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Stories of Success

This is the sixth workshop in our series Your Passion, Your Leadership: A Workshop Series for Aspiring Women Advocates.  A panel of women community advocates will share firsthand experiences of organizing against harmful policies, building coalitions, and winning real victories, offering inspiration and practical lessons for participants’ own leadership journeys.

Your presenter will be Zandra Rice Hawkins:

Zandra Rice Hawkins is a nonprofit executive director, City Councilor, PTA volunteer, and longtime community advocate who believes deeply that we are stronger together. She currently serves as a City Council Member for the City of Concord and is the Founding Executive Director of Granite State Progress, a statewide communications and research hub advancing progressive policy in New Hampshire.

With more than two decades of experience, she has built and managed budgets, staff, programs, advocacy campaigns, and government and community relations efforts at the local, state, and national levels. Her work spans economic justice, health care, workers’ rights, reproductive freedom, voting rights, gun violence prevention, and family-friendly workplace policies. At the core of her work is a belief that public service means representing neighbors’ best interests, expanding opportunities for civic participation, and helping build a future where everyone can succeed.

Your Passion, Your Leadership: A Workshop Series for Aspiring Women Advocates: In partnership with the League of Women Voters of New Hampshire, MomsRising, and other women-centered community organizations, this six-part workshop series will empower women in the Upper Valley to step into their power as leaders and advocates. Using the disproportionate impacts of HB 1569 on women’s right to vote as a central case study, the series will provide participants with the tools, skills, and confidence necessary to engage in effective advocacy. From understanding how power operates on a day-to-day basis in our communities, to mastering communications and social media, to managing volunteers and sharing success stories, each session is designed to strengthen women’s voices and build a more representative democracy.

Want to attend via Zoom?  Please click HERE to preregister with Zoom.