Red Wine & Blue (RWB) is a 501(c)(4) organization founded by Katie Paris after the 2018 midterm election. Operating out of suburban swing districts in the United States, RWB engages women at a grassroots level and drives media narratives to better reflect issues faced by the "everyday woman".[1]
| Abbreviation | RWB |
|---|---|
| Formation | 2019 |
| Founder | Katie Paris |
| Type | 501(c)(4) with independent political action committee |
| Purpose | political mobilization |
| Headquarters | Ohio |
| Subsidiaries |
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| Website | redwine |
The organization manages a weekly podcast "The Suburban Women Problem",[2] a 215,000-member Facebook group, SWEEP (Suburban Women Engaged, Empowered, and Pissed), and publishes a weekly newsletter, The Sip.[3][4]
History
editFounding
editRed Wine & Blue began its organizing efforts in 2019 with a plan to engage “concerned but unconnected” suburban voters in local races across Ohio.[5] Paris told Buzzfeed News at the time that the group was using these local campaigns to build a roadmap for Democrats to win back Ohio in the 2020 presidential election.
By 2020, a dozen groups in 12 suburban Ohio counties joined the Red Wine & Blue network, and the group began to hold in-person rallies.[6] They also hosted Facebook Live conversations with Ohio Congressional candidates and participated in a friend-to-friend texting program to turn out the vote.[7]
Red Wine & Blue continued their organizing in Ohio following the 2020 elections. In 2021, the group held a read-in at the State Board of Education to counterprotest an anti-critical race theory demonstration,[8] and called on Ohio REALTORS to stop financially supporting Republican state lawmakers that backed a legislative ban on teaching "divisive concepts" in K–12 schools.[9]
National expansion
editThe same year, Red Wine & Blue announced its intended expansion in Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin while still maintaining a presence in its headquarters state.[10]
References
edit- ^ "The Field: Why Suburban Women Changed Their Minds". The New York Times. 2020-10-26. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-11-05.
- ^ https://redwine.blue/the-suburban-women-problem/
- ^ "Democrats Should Take the "Wine Moms" Seriously". THE FORGE. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
- ^ "This Shaker Heights resident is rallying 'suburban housewives' to rock the vote in 2020". Fresh Water Cleveland. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
- ^ Gomez, Henry J. "This Progressive Group Sees A Path For Democrats To Win Back Ohio: Suburban Women". BuzzFeed News. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
- ^ "Can Hidden Networks of Suburban Women Swing the Midwest Blue?". OZY. 2020-01-06. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
- ^ Jones Donatelli, Jen (August 31, 2020). "This Shaker Heights resident is rallying 'suburban housewives' to rock the vote in 2020". Cleveland - Freshwater Media. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
- ^ "Concerns over Critical Race Theory spark protests". spectrumnews1.com. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
- ^ "Democratic group brings concerns about "CRT" bills to realtors' diversity summit". Ideastream Public Media. 2021-10-13. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
- ^ "Suburban women helped Biden, Democrats win. This group wants to keep it that way". NBC News. Retrieved 2022-02-08.