{"id":5138,"date":"2012-03-08T06:59:20","date_gmt":"2012-03-08T12:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freethoughtblogs.com\/xblog\/?p=2605"},"modified":"2012-03-08T06:59:20","modified_gmt":"2012-03-08T12:59:20","slug":"international-womens-day-celebration-and-fund-raiser-for-sharon-sund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/08\/international-womens-day-celebration-and-fund-raiser-for-sharon-sund\/","title":{"rendered":"International Women&#8217;s Day Celebration and Fund Raiser for Sharon Sund"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tonight, in Minneapolis; bring your ideas and some money and we&#8217;ll make things happen!  I&#8217;ve already put my One Good Shirt in the laundry and hope to have it dry in time.  See you there? <\/p>\n<p><strong>Key women leaders celebrate Sharon Sund on International Women&#8217;s Day<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>To celebrate International Women&#8217;s Day, a large group of prominent women leaders in government, business and the community are co-hosting a fundraising event for Sharon Sund, candidate for congress in Minnesota&#8217;s Third District.    <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am honored that so many respected, talented, courageous women are standing up for me on a day when we need to stand up for all women,&#8221; said Sund. &#8220;International Women&#8217;s Day is a time for us to celebrate the achievements women have made&#8211;and are making&#8211;worldwide.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The celebration taking place today in conjunction with International Women&#8217;s Day is being held at the home of former State Representative Betty Folliard. It is co-hosted by a large group of prominent and influential women who are supporting Sund. They include: State Senators Chris Eaton and Ann Rest, along with State Representatives Denise Dittrich, Rena Moran, Sandra Peterson and Linda Slocum.<\/p>\n<p>Other prominent women activists co-hosting the event include: former State Representative Luanne Koskinen and long-time community activists: Dottie Gilkeson, Laurie Pryor, Rosemary Rocco, Ruth Usem and Deborah Watts.<\/p>\n<p>Edina City Council Member Joni Bennett, one of the co-hosts of the event, talked about the need for women to be engaged in the political process. &#8220;It&#8217;s important for women to be involved at all levels of government,&#8221; said Bennett. &#8220;At a time when much of our discussion is about finding solutions to environmental problems, Sharon Sund&#8217;s training and work in science make her a strong candidate for congress.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/notes\/sharon-sund-for-congress\/key-women-leaders-celebrate-sharon-sund-on-international-womens-day\/387411807954149\">Facebook page<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sharonsund.com\/\">Campaign web page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tonight, in Minneapolis; bring your ideas and some money and we&#8217;ll make things happen! I&#8217;ve already put my One Good Shirt in the laundry and hope to have it dry in time. See you there? Key women leaders celebrate Sharon Sund on International Women&#8217;s Day To celebrate International Women&#8217;s Day, a large group of prominent &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/08\/international-womens-day-celebration-and-fund-raiser-for-sharon-sund\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">International Women&#8217;s Day Celebration and Fund Raiser for Sharon Sund<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[284],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5fhV1-1kS","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5138"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5138\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}