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Join us for a Sunday Sisters Salon at Bards Alley Bookshop, July 12, 6-8 pm! A light, intimate, and completely on brand evening for everything the Women's Summit stands for — community, connection, books, and the stubborn belief that democracy is worth fighting for! 📚 Jen Morrow - Owner, Bards Alley. Summit SHOP, LIVE, VOTE Expo anchor for the fourth year running. 🇺🇸 Delegate Holly Siebold - 12th District, Vienna and beyond. 📖 Katherine White - Co-founder, Network NOVA. The architect of ten years of grassroots victories in Virginia. ✊ Peggy Pridemore - Moms Demand Action Vienna. Longtime Summit supporter and grassroots ally. 🌎 Meredith Haines - Climate & Clean Energy Working Group, Virginia Grassroots Coalition This is a wonderful opportunity to learn more about the 10th Annual Women's Summit and meet grassroots organizers. Free and open to all! #DemocracyIsWorthFightingFor #WomensSummit #VirginiaGrassroots #NetworkNOVA
WHO CARES? Healthcare, Hope & the America We Choose on the Friday Power Lunch This July 4th weekend reminded us that freedom is not something we celebrate once a year. It is something we measure by the choices we make. With the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill, significant changes to Medicaid and the ACA are now becoming reality. The campaign is over. The consequences are beginning. Rather than arguing politics, we are asking a more important question: what happens next? This week's Friday Power Lunch moves beyond the political headlines to explore what these changes could mean for American families, healthcare providers, local communities, and the future of public policy. We follow the story through three lenses — The Decision, The Data, and The Reality. Guests Tom Perriello brings us The Decision. Former U.S. Congressman and Democratic candidate for Virginia's 5th Congressional District, Tom voted for the ACA in 2010, because he believed expanding access to healthcare was the right thing to do. It was a vote that ultimately cost him his congressional seat. Today, he's running again and will discuss why healthcare remains one of America's defining issues and what voters need to understand moving forward. Charles Gaba brings us The Data. Founder of ACASignups.net and Blue25.org, Charles has spent more than a decade tracking the numbers behind healthcare policy — separating political rhetoric from measurable impact. A representative from the Norfolk Department of Human Services brings us The Reality. This is where national policy becomes personal. Every budget reflects a set of priorities. Every law carries consequences. And every decision eventually reaches someone's family. Together, we'll explore not just the politics of healthcare, but what happens after the votes are counted, the laws are signed, and communities begin living with the consequences. RSVP for your Zoom link at https://tinyurl.com/FPL2026a
Juneteenth, Freedom Summer & Candidates in CD1 on the Friday Power Lunch podcast, June 19, 12-1 pm. A Juneteenth conversation hosted by Finale Norton featuring Gaylene Kanoyton of the Virginia NAACP and grassroots leader Ms. Margaret Morrison. + a LIVE Congressional District 1 Candidate Roundtable featuring: 🔥 Elizabeth Dempsey Beggs 🔥 Salaam Bhatti 🔥 Tim Cywinski 🔥 Shannon Taylor We will discuss the issues voters are talking about right now: healthcare access, Medicare & Medicaid, democracy, accountability, data centers, infrastructure, extremism, and what leadership looks like in this political moment. Connect the dots between history, democracy, voting rights, organizing, and the future of Virginia. Register for your Zoom link at https://tinyurl.com/FPL2026a
Friday Power Lunch Podcast - THE WARNING SIGNS: The Cost of Normalizing Violence. Friday, June 12, Noon - 1 pm ET. Special Guests: Delegate Dan Helmer (Virginia House District 10), Army veteran, longtime grassroots ally, and one of the leading voices behind Virginia’s newly signed assault weapons ban legislation. Historian Paul Quigley, author of The Man Behind the Cane: Preston Brooks, Political Violence, and the Road to the Civil War. BIG TEN Women’s Summit: Candidate & Campaign Celebration on Friday night, spotlight. Register at FridayPowerLunch.com