Leadership Program Empowers Stockton Students
Source: Stockton University
Galloway, N.J. – Did you know that New Jersey has never sent a woman to the U.S. Senate? Or that New Jersey ranks 23rd among the 50 states in the proportion of women serving in its legislature?
To address women’s underrepresentation in politics, the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP), housed at Rutgers University’s New Brunswick campus, hosts the Susan N. Wilson NEW Leadership residential program, which introduces college women to the world of politics and successful women leaders in the field to encourage them to consider how the political process plays a role in their daily lives.
Two Stockton University students, Rachel Dunlap, from Newark, and Detty-Maidanove Exantus, from Pleasantville, were sponsored by the William J. Hughes Center for Public Policy to attend the program this June.
“The William J. Hughes Center for Public Policy at Stockton is pleased to support students who want to attend this unique leadership program designed to increase the representation of women in politics,” said Tina Zappile, director of the center. “In this powerful training, our students learn how to be more involved in the political process, whether through a career in public service, work in the private sector, or community involvement. The voices of Detty and Rachel, along with other Stockton NEWL alumni, are critical for a thriving democracy.”
For Dunlap, an Africana Studies major, the program was a “welcoming environment” that allowed her to experience perspectives different from her own in an empowering space.
“We were accepted from the moment we got there to the very end. It was an amazing opportunity to be surrounded by like-minded women who constantly encouraged and supported other women, even though we didn’t know each other,” Dunlap said. “To a certain extent, I believe that my personal experiences and background allowed me to have a different perspective on different political and global issues that we were discussing. But our differences in perspectives were unifying and understood on an intellectual level, allowing us to empower each other to be better scholars and activists.”
Read here the full article published by the Stockton University on 9 July 2024.
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Galloway, N.J. – Did you know that New Jersey has never sent a woman to the U.S. Senate? Or that New Jersey ranks 23rd among the 50 states in the proportion of women serving in its legislature?
To address women’s underrepresentation in politics, the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP), housed at Rutgers University’s New Brunswick campus, hosts the Susan N. Wilson NEW Leadership residential program, which introduces college women to the world of politics and successful women leaders in the field to encourage them to consider how the political process plays a role in their daily lives.
Two Stockton University students, Rachel Dunlap, from Newark, and Detty-Maidanove Exantus, from Pleasantville, were sponsored by the William J. Hughes Center for Public Policy to attend the program this June.
“The William J. Hughes Center for Public Policy at Stockton is pleased to support students who want to attend this unique leadership program designed to increase the representation of women in politics,” said Tina Zappile, director of the center. “In this powerful training, our students learn how to be more involved in the political process, whether through a career in public service, work in the private sector, or community involvement. The voices of Detty and Rachel, along with other Stockton NEWL alumni, are critical for a thriving democracy.”
For Dunlap, an Africana Studies major, the program was a “welcoming environment” that allowed her to experience perspectives different from her own in an empowering space.
“We were accepted from the moment we got there to the very end. It was an amazing opportunity to be surrounded by like-minded women who constantly encouraged and supported other women, even though we didn’t know each other,” Dunlap said. “To a certain extent, I believe that my personal experiences and background allowed me to have a different perspective on different political and global issues that we were discussing. But our differences in perspectives were unifying and understood on an intellectual level, allowing us to empower each other to be better scholars and activists.”
Read here the full article published by the Stockton University on 9 July 2024.
Image by Stockton University