The Metropolis Sentinel, Employees Report
OKLAHOMA CITY — Rep. Melissa Provenzano, D-Tulsa, was lately chosen to be an Oklahoma State Director for Girls in Authorities.
Girls In Authorities (WIG), headquartered in Washington, D.C., is a nationwide non-profit, non-partisan group of ladies state legislators. Based on a legislative press launch, “For greater than 30 years, WIG has supplied management alternatives, professional boards, and academic sources to deal with and resolve complicated public coverage points to all ladies state legislators throughout the nation.”
In her assertion despatched to The Metropolis Sentinel, Rep. Provenzano stated, “The mission of this group can’t be understated. For many of our nation’s historical past, the federal government has been a male-dominated area. That’s altering. We’re starting to see extra parity. There’s a number of work left to do, however with organizations like Girls in Authorities, I do know we will get there.”
As a non-partisan group, WIG goals to have social gathering parity in all management positions, with as much as 4 State Administrators in every state from each homes with all events represented.
“State Administrators are WIG’s go-to ambassadors within the states,” stated Lindsey Eggsware, communications coordinator for WIG. “Appointed by a nationwide Board of Administrators comprised totally of elected state legislators, State Administrators are legislative leaders who hold WIG knowledgeable about urgent coverage points of their states.”
Provenzano hopes to make use of her place to attach with extra state lawmakers each in Oklahoma and throughout the nation.
“One of many beauties of getting fifty states is that we will be taught from one another,” Provenzano stated.
“I hope that involvement on this group will result in higher coverage for Oklahomans. I’m appreciative of this chance and look to benefit from it.”
