Rebecca Sive

Rebecca Sive
Name: Rebecca Sive
Organization / Company: The Sive Group, Inc./www.rebeccasive.com
I write, speak and advise on women and politics, women’s reproductive rights and economic security, and the intersection of race and gender in American life. In 2013, my inspirational and how-to book for aspiring political women will be published by Chicago Review Press. I also write for Huffington Post Politics. My writing has been picked-up by media outlets as diverse as the Washington Post,Real Clear Politics, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Daily Kos, Firedoglake, USA Today and NPR. Listed in Feminists Who Changed America: 1963-1975,I have won numerous awards for my work, including distinguished achievement awards from my alma maters, the University of Illinois and Carleton College. I was the chair of NARAL Pro-Choice America Foundation's Board of Directors in its formative years; a founder of Emily's List in Illinois; and have advised numerous organizations, candidates, and donors regarding their reproductive rights work. See: www.rebeccasive.com. I may be found on Twitter at: @RebeccaSive.
Rebecca's articles

Did You See Saul Alinsky the Other Night at The Kennedy Center?

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by Rebecca Sive, The Sive Group, Inc./www.rebeccasive.com

January 27, 2012 - 9:41am (Print)

As President Obama and Rev. Sharpton entered The Kennedy Center, I got shivers down my spine. For, I could feel Saul Alinsky guiding them as they took their seats. There were these two men, trained in Alinsky’s methodology for achieving American justice, together to celebrate the life and work of another American justice-teacher, Dr. Martin Luther King, entering the President’s box.

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Kantor Book Kerfluffle Misses the Point: Michelle Obama Could Be This Generation's Eleanor Roosevelt

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by Rebecca Sive, The Sive Group, Inc./www.rebeccasive.com

January 11, 2012 - 6:18pm (Print)

Michelle Obama is no "angry black woman." But she could be this generation’s Eleanor Roosevelt, and an angry black woman who is just as angry as her angry white, brown, yellow and red sisters because America still has hungry and homeless people; because America has too many people who want to work, but who can’t find jobs; and because America these days works for only a few of its citizens when it’s supposed to work “…for all.” 

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