EMERGE
The original Emerge and Nasty Women collection, organized in one place.
An archive of the original page’s commentary, documents, people, funding information, and 2024 candidate graphics. Dates and figures are retained from that source.
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EMERGE is a
GRAVE THREAT
to
ALL New Mexicans !!
New Mexico is #1 in Emerge Alumnae per capita !!
We currently have 125 Emerge alumnae with written contracts to promote their own unified mission, vision, and goals for their own alumnae over the representation of their voter base.
Not caring to listen to the concerns and wants of their voters, NOT the US Constitution!
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2020–2023 reports
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2020 annual reportView scan +
2021 annual reportView scan +
2022 annual reportView scan +
2023 annual reportView scan +
A conversation with Leanna Derrick

Tipping Point Episode 615 A Look at Emerge New Mexico with Leanna Derrick 06.13.2024
On this week’s Tipping Point interview Paul talks to independent researcher Leanna Derrick. Derrick has been working to uncover and highlight the outsized influence of “progressive” group Emerge New Mexico which recruits, trains, and funds left wing women in public office throughout New Mexico. They discuss the “Emerge” group which operates in two dozen states. Who funds them? What do they do and what has been happening here in New Mexico with Emerge-recruited and backed candidates? Check out this important conversation.
Leanna Derrick can be reached by email at: [email protected]
Advisory board
Emerge America maintains an advisory board with a number of prominent Democratic Party officials and liberal activists.
Members of the advisory board include:
Heather Booth, a far-left political strategist, former student of Saul Alinsky, onetime member of the radical-left group Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), and executive director of Americans for Financial Reform
Cecile Richards, a social-liberal activist and former president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America from 2006 through 2018
Gun control activist Shannon Watts of Moms Demand Action Against Gun Violence
Liz Shuler Secretary-Treasurer of the AFL-CIO labor union federation
Joan Blades, the co-founder of MoveOn Civic Action (MoveOn.org) and MomsRising
Celinda Lake, president of Lake Research Partners
Feminist writer Gloria Steinem
LaToia Jones of the company Hustle, a peer to peer texting platform that caters to left-wing organizations providing technical support to contact volunteer agitators for Rapid Resist Action
Wendy Davis, a Texas Democratic politician
Quinn Delaney, the founder and President of Akonadi Foundation, the most significant single contributor to EA from 2014-2018
Louise Gund, a moderately well-known Democratic activist and philanthropist.
Connections to Hillary ClintonView profiles +
Advisory board members notable for their connections to Hillary Clinton include:
Susie Tompkins Buell, president of the Susie Tompkins Buell Foundation, liberal political donor, and close friend of Hillary Clinton
Donna Brazile, the former Chair of the Democratic National Committee
Barbara Lee of the Barbara Lee Family Foundation
Ann Lewis, President of No-Limits.org
Emmy Ruiz, a former strategist and consultant for Clinton’s advocacy group Onward Together.
Former advisory board member
Former advisory board member Margery Tabankin is a radical-left activist and philanthropic consultant notable for being the first female student of Saul Alinsky’s School of Community Organizing in Chicago.
Funding & donors
Emerge America’s ten largest funders from 2012-2018 are:
The left-leaning racial equality and illegal immigration advocacy organizations:
The at-risk youth non-profit organization Laurel Foundation contributed $375,205
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, a member of the AFL-CIO labor federation, donated $329,920
Progressive Women of Silicon Valley gave $287,500
Florida-based addiction prevention organization Hanley Foundation gave $162,350
Tao Capital Partners, a private technology investment firm, contributed $139,500
Hillary Clinton’s Onward Together advocacy group contributed $100,000
America’s largest labor union, the National Education Association (NEA), granted EA $85,752
America’s most significant, controversial, and politically involved labor union the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) contributed $66,750
The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) labor union donated $56,250
Detailed donor list
Amounts are reproduced as listed in the original source. Some entries differ between its summary and detailed list.
59 entries
| Donor | Amount | Years |
|---|---|---|
| A Band of Wives | $2,500 | 2018 |
| Advance America Cash Advance Centers | $5,000 | 2012 |
| AFL-CIO | $10,000 | 2012 |
| AFSCME | $46,600 | 2012, 2014, 2016 |
| Akonadi Foundation | $915,000 | 2012, 2014,2016, 2018 |
| Burton Snowboards | $60,700 | 2014, 2016, 2018 |
| California Nurses Association | $2,500 | 2012 |
| Carsey Living Trust | $25,000 | 2012 |
| Charge Across Town | $2,500 | 2012 |
| Chronicle Books LLC | $4,500 | 2012 |
| Cobiz Wealth | $10,500 | 2012 |
| Composer Artist | $16,500 | 2018 |
| Dalai Lama Fellows | $25,250 | 2018 |
| Emerge America | $10,280 | 2016 |
| Emerge Oregon | $11,346 | 2016 |
| Emerson Collective | $70,000 | 2014, 2016 |
| Facebook Inc | $15,750 | 2018 |
| Hanley Foundation | $162,350 | 2012, 2014,2016, 2018 |
| Heising-Simons Foundation HSAF | $25,000 | 2018 |
| HigCapital | $15,000 | 2018 |
| Human Rights Watch | $14,500 | 2012, 2014 |
| International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers | $329,920 | 2014, 2016, 2018 |
| Intuit Inc | $ 13,500 | 2016 |
| Kazan, McClain et al | $5,000 | 2012 |
| Kleiner, Perkins et al | $5,000 | 2012 |
| Laurel Foundation | $375,205 | 2016, 2018 |
| LEAD STAR | $6,000 | 2014 |
| Lennar Urban | $5,000 | 2012 |
| Lerner et Cie | $ 15,000 | 2012, 2014 |
| Lief Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein | $13,500 | 2012, 2016 |
| Lieff, Cabraser et all | $10,300 | 2016 |
| MacKenzie Capital Management LP | $15,000 | 2018 |
| Moriah Fund | $10,000 | 2012, 2014 |
| National Education Association | $85,752 | 2014, 2016 |
| NextGen Climate Action | $45,000 | 2016 |
| NGP VAN | $23,000 | 2018 |
| nonprofit board member | $15,000 | 2018 |
| Onward Together | $100,000 | 2018 |
| Palo Alto High School | $65,403 | 2014, 2016, 2018 |
| Perkins Investment Management LLC | $30,000 | 2018 |
| Pivot Group | $2,500 | 2012 |
| Planned Parenthood Action Fund | $5,250 | 2014 |
| Profit Solutions Association | $5,000 | 2012 |
| Progressive Women Silicon Valley | $28,7500 | 2018 |
| Promontory Financial Group | $6,750 | 2014 |
| Recology | $2,500 | 2012 |
| Seattle First Asset Management | $100,000 | 2018 |
| SEIU | $66,750 | 2012, 2014 |
| Spot-On | $2,500 | 2012 |
| State of Vermont | $11,085 | 2014 |
| Susie Tompkins Buell Foundation | $20,000 | 2012, 2016 |
| Tao Capital Partners | $139,500 | 2012, 2014, 2016 |
| Teamsters Union | $7,500 | 2014 |
| Terris Barnes Walters | $2,500 | 2012 |
| Top Ten Toys | $26,000 | 2018 |
| United Food & Commercial Workers Union | $106,250 | 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018 |
| Woman Vision | $20,000 | 2018 |
| Women's Donor Network | $10,000 | 2014 |
| Zenefits | $15,000 | 2018 |
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