Important Message From Riane Eisler

I just received this from another phenomenal woman who I dearly appreciate and love, Riane Eisler:

Dear Molly,

Just a quickie news flash. President Elect Obama has a new website and he is asking for our input. Click here for the website: http://www.change.gov.

Please post a request that he fill his cabinet with Qualified WOMEN too! Many to choose from......he is asking for our input.

We need to get half the cabinet posts filled by qualified, caring, progressive women, and this should include powerful posts such as Secretary of State. Women are half the population, and it's bad enough that we only have 16 percent of national representatives (where nations such as Sweden, Norway, and Finland have around 40 percent!). We must become a real representative democracy, and the cabinet should model this new partnership politics.

Also ask for an Office on Women's Issues and another on Children's Issues -- these are basic to democracy.. Another idea is a Presidential Commission on Women and Democracy, to address the myriad of issues which confront women--from disproportionate poverty and domestic violence to healthcare and work-life balance. Instead of addressing these issues in an inefficient and piecemeal fashion, a Presidential Commission on Women and Democracy would present the new administration with a vehicle to enact permanent and systemic change

Please forward the request to as many supporters and lists that you can think of -- and ask them to go on http://www.change.gov and give this important input. Time is of the essence!

Thank you so much!

PS. I also invite you to listen to four short podcasts from me on Campaign 08, and go beyond the rhetoric to the realities.

Please go to my website http://www.rianeeisler.com

The four podcasts are:

1. The Basic Political Issues
2. Women in Politics
3. Family Values
4. Political and Fiscal Priorities


In partnership,
Riane Eisler

PS. I will be in touch over the coming weeks to talk about what we need to do after the election to help build a more equitable, peaceful, and sustainable partnership future for ourselves and our children.

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We are the ones for whom we have been waiting.
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