Dear Friend of AdvancingWomen.com,

We are excited to tell you about an important new effort AdvancingWomen.com has joined
- and we are asking for your support and participation.

Along with WomenCount, a nonprofit grassroots organization, AdvancingWomen.com is
calling on President-elect Obama to create a Presidential Commission on Women
in his first 100 days. Please click on the link on this page to sign the petition
to support this initiative.

No one understands better than all of us that women have been the center of the
conversation in this election – the good and the bad of it. It’s our job to make sure
that’s where we stay.

Women, and gender equality, have been among the biggest stories of this election.
And the lessons that have emerged from this campaign are critical to how women
move forward in politics, in policy, and in our society.

In 1961, President Kennedy convened the Presidential Commission on the Status of Women.
Eleanor Roosevelt was the first chair.That was 47 years ago, and although we have
come a long way, we still have far to go.It’s time to seize the moment and do it again.

The new Commission will bring together the best thinkers across all political parties,
generations, backgrounds, ethnicities, and industry sectors to make change happen
where we know we need it. It will be up to the Commission to define the substance
and scope of its work. With your help, we will make sure it’s done right, and that the
Commission’s work is carried out.

Your part, now, is to sign the petition,and then forward it to your entire list of contacts
with a personal note. The more names we can get on our petition, the easier it will be to
accomplish our goal.

Help us make this happen. It’s our time!

Thank you for your participation.

Gretchen Glasscock
AdvancingWomen.com