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A Celebration of Life: In Loving Memory of Candy Straight |
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A memorial for our dear friend Candy Straight will be held on Tuesday, July 20th from 3 to 5pm ET at the Upper Montclair Country Club in Clifton, New Jersey. Candy’s support, advice, and keen eye for detail were enormously valuable to our work here at CAWP, and her commitment to the work of building a more equitable future was unshakable, even in her final days.
We here at CAWP will reflect on her cherished memory and the myriad ways she made our work both possible and better. We hope you will join us.
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Record Number of Asian or Pacific Islander, Black, Latina, and Native American Women Serving in State Legislatures |
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A record number of Asian or Pacific Islander, Black, Latina, and Native American women currently serve in state legislatures nationwide, according to new CAWP data.
As of June 28, 2021:
- 67 (61D, 5R, 1NP) Asian or Pacific Islander women, including 54 (51D, 3R) women who identify as Asian or Pacific Islander alone and 13 (10D, 2R, 1NP) women who identify as Asian or Pacific Islander in combination with other races/ethnicities, serve in state legislatures nationwide.
- 355 (352D, 3R) Black women, including 341 (338D, 3R) women who identify as Black alone and 14 (14D) women who identify as Black in combination with other races/ethnicities, serve in state legislatures nationwide.
- 154 (140D, 13R, 1I) Latinas, including 134 (123D, 11R) women who identify as Latina alone and 20 (17D, 2R, 1I) women who identify as Latina in combination with other races/ethnicities, serve in state legislatures nationwide.
- 32 (28D, 4R) Native American women, including 23 (20D, 3R) women who identify as Native American alone and 9 (8D, 1R) women who identify as Native American in combination with other races/ethnicities, serve in state legislatures nationwide.
- 10 (10D) Middle Eastern or North African women, including 6 (6D) women who identify as Middle Eastern or North African alone and 4 (4D) women who identify as Middle Eastern or North African in combination with other races/ethnicities, serve in state legislatures nationwide. CAWP began collecting and including the Middle Eastern or North African identification in 2019, making historical comparison difficult.
- 2 (2D) women who identify as multiracial alone serve in state legislatures nationwide.
In total, 606 (579D, 25R, 1I, INP) women of color – counting only once women who identify as more than one race/ethnicity – serve in state legislatures nationwide. This is also a record high. Learn more at our Women of Color in Elective Office 2021 fact sheet. |
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