When you look at the statistics, it seems as if we are moving backwards as fewer women are in office than were just a few years ago…. CLOSE THE GAP, CA is working to change that with great creativity and energy, and the Close the Gap organization wants your help in getting the word out and by considering a run for office. Contact them at alice@closethegapca.org. Here is how Close the Gap, CA sums it up:

6 Things That Really Scare Us:

• There are fewer female legislators in Sacramento than a decade ago.
• There’s only 1 Latina state senator, down from 6 in 2003.
• There’s only 1 Asian-Pacific Islander woman serving in the Assembly, down from 4 ten years ago.
• Only 3 African-American women serve in Sacramento today.
• Congress is worse! At the current rate of change, it would take more than a century for women to reach parity in Congress.
• Scariest of all….there are open Assembly and Senate seats here in California where progressive women could win in 2014 but no candidate has stepped forward….yet!