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Donna Edwards

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Writing yesterday's post on Tom Geoghegan, sparked an item for my to-do list.  In August I referred to Donna Edwards, a newly elected Member of Congress from the 4th District of Maryland, in this post.  Donna was one of the speakers at Net Roots Nation.Before joining Congress, Donna was executive director of the Arca Foundation which provided startup funding for StandDown in 2000.  The foundation has been active in providing grants to a variety of progressive social justice organizations, including Texas Defender Service and Texans for Public Justice, in our state.Because of her work with grantees, Donna has a rich appreciation of social justice issues across a fairly wide spectrum.  She won the Democratic primary last spring for the 4th CD of Maryland, defeating an incumbent...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on January 08, 2009 (boomark / email).