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Donate Your Time and Money to Support and Sustain FDW We Need You…now more than ever. We need you to donate your time to get the important w...
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Take Action Now
There are plenty of things you can do right now to help! Learn more about all of the ways you can get involved by clicking here....
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The Battle For Our Democracy Has Begun
The Battle For Our Democracy Has Begun In partnership with other Georgia Democrat Organizations, we are sharing the candidate conversations ...
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ATTN: Poll Watchers and Workers Needed
ATTN: Poll Watchers and Workers Needed. Employment opportunity ELECTIONS POLL WORKER INFORMATION Welcome to the Fayette County Board of Elec...
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Georgia Federation of Democratic Women announces
Georgia Federation of Democratic Women announces Annual Women In Blue at the Capital and more March 9th, 2022: NFDW Women in Blue (vi...
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Georgia Set to Receive $408 Million
Georgia Set to Receive $408 Million to Expand Digital learning and Education in Rural Georgia The Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal is one of t...
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SBA Announced New Funding
SBA Announced New Funding to Lift up Women and Minority Entrepreneurs In Celebration of Black History Month, SBA Administrator Guzman Announ...
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Get Ready for the Local 2021 Elections
Learn Why We Support these Candidates in the Local 2021 Municipal Elections We will be electing City Council members in Tyrone, Fayet...
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Here is the Education shared at the August Monthly Meeting
Here is the Education shared at the August Monthly Meeting about the impact of GA SB 202...
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Ready to run for office? Want to make a difference in your community?
Step Forward Candidate Training with Emerge Georgia & Fayette Democratic Women (FREE Sept 18th) Ready to run for office? Want to make a ...
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Will Afghanistan become Biden’s Saigon?
Biden’s ‘Saigon Moment’ is similar to Ford only in that “not unlike Ford, President Joe Biden inherited a dilemma no...
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Georgia’s Democratic Caucus of Veterans & Active Military Re-Activate
Georgia’s Democratic Caucus of Veterans & Active Military Re-Activate Dear Democrats, Want to help our veterans and military? Come...
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The Historic January 6 Insurrection Commission Investigation Begins with Tears
The testimony of the 4 capital policemen who were brutally attacked by the Trump Terrorists was heartbreaking and infuriating all at once. B...
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FDW Donates 3150 NEW pairs of socks and underwear to Bloom Closet
In July, Fayette Democratic Women did not have a regularly scheduled member meeting. Instead they came together to purchase 3150 new pairs o...
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Fayette County Grand Opening of City Central Park
As the natural culmination of years of working to revitalize Fayetteville’s downtown district and the creation of Fayetteville as an A...
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Democrats were strong in the Peachtree City 4th of July Parade
The 2021 Peachtree City 4th of July Parade was the largest attended parade in this city’s history. Fayette County Democrats and the Fa...
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Curious About Running for Office?
Curious About Running for Office? Attend this FREE “Basics for Running to Win” seminar Georgia WIN List, in coordination ...
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FDW Sponsors Bloom Closet in July
FDW Sponsors Bloom Closet in July to provide needed Socks and Underwear – Please Help Us Help Them Every year, as part of our ...
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Join FDW As We Support Fayette Factor
Join FDW as we support Fayette Factor’s Back To School Drive with needed school supplies July 12-24 The annual Back to School D...
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Black Music Appreciation Month
Black Music Appreciation Month is an annual celebration of African-American music in the United States. It was initiated as Black Music Mont...
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June is PTSD Awareness Month
June is PTSD Awareness Month Veterans are by far the largest group which suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. As the medical and sci...
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What is Juneteenth?
What is Juneteenth? Now a Federal Holiday to Recognize the Historic Date of True End to Slavery in the United States? AND NOW JUNETEENTH IS ...
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President Biden Declares June as the Official LGBTQ+/PRIDE Month
President Biden Declares June as the Official LGBTQ+/PRIDE Month Unofficially celebrated in October because of traditional Pride Parades, an...
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Fayette Bicentennial Parade was a BLAST and a sea blue
Fayette’s Bicentennial Parade was great fun and Yes – We did have a SEA of BLUE Thanks to all who came out to participate –...
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Critical Race Theory – what is it all about?
Critical Race Theory – what is it all about? Critical Race Theory (CRT) has been getting a lot of attention recently. This post is to ...
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The Washington Post: Helen Murray Free, chemist who revolutionized diabetes testing, dies at 98
The Washington Post: Helen Murray Free, chemist who revolutionized diabetes testing, dies at 98 Helen Murray Free, chemist who revolutionize...
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Walgreens’ CEO Rosalind Brewer is a maverick, blazing the trail for Women of Color in the C-Suite of America’s biggest companies.
