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<title>DC&#8217;s Women in Media Support the Rebecca Project</title>
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<em>Juleanna Glover and Richard Wolffe with Rebecca Project&#8217;s Malika Saada-Saar and a party guest.</em></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/Juleanna-Glover-profile.html">Juleanna Glover</a></strong> opened the doors of her Kalorama home Saturday night to some of DC&#8217;s most powerful women in media to benefit the Rebecca Project for Human Rights. This is a group founded by executive director <strong><a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/Malika-Saada-Saar-profile.html">Malika Saada-Saar</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/Autumn-VandeHei-profile.html">Autumn VandeHei</a></strong> to advocate for women who have survived addiction, incarceration and poverty.</p>
<p>Women who have benefited from the Rebecca Project, the &#8220;Mother Leaders&#8221; attended the party, sharing their stories with special hosts <strong><a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/Carol-Browner-profile.html">Carol Browner</a></strong>, <strong><a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/Tammy-Haddad-profile.html">Tammy Haddad</a></strong>, <strong><a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/Betsy-Fischer-profile.html">Betsy Fischer</a></strong> (who had to leave early for a &#8220;Meet the Press&#8221; pretape with Secretary Hillary Clinton), <strong><a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/Norah-ODonnell-profile.html">Norah O&#8217;Donnell</a></strong>, <strong><a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/Amy-Holmes-profile.html">Amy Holmes</a></strong>, <strong><a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/Robin-Sproul-profile.html">Robin Sproul</a></strong>, <strong><a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/Sally-Quinn-profile.html">Sally Quinn</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/Jessica-Yellin-profile.html">Jessica Yellin</a></strong>.</p>
<p>It was most certainly a ladies night&#8230; CNN&#8217;s <strong><a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/Dana-Bash-profile.html">Dana Bash</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/Edie-Emery-profile.html">Edie Emery</a></strong>, <em>WaPo</em>&#8216;s <strong><a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/Liz-Spayd-profile.html">Liz Spayd</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/Ceci-Connolly-profile.html">Ceci Connolly</a></strong>, <em>Politico</em>&#8216;s <strong><a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/Nia-Malika-Henderson-profile.html">Nia-Malika Henderson</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/Kiki-Ryan-profile.html">Kiki Ryan</a></strong>, <em>Politics Daily</em>&#8216;s <strong><a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/Emily-Miller-profile.html">Emily Miller</a></strong>, msnbc.com&#8217;s <strong><a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/Carrie-Dann-profile.html">Carrie Dann</a></strong>, <em>Congress Daily</em>&#8216;s <strong><a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/Erin-McPike-profile.html">Erin McPike</a></strong>, <em>Time</em>&#8216;s <strong><a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/Jay-Newton-Small-profile.html">Jay Newton Small</a></strong>, <em>The Hill</em>&#8216;s <strong><a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/AB-Stoddard-profile.html">A.B. Stoddard</a></strong>, <em>Washington Life</em>&#8216;s <strong><a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/Janet-Donovan-profile.html">Janet Donovan</a></strong>, <strong><a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/Christina-Sevilla-profile.html">Christina Sevilla</a></strong>, Miss DC 2008 <strong><a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/Kate-Marie-Grinold-profile.html">Kate Marie Grinold</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/Katie-McCormick-Lelyveld-profile.html">Katie McCormick Lelyveld</a></strong> from First Lady Michelle Obama&#8217;s office attended. And the Glover sisters- <em>TWT</em>&#8216;s <strong><a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/Liz-Glover-profile.html">Liz Glover</a></strong>, <strong><a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/Becca-Glover-profile.html">Becca Glover</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/Kristin-Glover-profile.html">Kristin Glover</a></strong>.</p>
<p>These ladies were joined by <em>Politico</em>&#8216;s <strong><a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/Jim-VandeHei-profile.html">Jim VandeHei</a></strong>, host Autumn&#8217;s husband, O&#8217;Donnell&#8217;s husband Chef <strong><a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/Geoff-Tracy-profile.html">Geoff Tracy</a></strong>, <em>NYT</em>&#8216;s <strong><a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/Mark-Liebovich-profile.html">Mark Liebovich</a></strong>, <em>WaPo</em>&#8216;s <strong><a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/Perry-Bacon-profile.html">Perry Bacon</a></strong>, <strong><a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/Richard-Wolffe-profile.html">Richard Wolffe</a></strong>, <strong><a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/Winston-Lord-profile.html">Winston Lord</a></strong>, Mix 107.3&#8242;s <strong><a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/Tommy-McFly-profile.html">Tommy McFly</a></strong>, <strong><a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/Lee-Brenner-profile.html">Lee Brenner</a></strong>, <strong><a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/Mark-Paustenbach-profile.html">Mark Paustenbach</a></strong>, <strong><a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/Pepper-Watkins-profile.html">Pepper Watkins</a></strong>, <strong><a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/Marc-Adelman-profile.html">Marc Adelman</a></strong>, <strong><a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/Michael-Feldman-profile.html">Michael Feldman</a></strong> and White House economic advisor <strong><a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/Austan-Goolsbee-profile.html">Austan Goolsbee</a></strong>. Also <strong><a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/Susanna-Quinn-profile.html">Susanna Quinn</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/Jack-Quinn-profile.html">Jack Quinn</a></strong>, and <strong><a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/Shanti-Stanton-profile.html">Shanti Stanton</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/Matt-Stanton-profile.html">Matt Stanton</a></strong>.</p>
<p>In remarks at the party, Saada-Saar thanked VandeHei and the women involved, &#8220;Our organization stands on the shoulders of many people.&#8221; &#8220;We come together to honor the work of these women, to honor the work of mothers and to really recognize what happens when we as women and mothers come together across the divides of race, class, education, lived experience and honor ourselves,&#8221; she said.</p>
<p>The event was sponsored by Goldman Sachs&#8217;s 10,000 Women, and Brown-Forman generously donated the party&#8217;s wine and martinis. Attendees could <a href="http://www.rebeccaproject.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=blogcategory&amp;id=67&amp;Itemid=185">donate online</a> or by pledge cards.</p>
<p>For more on these women&#8217;s stories, check out <a href="http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/11/14/d-c-s-powerful-women-honor-the-rebecca-project/">Emily&#8217;s Post</a> on Politics Daily, and for video of Saar&#8217;s remarks, check out <a href="http://www.politico.com/click/stories/0911/stories_of_success.html"><em>Politico </em>Click</a>.</p>
<p><em>Photos by Emily Miller.</em></p>
<p><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/0ueBWV1IB6_mL8B7Oq73Kw?authkey=Gv1sRgCMX28JH8kuXa7gE&amp;feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_g7tLzt48He8/SwFwfEu6otI/AAAAAAAAKSs/k64FXDX7_3U/s400/michel_martin%2C_autumn_vandehei%2C_amy_holmes.jpg" /></a><br />
<em>NPR&#8217;s Michel Martin, Autumn VandeHei and Amy Holmes.</em></p>
<p><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/8tqrCHS7dWePAKgHzcpgzA?authkey=Gv1sRgCMX28JH8kuXa7gE&amp;feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_g7tLzt48He8/SwFweQCiPhI/AAAAAAAAKSg/AO4XI_oYw3Q/s400/dana_bash%2C_jessica_yellin%2C_tbd.jpg" /></a><br />
<em>CNN&#8217;s Dana Bash and Jessica Yellin.</em></p>
<p>More photos after the jump&#8230;</p>
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