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An organization committed to the health and well-being of Black women and girls that works during every election cycle to ensure that the issues that disproportionately affect our communities are spotlighted and amplified!
What is Black Women for Wellness?
These are the two major political parties in the United States.
What are the Democratic Party and Republican Party
Who is the current Governor of California?
Who is Gavin Newsom?
A president is elected every __ years.
What is every 4 years?
Former President Barack Obama made history by being the first Black president sworn into the office of the United States in what year?
What is 2009?
Voting is your ___ job.
What is my Black job?
What is the most powerful predictor of voter choice?
What is party identification?
True or False. Universal Vote by Mail ballots are a permanent part of California’s voting landscape - making voting easier and more accessible.
What is True?
The winner of the presidential election must receive at least how many electoral votes?
What is 270?
Congress ratified the 19th Amendment in 1920, but it took another 45 years and the passage of which legislation for Black women to be able to cast their ballots.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
At one of his rallies, Trump has been quoted saying “. . .Joe Biden is asleep. Kamala is at a dance party with. . .” whom?
Who is Beyoncè?
Name 3 of the swing states in the 2024 presidential election.
Who are Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin?
On the 2024 ballot, California voters needed to decide on how many propositions?
What are 10 propositions (Proposition 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
In the House of Representatives, how many seats does California occupy?
What is 52 seats?
She is the first Black woman elected as California’s Attorney General, serving from 2011 to 2017.
Who is the current Vice President Kamala Harris?
This was, and remains, the greatest scandal in presidential history—if not in all of human history. In 2014, Former President Obama sparked outrage among conservative commentators when he wore this color suit to a press conference.
What is tan?
Proposals to enact new laws or constitutional amendments that are placed on the ballot for approval or rejection by voters are called ____.
Referendum Questions
How many members are part of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors?
What is 5? Hilda Solis, Holly Mitchell, Lindsey Horvath, Janice Hahn, and Kathryn Barger.
In what year did Shirley Chisholm run for the democratic party presidential nomination with the slogan “Unbought and Unbossed?”
What is 1972?
This highly influential Black activist and women's suffragist was a trailblazing journalist, a fierce advocate for racial justice and anti-lynching legislation, and founded and co-founded a variety of civil rights organizations, including the NAACP, the National Association of Colored Women, and the Alpha Suffrage Club.
Who is Ida B Wells-Barnett?
VP Kamala Harris has been famously quoted saying, “ You think you just feel out of a ___ tree?” You exist in the context of all in which you live and what came before you.”
What is a coconut tree?
If no candidate wins the majority of electoral votes, this group elects the next president.
Who is the House of Representatives? This has only happened twice, in 1800 and 1824.
Name one of the current US Senators representing California.
Who is Alex Padilla or Laphonza Butler?
Since 1968, how many Black women have entered the running for the presidency of the US?
What is 11 Black Women?
Charlene Mitchell (1968, Communist Party), Shirley Chisholm (1972, Democratic Party), Margaret Wright (1976, the People’s Party), Isabell Masters (‘84, ‘92, ‘96, ‘00, & ‘04, the Looking Back Party), Lenora Fulani (1988, Independent Party), Monica Moorehead (‘96, ‘00, & ‘16, Marxist-Leninist party), Joy Chavis Rocker (2000, Republican Party), Carol Moseley Braun (2004, Democratic Party), Cynthia McKinney (2008, Green Party), Peta Lindsay (2012, Party for Socialism and Liberation, and Kamala Harris (2024, Democratic Party).
https://www.history.com/news/black-women-president-candidates
At just 38 years old, who was the first Black woman to run for President? Hint: She entered the 1968 presidential race on the Communist Party ticket and was only on the ballot in two states.
Who is Charlene Mitchell?