Walgreens’ CEO Rosalind Brewer is a maverick, blazing the trail for Women of Color in the C-Suite of America’s biggest companies...
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Woke Warriors? US Generals Want More Women And ‘Ethnically Diverse’ Officers In Combat Roles
Woke Warriors? US Generals Want More Women And ‘Ethnically Diverse’ Officers In Combat Roles DEAR GENERALS, Why did it take you so long to r...
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Trump’s ‘big lie’ has become the GOP’s newest voter suppression weapon
There’s one thing that Republicans have long loved to “cancel:” voting by non-Republicans. Trump’s ‘big lie’ has become th...
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Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month
May is Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowmen...
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Bicentennial Parade
Join the Sea of Blue – Dems March to Celebrate Fayette County’s Bicentennial May 15th. Social Sign Making Party – May 8th ...
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John Lewis Day of Action
John Lewis Day of Action John Lewis Day of Action Saturday – Join virtually or find a ‘votercade’ to participate in...
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Newnan Strong
Our Neighbors in Newnan were devastated by the Tornado in March #NewnanStrong A strong tornado tore through Newnan and Coweta County the wee...
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Great Time With Women on the Square April 17
Women on the Square hosted by Fayette Democratic Women on Saturday, April 17, 2021. Dozens of members and their guests came out to enjoy the...
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Georgia Federation of Democratic Women host the annual Women in Blue Day at the Dome 2021- Virtually
Virtual Women in Blue Day! Monday, April 12, 2021 at 7:00PM Georgia Federation of Democratic Women is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeti...
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The Voter Suppression Bills have passed the Senate and will make it harder for people to vote. Click to learn more and how you can get involved.
The Special Committee on Election Security this week revisited HB270 after minor revisions that still dramatically shorten the time within w...
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Black Lives Matter Nominated for 2021 Nobel Peace Prize
The Black Lives Matter movement was co-founded by Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi in July 2013. The grassroots movement star...
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History was made! We Won, We Cried and then We Celebrated – Click for articles and news from Historic January 2021
We patiently waited for all the votes to be counted and the election to be called. Eventually, the outcome was clear. Joe Biden and Kamala H...
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Celebrate the Contributions of African Americans
February is the time of year that we pause, reflect, and celebrate the many achievements by African Americans to the world as we know it. Th...
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FDW Needs You to Get Involved
FDW is not letting the dust settle after our historic election victories in November and January. We have elections to win and problems in o...
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The COVID 19 Vaccine is HERE – Learn more and where to get it.
Georgia Public Health regularly updates this site with locations and procedures for getting the COVID 19 Vaccine. In order for our economy t...
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Blue Community on the Rise in Peachtree City with the Golf Cart Rally the Sequel
Blue Community on the Rise in Peachtree City with the Golf Cart Rally the Sequel...
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Fayette Democrats Celebrate The Blue Wave that is coming
Fayette Democrats Celebrate The Blue Wave that is coming with a Ridin’ With Biden Golf cart parade and rallies on Oct 3 & 17th ...
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Fayette Democrats Unite to Get Out the Vote on Oct 24th
Fayette Democrats Unite to Get Out the Vote on Oct 24th – Leaders share why our vote matters...
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What Do We Look for in a Leader? by Karen Rands
What Do We Look for in a Leader? By Karen Rands There are all types of leaders that combine to embody what we generally hold as the s...
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Sign Up for the Book Reading Series
The Fayette Democratic Women invite you to get involved in a broader conversation about criminal justice reform. We will be reading The New ...
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Perdue & Loeffler’s Bad Week: “The State of Georgia Is In Play”
Unelected “political mega-donor” Senator Kelly Loeffler is facing even more GOP defections after her opponent, top Trump ally Congressman Do...
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Testing becoming more widely available as CVS & Walgreens begin offering COVID 19 testing in parts of Metro Atlanta
Read more about COVID-19 testing using the links below. AJC Article CVS Press Release Walgreens ...
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Community Peace Walk in Fayetteville Every Friday
Join with neighbors & friends for as we walk for unity for a better community. Join every Friday at 6pm for a 2 mile walk through...
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The President’s Club will never be the same – Vanity Fair Article excerpt of new book: Team of Five
In an exclusive excerpt from her new book, Team of Five, Kate Andersen Brower reveals why Donald Trump will be left out of the world’s most ...
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Blue Angels and Thunderbirds Fly Over Atlanta
In a grand gesture of support for our first responders, the Blue Angels and Thunderbirds flew over Atlanta on Saturday after visiting sister...
