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What Women Want From Obama

By Hello Beautiful December 17, 2008 1:07 pm

[from Jack and Jill Politics]

Check out the video from the YWCA’s OWN IT initiative. For some reason, you don’t often hear about what young women think and what younger women want. We especially don’t hear enough about what black women really think and want. The YWCA recently did a survey and had some interesting findings that provide some insight, I think, into the future of America. Short version: Gen Y gets it and wants an active administration including a First Lady who’s a real leader to create change we can see in our everyday lives – Including on the subjects of fair pay and racial justice. Obama Transition Team: listen up. Here’s some selected deets…

To get statistics on female voters and watch the video, click here.

TAGS: first lady, obama, obama transition team, own it campaign, what women want, women, ywca
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  • sexysweetz04
    sexysweetz04
    12-24-2008 9:30 pm

    happy holidays to all the baps in America that stand behind obama with change

  • realpeace1
    realpeace1
    12-20-2008 1:11 pm

    Well, I am not spooked by the negative remarks I hear & read each day, my new walk looks toward the future & does not lag behind when NOW must reside.

  • Cali_Allure817
    Cali_Allure817
    12-19-2008 8:12 am

    Yall all going hard for Obama just because the color of his skin. Of top. Dude is Dick cheney and Bush’s cousin. Cheney is the 8th cousin and bush is the 11th. And every president ever elected has the same bloodline or connection to a British royal bloodline. Other countries know this, why doesn’t ours???

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