Engaging Women with the Work of the Democratic Party
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The Democratic Women of North Carolina is dedicated to engaging women with the work of the Democratic Party. We work to get women to vote, support women who run for office, and work to get Democrats up and down the ticket elected (especially if they are women!). We make sure women have a seat at the table and a voice in decision making within the North Carolina Democratic Party.
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Dear Friends,
The DWNC 65th anniversary will be featured in our annual convention September 19- 21st in Asheville, North Carolina. We continue to be the largest and strongest auxiliary organization for the North Carolina Democratic Party.
Our 2025 DWNC Slogan is “DWNC - for the Will of the People.” We base our activities and strategies on our DWNC Mission. Our focus is to provide opportunity for our members that seek leadership in DWNC, or NCDP or elected officials. Our activities and programs are dedicated to electing Democrats to office.
DWNC Executive Board Board Members
President - Paula A. Shelton
1st Vice President/President-Elect - L. Cramer Vaughan
2nd Vice President - Vickie Zangwill
3rd Vice President - Allison Allen
Recording Secretary - Pam Genant
Treasurer - Denise Castleberry Hall
We are proud of our contributions,
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Active DWNC Chapters in North Carolina 52 counties
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Membership has reached 2900 Democratic Women members
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Annual New Chapter President Training
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Annual New Chapter Treasurer Training
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DWNC Executive Board Members greeted 60% of our Chapter meetings in person/zoom in the past 2 years.
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Held annual DWNC Conventions in September of each year.
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Supported our local and Statewide Candidates
North Carolina Democrats - 2025 election results include Governor Josh Stein, Lt. Governor Rachel Hunt, Attorney General Jeff Jackson, NC Superintendent of Public Instruction Mo Green, and Secretary of State Elaine Marshall.
All of our elected Democratic Council of State elected officials as listed have joined our Democratic Women at our 2024 and/or our 2025 DWNC Conventions.
Our DWNC Chapters made an impact by the following,
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Increasing Chapter Memberships numbers
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Participation - DW Chapter Meetings, Regional Meeting and Annual Convention
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Participating - in NCDP County, District and SEC Meetings
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Phonebanking
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Protests
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Letter Writing
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Canvassing door to door
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Working the Polls
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Giving back to our local communities
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Sponsoring foster children during the holidays
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Members and officers that ran for office
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DWNC Financial Support for our candidates
Our NC Supreme Court Associate Justice Allison Riggs won her election on November 6th, 2025. Her opponent demanded two recounts. She won by 734 votes. Republican Judge Jefferson Griffin filed a series of election protests calling for certain categories of voters to be removed from the vote tally, which amounted to 62000 voters. We kept Justice Riggs in the minds and hearts of our voters for over 6 months after the election. We supported her financially, conducted zoom calls and she was a featured speaker at multiple DW meetings or dinners. This was the last election to be certified in the entire country. Justice Riggs was sworn in on May 13. 2025.
We are now focused on the 2025 and 2026 elections to elect Democrats.
Paula Shelton
President, Democratic Women of North Carolina
“DWNC - For the Will of the People.”
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