Source: Reuters Investigates. “School officials and their families should never be subject to death threats and harassment. Full stop. No matter where you stand on specific books or school policies, violence and intimidation are never the answer.” Suburbs Across...
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Janice Robinson, NC program director for Red, Wine and Blue, on efforts by parents to push back against recent book banning
Radio Interview with Rob Schofield at NC Policy Watch. Listen here.
Opinion: Let’s not stifle teachers or students
Source: The Washington Post. Thanks to Katie Paris, who is leading a network of about 300,000 people in her Red Wine and Blue group and helping save our democracy, as reported in the Feb. 10 Politics & the Nation article, “ ‘Blue’ suburban moms mobilize to counter...
‘Blue’ suburban moms are mobilizing to counter conservatives in fights over masks, book bans and diversity education
Source: The Washington Post. Dozens of suburban moms from around the country dialed into an Ohio-based Zoom training session last month with the same goal — to learn how to combat the increasingly vitriolic rhetoric from parents whose protests over mask mandates and...
The Network of Suburban Moms Working to Stop Book Bans
Suburban women are a force. Following the 2016 election, it became clear that the contingent of white suburban women could sway the power in the country. But in the months following, other suburban women knew it was time to step up, and in 2018, a group banded...
Mother in Bucks County pushes back against book bans
A mother from Bucks County is pushing back against book bans in school districts across the country. Suburbs Across America said Thursday Stacey Smith of Perkasie has joined suburban moms from around the country to stop book bans with the organization Red Wine and...
Suburban moms from red and blue states unite to organize against local book bans
Red Wine & Blue Education Fund in Coalition with PEN America, Race Forward & Others Is Mobilizing Hundreds of Thousands Against Attempts to Ban Books in Public Schools & Their Libraries Suburbs Across America, February 3, 2022 – As suburban mothers from...
Red Wine & Blue on CNN
The political fight over pandemic policy is playing out in America's suburbs, where some of the same voters -- namely suburban women -- who propelled Democrats to big wins in the 2018 and 2020 elections are now breaking ranks ahead of this year's midterms." Read more...
Suburban women helped Biden, Democrats win. This group wants to keep it that way.
Red, Wine and Blue, an Ohio-based nonprofit advocacy group, is expanding its reach with a podcast and a move into other battleground states. An Ohio group that specializes in nudging suburban women toward progressive candidates will launch a national podcast and...
The Field: Why Suburban Women Changed Their Minds
In America’s increasingly divided political landscape, it can be hard to imagine almost any voter switching sides. One demographic group has provided plenty of exceptions: white suburban women. In the past four years, the group has turned away from the president in...
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