Meet the Candidate video – Senator Debbie Ingram, running for Lieutenant Governor
Meet the Candidate video – Brenda Siegel, running for Lieutenant Governor
Former State Representative and Emerge Board member Helen Head interviews Brenda Siegel in the video below!… Read More
Storytelling in the State House: Meet Marybeth Redmond, running for re-election in Chittenden 8-1
Connect. Understand. Amplify. Repeat. Marybeth Redmond, a 2018 Emerge Bootcamp alumna, is running for re-election to the Vermont House in Chittenden 8-1. Since getting elected in 2018, Redmond was appointed to the House Committee on Human Services, and the Joint… Read More
History in the making: Meet Michelle Bos-Lun, running for State Rep in Windham County
Something didn’t feel right in Michelle Bos-Lun’s classroom. “I was teaching students US history looking at US textbooks, and talking about the standard things you always hear about in our democracy- things like checks and balances and division of powers,” Bos-Lun explained in… Read More
Getting the job done: Tiff Bluemle sets her sights on the Golden Dome
“She has a nice smile, and a backbone of steel.” Tiff Bluemle couldn’t help but laugh when she recounted receiving this feedback from a state worker who was asked to evaluate her job performance. “That’s how you get things done,” Bluemle explained in… Read More
A lifetime of lending a hand and leading the way: Meet June Heston, running for State Senate in Chittenden County
June Heston, a 2020 Emerge Vermont Alumna and candidate for State Senate in Chittenden County, has devoted her life and career to serving others, and making Vermont a stronger state. Heston is a former member of the Richmond Selectboard, former CEO of Vermont’s Chapter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation and… Read More
Orchestrating change: Meet Gabrielle Stebbins, running for State Rep in Burlington’s South End
This land was made for you and me. This past Independence Day, Gabrielle Stebbins, a resident of South Burlington, took out her violin and recorded herself playing Woody Guthrie’s This Land is Your Land. Stebbins’ rendition is almost melancholy,… Read More
Commentary on Equal Pay Day
Equal Pay Day April 2nd is Equal Pay Day. Here in Vermont and across the U.S. we pause to ask whether women’s work and contributions are fully valued. Today, women are central to caring for and supporting our families and growing our nation’s economy. But while times have changed, the… Read More
Emerge Vermont Hires Rep Jill Krowinski as Executive Director
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jan. 30, 2019 CONTACT: Joan Lenes, Emerge Vermont Board Chair contact@emergevt.org Emerge Vermont Hires Rep Jill Krowinski as Executive Director Burlington, VT.—Emerge Vermont, the state’s premier organization that recruits and trains Democratic women to run for office, announced today it has named Jill Krowinski as its new executive… Read More