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To mark this year’s celebration of Women's Equality Day (today!), members of President Obama’s administration are hosting a special conference call to provide updates on the work they’ve done for women and girls. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, a former EMILY’s List candidate, will join Tina Tchen, director of the White House Office of Public Engagement, to discuss their efforts and to answer questions about health care reform’s effects on women. And we want you to be in the know.

EMILY's List candidate Colleen Hanabusa is up with a new ad in her race to fill the seat of outgoing Cong. Neil Abercrombie. Colleen is in a tight winner-take-all special election that's just weeks away -- and polls show a tight race among all three candidates.

Television spots like this one -- featuring Colleen's mother -- are critical to helping get her message out to the district's voters:

Who knows Minnesota gubernatorial candidate Margaret Anderson Kelliher best? Her mom.

Margaret's mom, Elaine Anderson, sent out a great message to supporters last week, describing Margaret's passion for helping others and providing some insight into Margaret's years growing up in rural Minnesota. Here's a piece of what she had to say:

Recently endorsed Senate candidate Cheryle Robinson Jackson (IL) was in DC last week, and we were fortunate enough to catch her when she stopped by the office. I wanted to share a few quick photos from her visit and say what an incredible senator she's going to make.

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Harold Ford, Jr. apparently just can't get enough.

After Stephen Colbert named Ford the "Alpha Dog of the Week" recently, cracking jokes about the potential New York Senate candidate, Ford decided he'd take on the comedian in person. Just take a look and see how well that worked out...

We received a great campaign update from Morgan Callahan, the GOTV director on Joan Buchanan's campaign today. Buchanan is running in the CA-10 special election to replace Ellen Tauscher. Read on for an on the ground update from California, including campaign pictures and Joan's new TV ad.

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Great post from PunditMom today, featuring comedienne Amy Poehler talking feminism with an adorable, witty seven-year-old. As PunditMom says, Poehler " is on a stealth mission to use humor to promote girl empowerment" -- and we love watching her in action.

Check it out here:

If you didn't see Tina Fey play Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live this weekend, you really missed out. Fey revived her role as the former vice presidential nominee in a skit about the "Sarah Palin Network."

Watch it here:

GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann (MN-06) really is her own worst enemy.

MSNBC's Keith Olbermann found the opportunity to highlight some of Bachmann's best-known (and most loathsome) antics this week, following the announcement that Bachmann's 2008 challenger, Elwyn Tinklenberg, won't seek a rematch in 2010, in the hopes that Democrats will avoid a primary fight and focus their energies on defeating Bachmann in the general election.

We wanted you to see the latest video from Julie Hamos' campaign on health care and the public option. Julie is running for the open seat in IL-10, one of the highest profile Democratic take back opportunities in the 2010 cycle.

Julie will face fellow Democrat Dan Seals in the primary. Three Republicans, all named to the NRCC's "Young Guns" program, are vying for the GOP nomination.

You can watch the video here: