Emerging on the political scene: S.F. group helps women from underrepresented communities

A San Francisco-based partisan organization that trains female Democratic leaders has the most diverse class in 2021 since the group’s launch in 2002.

Melanie V. Ramil, executive director of Emerge California, said women are underrepresented in politics. Her group exists to change that, and it is intentionally targeting those who have been traditionally under-recruited — including Black, Muslim American, Pacific Islander, Indigenous and LGBTQ+ women.