Episode 535: Abbie Hodgson (Vote Her In, Episode 77)
WED 10/27/21: 7PM CDT / 8PM EDT
LIVE video #VoteHerIn, a collaboration of Two Broads Talking Politics & author Rebecca Sive
#WomenInPolitics with Abbie Hodgson, Director of The Ascend Fund.
Abbie brings more than two decades of experience in politics to her role as the director of The Ascend Fund. She has worked on more than 100 campaigns at all levels across the country, and has even run for office herself. Abbie earned a PhD from the University of Kansas, where her dissertation focused on increasing the number of women in politics by improving the ways organizations recruit, train, and support women in the process of running for office.
Links:
- Vote Her In Series
- The Ascend Fund
- Bio of Abbie Hodgson
- "The Ascend Fund Invests Over Half a Million in 13 Organizations Working to Elect Women to State Legislatures"
- The Ascend Fund Fall 2021 Newsletter
- "What it takes to build a nonpartisan pipeline for women candidates"
- "Off the Sidelines: The Fund Propelling Women into Office"
Our End Credits are read by Sonya Daniel.
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Musical credits:
"Are You Listening" from [Elephant Shaped Trees][8] by IMUNURI.
Released February 3, 2018.
Composed by André Pilette, with the help of Adam Garcia, Stephanie Leary, and Dan Wilson.
Lyrics written by Stephanie Leary.
Produced by André Pilette and Stephanie Leary.
Mixed by Brett Ryan Stewart of The Sound Shelter in Nashville, TN.
Mastered by Michael Fossenkemper of Turtle Tone Studio in NYC.
Song used with permission by the band.
