House Minority Whip Katherine Clark, the highest-ranking woman in the U.S. Congress, will be the keynote speaker at the Women Elected Municipal Officials Leadership Conference on March 21 in Wrentham. For the past dozen years, Clark has represented Massachusetts’ 5th Congressional District, including Revere, Winthrop and other communities just north of Boston as well as…
With the theme “Growing Trust in Local Government,” Women Elected Municipal Officials will hold its sixth annual Leadership Conference on Sept. 27 in Devens. The half-day conference will include a keynote presentation by Dana LeWinter, chief of Public and Community Engagement at the Massachusetts Housing Partnership. Her presentation will discuss the challenges and opportunities for…
Women Elected Municipal Officials, a member group of the MMA, will host a webinar on May 23 to discuss opportunities for municipalities to celebrate National Women’s Equality Day, which marks the anniversary of the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote. Gloucester Councillor Valerie Gilman, the chair of WEMO, will discuss lessons learned from…
Senate President Karen Spilka will be the keynote speaker for the annual Women Elected Municipal Officials virtual spring symposium on May 3. Spilka will engage in a fireside chat with WEMO Vice Chair Yolanda Greaves, who’s also the vice chair of the Select Board in Spilka’s hometown of Ashland. The Senate president will reflect on…