PRESS RELEASES
National Organization for Women Endorses Tracey Brooks
In New York's 21st Congressional District
June 12, 2008 |
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The National Organization for Women (NOW) today announced their endorsement of Congressional Candidate Tracey Brooks in New York’s 21st Congressional District.
“The National Organization for Women is pleased to announce our endorsement of Tracey Brooks for Congress,” said Kim Gandy, president of NOW, the largest and most comprehensive feminist advocacy organization in the United States. “Tracey is an outspoken voice for a women’s right to choose and will fight against measures that criminalize women and doctors.”
Marcia Pappas, President of NOW-NYS added: “We need women in Congress like Tracey Brooks, who can focus our nation on the right priorities, who have a different kind of experience, and who not only represent real, visible change but will deliver change that is meaningful to everyone in the Capital Region and across America.”
“I am honored and proud to be endorsed by the National Organization for Women, one of the nation’s premier grassroots organizations,” said Brooks. “For over forty years, NOW has been fighting for equal rights, working to end discrimination and pushing for the real, meaningful change that voters are now calling for.”
Founded in 1966 by a small but determined group of women's rights advocates, NOW has more than 500,000 contributing members and hundreds of chapters across the U.S. Their mission as a grassroots civil rights organization is to bring women into full participation in society -- sharing equal rights, responsibilities and opportunities with men, while living free from discrimination.
“I support NOW’s top six priority issues which include: advancing reproductive freedom, promoting diversity & ending racism, stopping violence against women, winning lesbian rights, achieving constitutional equality and ensuring economic justice,” said Brooks. “When we talk about change, these are some of the many issues that we must address in order to really achieve the results we all want to see.”
NOW also has a local Albany chapter that focuses on uniting women in Albany, Rensselaer and Schenectady counties, and addresses the inequities facing women in our local communities.
“I look forward to working with our local NOW members throughout the 21st Congressional District, as we continue to build our army of supporters who will help us deliver our message of change to the voters,” said Brooks.
Brooks has received endorsements from EMILY’s List, the nation’s largest political action committee and financial resource for women running for elected office; Women Under Forty Political Action Committee (WUFPAC), a nonpartisan political action committee that supports women forty years of age and under running for federal public office; and the Women’s Campaign Forum (WCF), non-partisan pro-choice, national membership organization dedicated to ensuring women become leaders in public life.
Congressman Michael McNulty, who announced his retirement in October, has represented the district for 20 years. Brooks has been endorsed by Congressman McNulty’s sister, Green Island Mayor Ellen McNulty Ryan, and his father, former Green Island Mayor and Albany County Sheriff, Jack McNulty.
Born in Albany and raised in Clifton Park, Brooks attended public schools and played on a state championship basketball team. At Albany Law School, where she attended on an Edgar and Margaret Sandman Fellowship in Aging Law and Policy, she published research on alternative dispute resolution and received the school’s inaugural Kate Stoneman award for gender equity and policy. For the last three years, Brooks worked with local communities throughout all seven counties of the 21st Congressional District as the Capital Region Director for Senator Hillary Clinton.
To learn more about Tracey Brooks, please visit www.TraceyBrooks.com.
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