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Educate women and inspire confidence to articulate our core values and the virtues of America's founding principles.

Our Values

Free Markets, Limited Government, Personal Responsibility, Strong National Defense

Women of Washington

Communicating America’s Founding Principles

Women of Washington is an educational organization with a focus on understanding local, national, and global issues that are critical to our world today.

Upcoming WOW Event

Featured Guest

Kimberley Strassel

Author, Journalist, Member of the Wall Street Journal Editorial Board

Kimberley Strassel is back by popular demand.  She is a member of the editorial board for The Wall Street Journal. She writes editorials, as well as the weekly Potomac Watch political column, from her base in Washington, D.C.

Ms. Strassel joined Dow Jones & Co. in 1994, working in the news department of The Wall Street Journal Europe in Brussels, and then in London. She moved to New York in 1999 and soon thereafter joined the Journal's editorial page, working as a features editor, and then as an editorial writer. She assumed her current position in 2005.

Ms. Strassel, a 2014 Bradley Prize recipient, is a regular contributor to Sunday political shows, including CBS's "Face the Nation," Fox News Sunday, and NBC's "Meet the Press." 

An Oregon native, Ms. Strassel earned a bachelor's degree in Public Policy and International Affairs from Princeton University.

Ms. Strassel is the author of "Resistance (At All Costs): How Trump Haters Are Breaking America" which makes the case that it is Trump's critics, in their zeal to oppose the president, who are undermining our foundations.
This book will be on sale at the event for $25.00 and Ms. Strassel will be autographing them.


Light Hors d'oeuvres, Beverages & No-Host Wine Bar


6:30  Social Time
7:00  Program Begins

Cost is $50.00 for WOW Members, $50.00 for WOW Member's First Guest, $75.00 for Non-members and additional guests, $25.00 for Young Professionals

Deadline to sign up is Wednesday, November 13, 2019. before the price increases. This event will fill up quickly so get your reservations in early.  Reservations will close on Saturday, November 16 at 9:00 pm or earlier if it is sold out.

To Pay Online, click on the RSVP button below.  WOW members can get the special member price by logging in. If you have forgotten your User Name, please email registration@womenofwa.com.  If you have forgotten your password, please click on "forgot password" to re-set it. This is a very secure way to make your payments, even more so than mailing a check.

To pay by mail, please send your check, made payable to WOW, by November 13 to:
WOW
P. O. Box 1771
Mercer Island, WA 98040

If you have any questions, or need help to register online please email  Registration@womenofwa.com   Please note that we are unable to accommodate any walk-ins the day of the event.

Details

November 20, 2019
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Cost


Members
$50.00
$50.00 - Members First Guest
$25.00 - Young Professionals (under age 35) includes Non-members

Non-Members
$75.00

Venue

Overlake Golf and Country Club
8000 NE 16th St.
Medina, WA 98039

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Upcoming WOW Event

Featured Guest

Star Parker

Founder and President of the "Center for Urban Renewal and Education" and a nationally syndicated columnist with Creator's."

Star Parker is the founder and president of the Center for Urban Renewal and Education, a Washington D.C. based Public Policy Institute that fights poverty and restores dignity through messages of faith, freedom and personal responsibility.

She consulted on federal Welfare Reform in the mid-90s and then founded UrbanCure to bring new ideas to policy discussions on how to transition America's poor from government dependency.  Today, Star regularly consults with both federal and state legislators on market-based strategies to fight poverty.

Her organization UrbanCure has three programs: 
1.  A Policy Program that works directly with the White House and the Congress on Welfare Policy ideas;
 
2.   Media Program that includes rapid response and the daily news blog, blackcommunitynews.com; 

3.  And a Clergy Program that umbrellas a national network of more than 850 clergy who serve in various hard-hit zip codes around the country.

She has authored several books; is a regular commentator on national television and radio networks including the BBC, EWTN, and FOX News; and is a nationally syndicated columnist with Creators, which carries in some of the largest newspapers and news websites in the country, reaching 7 million readers weekly.



Registration Deadline is Thursday, November 21, 2019 for this Christmas Luncheon.

Invitations for the luncheon were mailed on October 15 to WOW members who are current with their 2019 dues.  Priority seating will be given to WOW members. Festive Attire.


Please bring a gift card for Safeway, QFC or Starbucks to benefit Fisher House.

To Pay Online, click on the RSVP button below.  WOW members can get the special member price by logging in with their email address.  If you have forgotten your User Name, please email registration@womenofwa.com. If you have forgotten your password, please click on "forgot password" to re-set it. This is a very secure way to make your payments, even more so than mailing a check.

To Pay by Mail, please send your check made payable to WOW by November 21 to:
WOW, P.O. Box 1771, Mercer Island, WA 98040

If you have any questions, need help to register online or want to tell us who you want to be seated with, please email registration@womenofwa.com.  Please note that we are unable to accommodate any walk-ins the day of the event.

Details

December 11, 2019
11:00 am - 1:30 pm

Cost


Members
$75.00
$75.00 - Members First Guest

Non-Members
$100.00

Venue

Overlake Golf and Country Club
8000 NE 16th St.
Medina, WA 98039

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