Meet-Up Announcement!
Louisville, KY
Saturday, March 7 at 3 p.m.
Join us for snacks and great conversation!
You’re guaranteed to have a good time!
The Irish Rover
2319 Frankfort Ave.
Louisville, KY 40206
Contact cynthiaruccia@thenewagenda.net for more info.

Meet-Up Announcement!
Dayton, OH
Tuesday, March 3rd at noon.
Have Lunch with us and make
some new friends!
P.F. Chang’s
2626 Miamisburg-Centerville Rd.
Dayton, OH 45459
Contact cynthiaruccia@thenewagenda.net for more info.

Yesterday, I went to my local Starbucks to buy a cup of coffee.  I happened to run into three women who are very involved in volunteer work in the community where I live.  Armed with my hot-off-the-press TNA business cards, I went over to tell them about The New Agenda.
One of the woman, Sally, is from the U.K. and her immediate reaction was this:   “you’ll never get women in this country to work together and stick together as a team.  They just don’t know how to do it.  Men …

Meet-Up Announcement!
Columbus, OH
Friday, Feb. 27th at 7 p.m.
Party in Columbus with The New Agenda!
Join us for a New Agenda Party and we guarantee it will be your favorite party of the year! Food, Fun, and New Friends are the theme of the party! Contact cynthiaruccia@thenewagenda.net for meeting address and more info.

Meet-Up Announcement!
Cleveland, OH
Monday, Feb. 23rd at 10 a.m.
Start your Monday off right – With a New Agenda meeting!
D and R Bagel
33651 Aurora Rd.
Solon, OH 44139
440-498-4555
For more info, Contact cynthiaruccia@thenewagenda.net

Today an op-ed piece written by TNA Co-Founder Cynthia Ruccia was featured in The Columbus Dispatch. Go Cynthia Go!!!
Time for Ohio to have a woman senator
Ohioans have a rare opportunity to elect the state’s first-ever woman to serve in the United States Senate. Now that Sen. George V. Voinovich is retiring, the jockeying in both parties has begun.
Two women with track records of statewide support and a history of good service to Ohio should be serious contenders to run for Senate in 2010. Republican state Auditor Mary Taylor has performed …

For Immediate Release
February 12, 2009
Contact: Amy Siskind
(484) 844-2996
NewAgendaPress@yahoo.com
President Obama:  Three Times a Charm
The New Agenda, a non-partisan national women’s rights group, is calling on President Obama to fill recently vacated seats with qualified women. Both the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Health and Human Services positions are now open.
The New Agenda co-founder Amy Siskind said: “A fraternity of leadership has led our country into an economic crisis of epic proportions. We call on President Obama to pick from the thousands of qualified women to take these two important …

Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, Iceland's Prime Minister
Iceland’s economy has been shattered by the world economic crisis. Its banks’ debts amount to approximately six times the country’s annual GDP. In October, the Icelandic parliament passed legislation to mitigate the crisis and nationalize the country’s three largest banks. It acquired a $2.1 billion loan from the IMF, and raised interest rates to 18% in order to comply with the terms of the loan. By then, Iceland’s currency had tumbled to one third of its previous value.
On January 26, with inflation rising, the economy shrinking, …

Major Bank CEOs yesterday on Capital Hill
Our country is an a financial mess of epic proportion. And who got us here? A fraternity of leadership that has led our country astray.
We see example after example of groups composed exclusively of men, or predominantly of men, running our financial system into the ground. See above the fearless leaders of Wall Street Banks yesterday on Capital Hill. The Wall Street Journal’s article title about sums it up:  Lawmakers Pull Few Punches With Bank Executives . Meanwhile, where are …

Rep. Hilda Solis cleared an important hurdle today as the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee cleared her nomination. Only two Republicans voted against her. Next step will be for Rep. Solis to go before the full Senate for a final vote, likely this week.
Rep. Solis has been held up by two issues: 1) her work for a pro-union group and 2) her husband’s unpaid taxes. Suffice it to say that Treasury Secretary Geithner, who himself did not fully pay Social Security and Medicare, was …