NeW at American University caught up after time apart at a “Welcome Back Brunch” to start the school year on August 28, 2021. Fourteen members gathered at Millie’s in Washington, DC, where they spent quality time together and expressed appreciation for each other and their chapter. After communicating over Zoom during the summer and coronavirus […]
Why has the American public lost trust in its institutions? How can we rebuild that trust, starting with universities and college campuses? Dr. Yuval Levin, director of social, cultural, and constitutional studies at the American Enterprise Institute, addressed these questions and more on a webinar with the Network of enlightened Women’s fall book club on […]
What do you wish you knew as a hopeful DC intern? On Friday, Sept. 17, the alumnae panel at NeW’s Intern Summit answered this question to a crowded room at the Capitol Hill Club in Washington, DC. Fifty DC interns gathered to network and hear from the panel, which included three former NeW chapter leaders who work […]
The Network of enlightened Women hosted our first-ever Capitol Hill Intern Summit on Sept. 17 at the Capitol Hill Club in Washington, DC. We were honored to have Anita McBride — executive-in-residence in the School of Public Affairs at American University, former chief of staff to first lady Laura Bush, and member of the U. […]
How do you measure the impact of an organization? You might start by looking at metrics that are easily quantifiable: membership numbers, how many events the organization hosts, or its number of hits on social media. But that wouldn’t capture the whole picture. To truly know how much an organization has accomplished, you have to […]
“You guys are conservative women — the entire country tries to define you. You need to define yourselves. They will do it if you don’t,” Cabot Phillips cautioned his audience of conservative, college-aged women at the NeW 2021 Leadership Retreat last month. Phillips and his wife Emma have both made names for themselves in the […]
NeW is proud to celebrate 17 years of educating, equipping and empowering conservative women. To celebrate, we are highlighting NeW members across the country and how NeW has impacted their lives. Krista Mitchell graduated from American University in 2018 where she first became involved and active in her local NeW chapter. How did you first […]
At the Network of enlightened Women’s 2021 Leadership Retreat, Mary Kate Cary, former speechwriter for President George W. Bush and practitioner senior fellow with the Miller Center at the University of Virginia, addressed campus chapter leaders on what it means to be a conservative in America, the future of conservatism, and how to make a […]
In 2018, Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) became the first woman elected to represent the state of Tennessee in the U.S. Senate. Last month, she was gracious enough to take time out of her busy schedule to provide the keynote welcome address for our 2021 Leadership Rereat, which was hosted in her home state’s city of […]
NeW is excited to celebrate 17 years of educating, equipping, and empowering conservative women. To celebrate, we want to highlight the accomplishments of the hardworking and dedicated women of NeW. Charlotte Whelan is a NeW alumna from Princeton University and now works as a policy analyst focused on energy and climate policy at the Independent […]
