UPDATED: EMILYs List Celebrates 35 Years with We Are EMILY Virtual Conference
For Immediate Release
July 24, 2020
**FOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY**
July 27th and 28th
UPDATED: EMILYs List Celebrates 35 Years with We Are EMILY Virtual Conference
We Are EMILY Virtual Conference honors Senators Gillibrand, Harris, Klobuchar and Warren, and the 2020 Gabrielle Giffords Rising Star honoree, Ohio House Minority Leader Emilia Sykes
RSVP required.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — This month, EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, commemorates its 35th anniversary with the annual We Are EMILY Virtual Conference online to celebrate women leaders across the country. The conference will feature panel discussions, highlight the four women senators who ran for president, and present Ohio House Minority Leader Emilia Sykes with the 2020 Gabrielle Giffords Rising Star Award. The convention will also feature a message from Democratic presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden and appearances by Tracee Ellis Ross, Yvette Nicole Brown, Melissa Etheridge, Leela James, Posso, and Amanda Shires.
On Monday, July 27th, conference guests will hear from EMILYs List President Stephanie Schriock, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, and Ohio House Minority Leader Emilia Sykes.
The conference program will include panels on the upcoming November elections and voting rights, senatorial races, perspective from women in the U.S. House of Representatives, and a special conversation featuring all of the 2020 Gabrielle Giffords Rising Star Award nominees.
On Tuesday, July 28th, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Senator Kamala Harris, Senator Amy Klobuchar, and Senator Elizabeth Warren will be honored with the We Are EMILY Award. Mayor London Breed and EMILY's List Founder Ellen Malcolm will deliver remarks. Additional information on the conference is forthcoming.
We Are EMILY Conference
WHEN: Day 1 – Monday, July 27, 2020
Where: Login information provided upon RSVP
Press Access: 3:30 – 7:00 p.m.
RSVP TO: Please RSVP to [email protected]
We Are EMILY Conference and Gala
WHEN: Day 2 – Tuesday, July 28, 2020
Where: Login information provided upon RSVP
Press Access: 1pm ET to 2pm ET and 3:30pm ET to 6:40pm ET
RSVP TO: Please RSVP to [email protected]
Media planning to cover the event should RSVP to Anna Pacilio: [email protected]
EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, has raised over $600 million to elect pro-choice Democratic women candidates. With a grassroots community of over five million members, EMILY's List helps Democratic women win competitive campaigns – across the country and up and down the ballot – by recruiting and training candidates, supporting strong campaigns, researching the issues that impact women and families, and turning out women voters to the polls. Since our founding in 1985, we have helped elect 150 women to the House, 26 to the Senate, 16 governors, and nearly 1,100 women to state and local office. Nearly 40 percent of the candidates EMILYs List has helped elect to Congress have been women of color. During the historic 2017-2018 cycle, EMILYs List raised a record-breaking $110 million and launched a record independent expenditure campaign. We helped elect 34 new women to the House, including 24 red-to-blue victories; enough seats to have delivered the U.S. House majority alone. Since the 2016 election, more than 55,000 women have reached out to EMILY's List about running for office laying the groundwork for the next decade of candidates for local, state and national offices.
