A movement for the women of California

What kind of future do you want?

Aunties. Sisters. Mamas. Daughters. Friends. Neighbors.

We Want To Hear From You.

You know what's up.Politicians don't.

The mom in Oxnard. The grandmother in Fresno. The teacher in Sacramento. The farmworker in Bakersfield. The nurse in Long Beach. The student in San Diego. The auntie in Oakland. The veteran in Riverside.

The neighbor next door, wherever your door is.

You know. Your lived experience is the voice California can't afford to ignore.

A California woman in her flower shop, arms crossed, smiling

There sure are a lot of men telling us what matters.

What's best for our state. Our families. Our health. Our future.

So here's what we want to know…

If you were Governor of California…

What are your three priorities?

What gets done in the first 100 days?

Three priorities. Three minutes. In your own voice.

1 Record your video. 2 Post it on your platform. 3 Help shape what comes next.
Use #WomenOfCalifornia

Women's voices on the record — finally.

Women are 50% of California.The conversation is not.

19.7M

Women in California — workers, caregivers, founders, organizers, voters, deciders.

50.04%

Of California's population is women — a slight majority that doesn't sound like a majority anywhere it counts.

We are the ones who know what this state actually needs — because we live it, we fund it, we hold it together, and we vote on it.

What's missing from the conversation isn't more polling, more think pieces, or more politicians. What's missing is us — speaking for ourselves, naming our own priorities, in our own words.

So we are.

Half the population. A fraction of the record.

Not because we haven't been here.

Because no one is tracking it.

Now we are.

Women's names matter. Women's voices matter. Women's priorities matter. Now.
A diverse group of California women standing together

Women of California.

A statewide chorus built on one simple idea: every woman in California deserves to be heard.

  • She has priorities for this state.
  • She has lived experience.
  • She has wisdom, perspective, and skin in the game.

And every one of those priorities deserves to be on the record.

Together, we build something the ballot can't show — a California-sized chorus of priorities, perspectives, and bold leadership… coming from the women who've been contributing to this great state together all along.

Three priorities. Three minutes. Your voice.

01

Choose Your Three.

What three priorities matter most to you for the state of California?

Housing. Healthcare. Schools. Wildfires. Childcare. Wages. Public safety. Aging. Food prices. Water. Mental health. The cost of living. The roads. The future.

You decide. Pick the three you'd put on the table if you were Governor.

02

Record Your Video.

Three minutes maximum. Phone is fine. No script required. Speak as yourself.

Open: "My name is [name]. I'm a [entrepreneur, mom, baker, farmer, etc.] of California. If I were running for Governor, here are my three priorities."

Close: "I'm inviting three more California women to do the same. Record yours. Post with #WomenOfCalifornia. Let's put women's priorities on the record — today."

03

Post and Tag.

Post on any platform — Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn.

Tag #WomenOfCalifornia plus the identity tags that fit you. Then tag three more women.

The bigger the chorus, the harder it is to ignore.

Copy. Paste. Post.

Instagram works best with 3–5 hyper-niched hashtags. Use #WomenOfCalifornia every time. Add the identity tags that fit you.

If you're Latina:
#WomenOfCalifornia #LatinasOfCalifornia #MujeresDeCalifornia #WhatAreWomenThinking #AndHerVoice
If you're Black:
#WomenOfCalifornia #BlackWomenInCalifornia #WhatAreWomenThinking #AndHerVoice
If you're AAPI:
#WomenOfCalifornia #AAPIWomen #AsianAmericanWomen #WhatAreWomenThinking #AndHerVoice
If you're queer:
#WomenOfCalifornia #QueerWomenOfColor #LGBTQWomen #WhatAreWomenThinking #AndHerVoice
If you're disabled:
#WomenOfCalifornia #DisabilityJustice #WhatAreWomenThinking #AndHerVoice
If none — or all — fit:
#WomenOfCalifornia #WhatAreWomenThinking #AndHerVoice

California is the first chapter. Not the last.

Women of California is the launch of a chapter-by-chapter archive of women's voices, priorities, and contributions — state by state, country by country.

Women of New York Women of Texas Women of Georgia Women of Mexico Women of Kenya Women of every place

Half the population. A full record. Finally.

We start here: #WomenOfCalifornia
Vanessa Elle Wilde, founder of Women of California

Meet Vanessa Elle Wilde.

Vanessa lives in San Diego. She's an entrepreneur, an artist, and a mother — and a long-time community creator for women.

She is passionate about her state and believes that when women come together, they can create a safe, prosperous, and equitable world.