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Georgia Opens with COVID-19 cases not declining. Testing to increase as forecast of number of infections grow
In response to the Governors ‘Opening Georgia” many Atlanta Restaurants stay closed. Testing authorized in Georgia’s meat ...
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Supreme Court set to hear critical cases and live stream the arguments May 4-11
The Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments remotely for the next two weeks, and for the first time in history, the audio will be available,...
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Fayette County has the highest Census results at 68%
According to the Census 2020 website for census response rates, as of May 2, 2020, Fayette County still has the highest return rate of any c...
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Celebrates Nurses on the front-line with Nurses Awards #AJCNurses
National Nurses Week is May 6-12. It takes on new significance this year because nurses and everyone in the healthcare community are on the ...
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Trump Approved Kemp’s Plan Before He Through Him Under the Bus
After weeks of Governor Kemp being made the laughing stock of late-night comedy, receiving the label COVIDIOT, and social media meme darling...
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Watch DEBATEs OF THE DEMOCRAT CANDIDATES FOR US SENATE other statewide offices
Democrats have a strong chance to flip the US Senate seat held by David Perdue. It is a very important decision we must make to support the ...
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Georgia Gives #GivingTuesday is May 5th – Focus on Families impacted by COVID 19
Giving Tuesday focuses on those organizations working to support families in crisis as a result of the COVID 19 pandemic and the economic sh...
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Covid-19 Impact on Under-served Communities in Georgia
Hosted by one of our favored advocacy groups, We Are MarchOn Georgia, community leaders and candidates came together for a virtual town hall...
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Sip N Say Returns with Virtual Socializing
Pre COVID – the members and friends of FDW would gather at FCDC HQ periodically to watch a video or listen to a speaker and then have ...
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Fayette Factor is leading the way to support Fayette Families
Feeding Our Children” Day 1! Fayette FACTOR is honored to work with our community organizations and volunteers to feed our children. W...
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RGB Fans Rejoice- SCOTUS to broadcast live hearings on Trump’s Release of Financials
See the Supreme Court in Action! Historic precedent for SCOTUS to hear oral arguments, live to the public, is a ...
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Stay Connected Via Zoom
Fayette Democratic Women seek to stay connected with our members and community during this time of social distancing and sheltering a...
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Vote By Mail – The 411 on Vote by Mail
By now, every registered voter should have received the application to vote by mail from their local county voter registrar office. Although...
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All 5 US Senator Candidates seen on FCDC Virtual Forum
The Fayette County Democratic Committee held a virtual broadcast of the GA Senator Forum. At the start we heard from local can...
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Stimulus package will work through the IRS and is a sliding scale based your tax filing last year.
The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service announced distribution of economic impact payments will begin in the next three wee...
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A message from Fayette County Commissioner Rousseau:
Please share this link throughout your network in Fayette County. I recently convened a group of service providers to create this one-stop-s...
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Support our Local Small Business Eateries with #BreakOutTakeOut
As we settle in for another week of working and learning remotely, Fayette Democratic Women joins with the Fayette Chamber of Commerce to en...
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Trump denies any responsibility for America’s unpreparedness and failed response to the epidemic.
Trump bears direct responsibility for America’s unpreparedness and failed response to the epidemic. Since Trump came into office, he h...
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SCOTUS Suspends Hearings and Decisions Amid COVID 19 Outbreak
Critical Supreme Court Decisions put on hold as the nation braces against the COVID-19 Pandemic. Click here for full summary and assessmen...
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COVID 19 Testing Available in Fayette County with some Limitations
Fayette County opens its first mobile drive through testing center. Currently only still available to those diagnosed over the phone by a d...
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Peachtree City Responds to Growing Concern Amidst COVID-19 Outbreaks
Peachtree City Mayor Fleisch shared this video statement to explain the government response and closings amidst growing concern about the...
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Status of SB 463 – Misleading Bill Designed to Suppress passes GA Senate in the Dark of Night
After Georgia’s legislative leaders urged the public to stay away from the Statehouse due to COVID-19, they quickly passed the Secretary of ...
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Alert – Look to the CDC for information about preventing the spread of Coronavirus 19
Although at this date, there are only 2 reports of coronavirus in our Fayette County community and thus far according to local health offici...
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FDW Joins Georgia Federation of Democratic Women for Blue Day at the Capitol
Fayette Democratic Women was well represented at GFDW Women In Blue Day at the Capitol The senate issued a proclamation honoring the Georgia...
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Speaking Truth To Power: Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez slams conservative Christians for using “religious freedom” as a cover for “...
