We promote democracy by encouraging women across South Carolina to engage and participate in local and state leadership opportunities.
WIL built and maintains the only comprehensive statewide roster of open seats on appointed public boards and commissions at the municipal, county, and state levels.
Search Available PositionsWIL encourages qualified women to run for office at all levels of government or become engaged in helping with a woman candidate’s campaign.
Find an OfficeWe are a multi-partisan, multi-racial alliance of women with a mission to move South Carolina forward socially, economically, educationally, and environmentally by sharing information, making connections, and encouraging engagement in local and state leadership opportunities.
The voting process must be transparent, with no unnecessary barriers. To help achieve this crucial part of our democratic process, we focus on the areas of redistricting, voting technology, and vote verification.
Did you know that SC ranks a dismal 46th among the 50 states in the number of women in elected office? Since 2019, we’ve been working to encourage and support more women running for public office.
Political polarization is increasingly intense. We believe that cooperation and respectful conversations can help decrease partisan tensions and that elevating more women in Congress will increase democratic legitimacy and simple justice.
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Every crisis the world faces is a crisis of leadership. The skills we need to lean into now are those considered ‘unmanly’ – empathy, collaboration and altruism
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Changing minds can be powerful, but history shows that changing societies takes more.
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Liz Truss won the leadership race of the ruling Conservative Party, automatically making her leader of the country after Boris Johnson’s resignation in July.
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Published August 2022 Available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or wherever books are sold.
Groundbreakers
(1929-2021) The Honorable Joyce C. Hearn was born in Cedartown, Georgia, to J.C. and Carolyn Carter Camp. She…
