Women
Leadership:
In 2007-2008 legislative sessions, I became the longest serving woman in the General Assembly. I am the only female Chair of a Committee (the State Government Committee) in the House. Throughout my career both inside and outside of the House of Representatives, I have been a champion of women.
I was a founder of the Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Women's Political Caucus. I am member of the National Organization for Women, and a board member of the local Americans for Civil Liberties chapter.
NARAL Pro-Choise PennsylvaniaThe mission of NARAL Pro-Choice Pennsylvania is to develop and sustain a constituency that uses the political process to guarantee every woman the right to make personal decisions regarding the full range of reproductive health choices, including preventing unintended pregnancies, bearing healthy children and choosing legal abortion (more).
Women's Health & Environmental Network
Women's Health and Environmental Network (WHEN) champions the health of women and their families by reducing environmental exposures through education, research and direct action (more).
Women's Community Revitalization Project
The Women's Community Revitalization Project (WCRP) is committed to social and economic justice for low-income women and their families (more).
National Organization for Women
The National Organization for Women (NOW) is the largest organization of feminist activists in the United States. NOW has 500,000 contributing members and 550 chapters in all 50 states and the District of Columbia (more).
National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women
The National Coalition for the Homeless, founded in 1984, is a national network of people who are currently experiencing or who have experienced homelessness, activists and advocates, community-based and faith-based service providers, and others committed to a single mission. That mission, our common bond, is to end homelessness (more).
Pennsylvania Commission for Women
The mission of the Pennsylvania Commission for Women is to identify and advance the diverse needs and interests of Pennsylvania women and girls; to inform, educate and advocate for its constituents; and to provide opportunities to empower women and girls to reach their highest potential (more).
Philadelphia Coalition of Labor Union Women
The Coalition of Labor Union Women is a national constituency group of the AFL-CIO, founded in 1974
to address the critical needs of millions of unorganized women and to make our unions more responsive
to the needs of their female members, especially women of color (more).
National Council of Jewish women
The National Council of Jewish Women is a volunteer organization that has been at the forefront of social change for over a century. Inspired by Jewish values, NCJW courageously takes a progressive stance on issues such as child welfare, women's rights, and reproductive freedom (more).
Planned Parenthood, Southeast
Our Mission is to protect and enhance reproductive freedom, to increase access to reproductive health care services and information, and to promote sexual health (more).
Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood health centers offer high-quality sexual and reproductive health care, including family planning, gynecological care, STI/STD testing and treatment, pregnancy testing, and abortion services (more).