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WIE Network Call To Action Campaign Supports 11 Women Candidates For Senate

The WIE (Women: Inspiration & Enterprise) Network is a forum that allows professional and powerful women around the globe to connect with each other to tackle wide-ranging issues and inspire social change.
 
WIE has launched monthly call-to-action campaigns, which will highlight a specific issue regarding women in our global society. This month, the network is focusing on women in politics. For the first time in three decades, the number of women in Congress has dropped, composing just over 17%. With 11 Democratic women candidates running for Senate in next year’s election, WIE is encouraging everyone to be informed and vote for these inspiring candidates.
 
Read up on the 11 candidates, connect with your networks by mentioning these women on social media and be an integral part of historical change in our government by casting your vote during the elections.
 
Get involved, collegiettes™ and make your vote count!

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Lauryn is a senior at Northeastern University majoring in journalism. She has written for Boston.com as well as the HC branch at Northeastern. Lauryn is also a teaching assistant for International Affairs students at Northeastern. In May and June of 2011, she embarked on a reporting trip to the Middle East, where she mastered the art of "man on the street" reporting and gained a new appreciation for falafel. In her spare time, Lauryn enjoys writing, walking around Boston aimlessly, traveling and a unhealthy obsession with her Kindle. She loves eating, French bulldogs and Anderson Cooper. After graduation, she hopes to pursue a career in foreign correspondence or magazine journalism. You can follow her on Twitter @laurynpaiva.