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Higher Heights and the Center for American Women and Politics Release Black Women in American Politics 2023

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Thursday, June 29, 2023

WASHINGTON, June 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- This week, Higher Heights Leadership Fund and the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP), a unit of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University, released the latest version of the report, Black Women in American Politics 2023.

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  • WASHINGTON, June 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- This week, Higher Heights Leadership Fund and the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP), a unit of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University , released the latest version of the report, Black Women in American Politics 2023.
  • For nearly a decade, Higher Heights and the Center for American Women and Politics have teamed up to report on the status of Black women in American politics.
  • Higher Heights and CAWP issued their first report on the status of Black women in American politics in June 2014.
  • Since then, 24 new Black women were elected to Congress, the number of Black women state legislators has risen by over 50%, Black women have made tremendous strides in representation as big-city mayors – with 15 Black women taking office as mayors in the top 100 most populous cities since mid-2014 – and a Black woman now serves as vice president.

Higher Heights and the Center for American Women and Politics Release Reaching Higher: Black Women in American Politics 2021

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Friday, October 22, 2021

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Today, Higher Heights Leadership Fundand the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP), a unit of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University , released a new report, Reaching Higher: Black Women in American Politics 2021.

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  • WASHINGTON, Oct. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Today, Higher Heights Leadership Fundand the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP), a unit of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University , released a new report, Reaching Higher: Black Women in American Politics 2021.
  • Black women also found success across other levels of office, in addition to playing pivotal roles in voter mobilization and voter turnout.
  • Higher Heights and CAWP issued their first report on the status of Black women in American politics in June 2014.
  • Previous Status of Black Women in American Politics reports have been in published in 2014 , 2015 , 2017 , 2018 , and 2019 .