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4A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2017 Election, Women’s March prompt women of color to seek office By RUSSELL CONTRERAS and DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press two who lives in the Bed- ford-Stuyvesant neighbor- hood of Brooklyn. “So right then and there I decided to jump in.” Lourdes Cruz said she long thought about running for office but seeing the first steps taken by the Trump adminis- tration solidified her decision. The 32-year-old social worker from Yorba Linda, California, has never held elected office and plans to run for city council or the state assembly in 2018. “What the actions are now, it is very scary as a country to see that one person can have so much power,” said Cruz, a naturalized U.S. citizen origi- nally from Mexico. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — As Samia Assed watched election returns come in with her children and another Mus- lim family, she panicked when it became clear that Donald Trump would win the presi- dency. The Palestinian-Amer- ican woman wondered if they would have to register as Muslims, as Trump said during his campaign. Would she be barred from wearing her hijab in public? “Honestly, I was scared,” the 51-year-old Albuquerque resident said. “I didn’t even want to take my daughter to school the next day.” Nonpartisan groups Assed has turned her Erin Loos-Cutraro, fears into action, joining co-founder of She Should what advocacy groups say Run, a nonpartisan group are hundreds, possibly thou- that encourages women to sands of women of color, seek office, said the group’s who are exploring making a site usually gets about 100- run for public office. Across 200 women a month express- the country, women are gath- ing interest in their programs. ering signatures, attending Since the election, it’s been workshops, and signing up for close to 6,000. Karen Hinks, founder of fundraising and public speak- ing classes as they set their WeLead OC, said she’s seen eyes on school board seats, at least 15 groups spring up city councils, state offices, in Orange County, California, since the women’s march was and even Congress. Just how many women of put together. “Every day there’s another color will actually seek office is anyone’s guess. Advocacy group that sprouts up, and it groups say it’s too early to is all women that are doing determine how many women this,” said Hinks, whose orga- will formally file papers, but nization trains Democratic they believe the number could women to run for office and triple. Some are deciding on work on political campaigns. It’s not just Democrat- what position to seek, while others are waiting for 2018 or ic-leaning women seeking to expand the diversity of elected 2019, advocates said. VoteRunLead director officeholders. The Republican Erin Vilardi said the group State Leadership Committee’s has seen a jump in the num- Future Majority Project, an initiative that ber of women seeks diverse interested in politics. The ‘The 2016 GOP can- didates, is Duluth, Min- election identifying nesota-based recruit- group typi- cycle saw and ing state- cally draws level candi- 50 to 100 par- political dates after ticipants for webinars like engagement a successful 2016. “From Pro- at every Republican tester to Pol- State Leader- itician.” But level of ship Commit- since Novem- spokes- ber, the webi- government tee woman Ellie nars have Hockenbury attracted more in ways points to Patri- than 1,000 par- we have cia Rucker, a ticipants each time, Vilardi not seen in first-genera- tion Ameri- said. And can from Ven- about half of years.’ ezuela who those signing up are women Ellie Hockenbury in November won a seat in of color. Republican state leadership committee spokeswoman in the West Vir- “From our New Mexico ginia Senate. inboxes to our And Repub- social media sites, we can’t keep up with lican Affie Ellis became the first Native American woman the fire hose,” Vilardi said. to win a seat in the Wyoming Legislature, Hockenbury said. Jump into politics “The 2016 election cycle In interviews with The Associated Press, some say saw political engagement at Trump’s win and his past every level of government comments on minorities in ways we have not seen in and women sparked them to years,” Hockenbury said. In addition, some female jump into politics. Others, like Monic Behnken, 44, cite political veterans also are the divisiveness of the presi- taking a shot at history. For dential campaign or Demo- example, Debra Haaland, the crat Hillary Clinton’s defeat outgoing chair of the New among the motivating factors. Mexico Democratic Party, is Behnken, a criminal jus- mulling a run for a congres- tice professor at Iowa State sional seat in 2018. If elected, University, is seeking a seat the enrolled member of the Laguna Pueblo would become on the Ames School Board. “Seeing how this ugliness the first Native American was filtering into my chil- woman elected to Congress. Assed said she hasn’t dren’s lives was probably the thing that motivated me the decided when she’ll run for most,” said Behnken, who city council, but in the mean- is black. “I knew I had to do time, she plans to learn all she something to step up to make can. As president of the advo- the world as safe for them as cacy group Albuquerque Cen- ter For Peace and Justice Coa- I could.” Kathleen Daniel, 46, said lition, Assed has sought to she decided to run for New build alliances with Latino York’s City Council the day and Native Americans on a after Trump’s election. Her variety of different issues, she 12-year-old son refused to said. Behnken said she is start- wear his coat that day even though it was cold. He didn’t ing from scratch and will want to be seen in a hoodie, focus on meeting new people. “I don’t know if I’ll win believing Trump would bring back “stop and frisk,” said or not, but I know this,” Behnken said. “This is what Daniel, who is black. “I couldn’t face my kids,” I’m supposed to be doing at said Daniel, a mother of this moment.” Activist Samia Assed stands in front of a mural at the Albuquer- que Center for Peace and Justice coalition in Albuquerque, N.M., earlier this month. Assed, a Pal- estinian-American, has now turned her fears over Donald Trump’s election into action, joining what advocacy groups said are hundreds, possibly thousands of women of color, who are exploring making a run for public office. AP Photo Russell Contreras Consult a Professional silver Q: Are amalgam fillings safe?? A : JEFFREY M. 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