WE ARE NOW ACCEPTING NOMINATIONS FOR 2010

2010 Nominations:

2010 Nomination forms are available under award information. 

Please mail nomination form to: Sandy Anderson 13634 Stone Road, Minnetonka, MN 55305 phone 952.303.5292

You can also email your nomination with complete contact information to WomensHallofFame@yahoo.com

The DFL Women’s Hall of Fame honors outstanding women dedicated to the fundamental precepts that:

1) women are major contributors to public policy making in our state and nation, and

2) participation in the DFL Party, campaigns on behalf of DFL candidates and advocacy on behalf of DFL principles and platform are a vehicle for acheivement of public policy objectives.

DFL Rising Star

Qualifications for the DFL Rising Star Award

Newly active in the DFL, these women have exhibited achievement in one or more of the following areas:

1. Leadership in activities of the DFL Party and/or campaigns.

2. Dedication to bringing women into the DFL Party.

3. Dedication to efforts to achieve policies consistent with the principals and platform of the DFL.

4. Dedication of efforts to infuse the DFL Party with new ideas and new energy.

None of the nominees in this category may have held or be candidates for public office. All must be women whose DFL involvement has been consistent with the DFL principles and platform, regardless of whether they serve(d) in a party office. Nominees may not have worked against DFL endorsed candidates.

DFL Women of Distinction

Qualifications for the DFL Women of Distinction Award

Trailblazers, with notable achievement in one or more of the following areas:

1. Bringing women into the DFL Party and/or campaigns and teaching/facilitating their movement into positions of leadership.

2. Working for achievement of public policies consistent with the principles and platform of the DFL Party.

3. Opening doors for other women to hold elective, appointed and/or party office.

4. Infusing the DFL Party with new ideas and new energy to buttress the DFL’s role as a party of progressive ideas.

5. Dedicating time and energy on behalf of a cause(s), involvement with which has enhanced the DFL.

None of the nominees in this category may be currently serving in or seeking public office, nor currently serving in a party office at or above the Congressional District level. All must be women whose involvement with the DFL has been consistent with the DFL principals and platform.