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‘Thank you’: Six Brave Women did the Hard Work of Holding Harvey Weinstein Accountable
The judgement from a jury of peers is guilty on all counts of rape and criminal sexual assault. The #METOO movement started with the brave w...
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February Monthly Meeting Recap – Secure the Vote
Fayette Democratic Women executed on part of their 2020 plan and pledge to engage our community to ensure that as we ‘get out the vote...
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How Mitt Romney Decided Trump Is Guilty
Mitt Romney broke with fellow Republican Senators to vote to convict Trump on one of the two articles of impeachment. He showed that he coul...
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January Monthly Meeting: Strategies to Get Out the Vote and Community Engagement
We had a terrific turn out for the first #FDW member & community monthly meeting of 2020. We continued the work started at the December ...
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The problematic truth about the origins of the Electoral College
One of the weirdest parts of U.S. democracy is the remarkably undemocratic Electoral College. As angry voters will tell you, two of the last...
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Democrats Take the Oath of Office Representing Fayetteville
Congratulations to Mayor Ed Johnson and to Councilmen Darryl Langford and Joe Clark for winning their elections and leading our Blue Wave fo...
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2019 FDW Annual Retreat – A Huge Success
Over 50 Fayette Democratic Women and their guests attended the December 7th Annual Retreat that was held at the Historic Courthouse on the S...
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How a Facebook employee helped Trump win — but switched sides for 2020
James Barnes is now focused on using digital-ad strategies to try to get Trump out of office. Read in The Wall Street Journal: https://apple...
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FDW’s Read On and Rise (ROAR) Literacy Project Donates over 300 Children’s Books to Bloom
As part of its ROAR project, FDW donates new and gently used children’s books to nonprofits and other organizations that support families in...
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FDW Supports Mr. Joe Clark in Run Off Election for Fayetteville City Council, Post 2
FDW President, Pearline Greene (L) and Chair, Political Action Committee, Sheryl Corke (R) make a financial contribution to Mr. Joe Clark (c...
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FDW November Meeting Focuses on the Importance of the 2020 U.S. Census
FDW held its November meeting on Saturday the 16th, 1:00-3:00 pm at the Heritage Bank at 440 N Jeff Davis Ave. in Fayetteville. The topic fo...
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FDW Supporting the National Federation of Democratic Women Southern Regional Meeting
FDW Supporting the National Federation of Democratic Women Southern Regional Meeting. Several inspiring speakers, great information that wil...
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FDW Supports Local Democratic Candidates in Municipal Elections
Michael C. Edwards, Elaine Beraza, Sheryl Corke, Michael and Kimberley Edwards, and Sara Cookson Elect Darryl Langford Elaine Beraza,...
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FDW Supports Women Health and Presents a Check to the Fayette Care Clinic
Fayette Care Clinic Director, Deb Presley-Christensen and FDW Members Sara Cookson, President Pearline Greene, Sheryl Corke and Candidate Ke...
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Rep. Elijah Cummings, civil rights advocate and House Oversight Committee chair, dies at 68
Read in Baltimore Sun: baltimoresun.com/politics/bs-md-pol-cummings-dies-20191017-bbwnrp72nndejatug3v7rj2zga-story.html...
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Where Women Fall Behind at Work: The First Step Into Management
Well before the glass ceiling, women run into obstacles to advancement. Evening the odds early in their careers would have a huge impact. Re...
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Georgia Professor Holds Student’s Baby, A Life Lesson Bundled On Her Back
“We know it’s overwhelming, don’t think we don’t understand,” the professor said about the challenge of being ...
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CNN: $34 million: How much one man is paying to wipe out the college debt of one graduating class
Billionaire investor Robert F. Smith donated $34 million to make good on his promise to pay off the student loan debt of the entire Class of...
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These wealthy Democratic women have a plan to beat Trump at his own game
The progressive group Way to Win was co-founded by an heiress to a Texas oil fortune. Read More ...
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Congratulations FDW – 2019 Fundraising Event was a HUGE SUCCESS!
On Saturday, August 17, 2019 the FDW hosted a spectacular brunch as its annual fundraiser at the Flat Creek Country Club in Peachtree City, ...
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Fayette County’s Draft Comprehensive Transportation Plan (CTP) Available for Review and Comment
Fayette County’s Draft Comprehensive Transportation Plan (CTP) Available for Review and Comment The draft CTP is available for public review...
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Fayette Democratic Women demonstrating support for local candidate Jill Prouty, Georgia District 71. Our members have assisted with canvassing, door knocking, phone banking and critical financial support. It takes all of these to run an effective campaign!”
Fayette Democratic Women demonstrating support for local candidate Jill Prouty, Georgia District 71. Our members have assisted with canvassi...
