Awareness. Advocacy. Action.

Increasing women’s political power in Mississippi.

Women for Progress PAC is a 501(c)(4) organization engaging women voters, women candidates, women leaders, and candidates who champion women’s issues through education, political action, voter engagement, candidate support, and public information.

Awareness

Public information and civic education

Advocacy

Leadership rooted in women’s issues

Action

Endorsement, engagement, and support

Mission and values

Built to advance transparent, equitable, and accountable government.

Women for Progress PAC is a 501(c)(4) organization that increases women’s political power in Mississippi by engaging women voters, women candidates, women leaders, and candidates who champion women’s issues. Through education, political action, voter engagement, candidate support, and public information, WFPPAC works to advance transparent, equitable, and accountable government at the state and local levels.

WFPPAC recruits, trains, evaluates, and supports women and other candidates who are committed to the PAC’s core values: Political Action, Equity in Education, Access to Healthcare, and Economic Justice.

Political Action
Equity in Education
Access to Healthcare
Economic Justice

Endorsements

Candidate support with context, credibility, and clear public standards.

WFPPAC endorsements reflect a structured, values-based review process. The PAC supports candidates who demonstrate leadership, readiness for public service, knowledge of the communities they seek to serve, and commitment to women’s issues.

WFPPAC may endorse candidates, provide voter education, host candidate visibility opportunities, or remain neutral depending on the race, available information, fairness considerations, mission alignment, and organizational capacity.

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Transparency and endorsement process

A fair, structured, values-based approach to political engagement.

When WFPPAC conducts a formal endorsement evaluation, candidates may be reviewed through research and vetting, candidate interviews, and advisory feedback from Women for Progress members. Endorsements are guided by the PAC’s mission, core values, candidate readiness, community knowledge, leadership, accountability, and demonstrated commitment to service.

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Research and vetting

Candidates may be reviewed for readiness, public service experience, community knowledge, accountability, and alignment with WFPPAC values.

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Candidate interviews

Interview opportunities help the PAC better understand leadership approach, knowledge of the office sought, and commitment to the communities served.

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Advisory member feedback

Women for Progress member input may help inform community priorities, while final endorsement decisions remain subject to the PAC governance process.

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Board governance

Formal decisions are guided by fairness, consistency, mission alignment, organizational capacity, conflict safeguards, and confidentiality standards.

Internal deliberations, scoring records, interview notes, recommendations, and advisory polling results remain confidential to protect fairness and process integrity.

Support us

Your support helps move the work forward.

Contributions help WFPPAC sustain the practical work behind political action: operations, voter education, outreach, civic engagement, and Board-approved support for endorsed candidates.

Support is used in compliance with applicable campaign finance and ethics requirements, and financial activity does not determine endorsement outcomes.

Voter educationCommunity outreachCivic engagementEndorsed candidate support

Fundraising activity does not determine candidate scoring, candidate selection, or endorsement decisions.

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Events and voter education

Programs that connect community, candidates, and civic participation.

WFPPAC events are designed to strengthen civic participation, expand voter education, elevate women’s leadership, and connect Mississippians with issues that affect women, families, and communities.

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Candidate forums Issue discussions Voter education programs Leadership-building opportunities

News and public communication

Updates, stories, and events to watch for.

WFPPAC will use this space for occasional manual updates: brief civic education articles, event notices, candidate engagement opportunities, and voter education reminders.

Research Brief

Women voters continue to shape elections.

Women remain a powerful force at the ballot box. The U.S. Census Bureau reported that in the 2024 presidential election, 66.9% of women voted compared with 63.7% of men. Rutgers CAWP also reported that women continued to outvote men in 2024, even as overall turnout declined from 2020.

For WFPPAC, the takeaway is clear: civic education, candidate visibility, and voter engagement among women can influence the direction of communities across Mississippi.

Civic Watch

The SAVE Act: why voters are watching.

The SAVE Act is a federal proposal that would require documentary proof of U.S. citizenship when registering to vote in federal elections. Congress.gov describes the bill as requiring states to verify citizenship documents before processing registration applications.

Supporters frame the bill as an election-integrity measure. Voting access groups warn that documentary requirements could create barriers for eligible voters, including people whose documents do not match their current legal name. WFPPAC encourages voters to stay informed and check their registration early.

Events to Watch For

Upcoming civic engagement opportunities

These items are listed as public watch notices. Dates, registration links, locations, and speaker details can be added as they are finalized.

US Senate DebatesWatch for public debate information and voter education updates.
Judicial Candidates Meet & GreetOpportunity to learn more about judicial candidates and community priorities.
New Civic Education PodcastLaunching soon with conversations on elections, leadership, and public issues.
Campaign Management TrainingJune 16, 17 & 18, 5:30–7:00 p.m.

Contact

For PAC matters, use the PAC contact channel.

For candidate consideration, endorsement process questions, voter education partnerships, PAC events, or PAC support, please contact WFPPAC directly.