Archive: Around Town

The Eleanor Roosevelt Legacy Committee has announced the winners of its 2009 Campaign Grants and Endorsements. Founded in 2001 by former New York State Democratic Committee Chair Judith Hope, the Eleanor Roosevelt Legacy Committee was designed to endorse and assist progressive women candidates with a demonstrated commitment to promoting the values of the Democratic Party. This year, ERLC awarded 150 grants amounting to $100,000, including three grants to women in Tompkins County.

The local grant recipients are Pat Pryor, running for County Legislature from District 6 on the Democratic and Lansing Lighthouse lines; Erica Naylor, Democratic candidate for Town Clerk from the Town of Ulysses; and Katherine Halton, Democratic Town Board candidate in the Town of Danby.

 

ERLC President Cathy Lasry said: "We are thrilled to be supporting such outstanding women candidates who will work hard to put our communities, and the State of New York, back on the right track again."

 

The ERLC will celebrate this year's grantees at their Annual Fall Luncheon with special guests Abby Disney, Senator Charles Schumer, and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand. This year's luncheon honors Geraldine Ferraro with the Pioneer in Politics - Lifetime Achievement Award.

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