniversary, two leaders making Black history.

Next Thursday at 5pm ET, join #EmergeAlums for a discussion on what is happening on the ground with ICE in their communities, and actions they’re taking to stop it. Featuring #EmergeAlums @replamonica.bsky.social, Maine State Rep. Deqa Dhalac and @senatorsrp.bsky.social.#EmergeAlums#EmergeAlumsSVP: https://bit.ly/4bLDqqD

Emerge unequivocally condemns the ongoing and escalating violent attacks by ICE and other federal agencies in Minnesota and across our country. The indefensible murders of Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minneapolis by masked federal agents mark a dark moment in American history.

Tomorrow is the application deadline for Seated Together, our candidate leadership program for Black elected officials. Start 2026 ready to take on higher office: https://emergeamerica.org/seated-together/

#EmergeAlum Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows suspended issuing undercover license plates requested by US Border Patrol for ICE agents. The Emerge network is made of women who fight to make sure families and communities are not ripped apart. @commondreams.org#EmergeAlum https://bit.ly/3YXLDQJ

#EmergeAlum Baltimore Councilwoman Phylicia Porter shared with CBS Baltimore how our Seated Together Program supports Black women elected officials to amplify their impact. Apply by Friday, Jan 30: https://emergeamerica.org/seated-together/

"About one-quarter of the 100 [VA] House of Delegates members will be Emerge alumni in the upcoming session, with five Emerge alumni in the Senate." When #EmergeAlums lead, communities are better represented. Read more from @29news.bsky.social#EmergeAlums https://bit.ly/49POIaC

#EmergeAlum @repemiliasykes.bsky.social#EmergeAlumhas cheerleaders across Ohio and the country through the Emerge network. Emerge is here to make sure women have the support they need to run and win. Learn more about our candidate training: https://emergeamerica.org/candidate-training/

Hello, Governor Spanberger! 🇺🇸 #EmergeAlum @abigailspanberger.com#EmergeAlumwas sworn into office this past weekend. We know that as the Governor of Virginia, she will lead with the kindness, strength, and intelligence Virginia and our country needs. Congratulations!

California #EmergeAlums Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis and Assemblymember Dawn Addis are fighting back against Trump’s efforts to expand oil drilling off the California Coast. Read how from The Center Square's Madeline Shannon: https://bit.ly/3Noeuv1

Here’s how #EmergeAlums are critical to flipping the U.S. Congress this year: 🧵

Here are 7 #EmergeAlum who are starting this year already making change: 🧵

#EmergeAlum U.S. Rep. @balint.house.gov#EmergeAlumargued that the merger of Warner Bros. & Netflix would hurt competition and drive up prices for consumers. As she emphasized, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform and Antitrust must be watchdogs on this critical case.

Five years ago today, our nation witnessed the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol, an act of domestic terrorism. When our democracy was challenged, #EmergeAlums like @repstansbury.bsky.social stepped forward with courage and commitment to safeguard our future.