Who is Dorothy Pitman Hughes?

A child care activist and community organizer, Hughes founded the New York City Agency for Child Development. She was a founder in (1971) with Gloria Steimen, Brenda Feigen, and Catherine Samuels, of the Women's Action Alliance. The organization's original mission was "to stimulate and assist women at the local level to organize around specific action projects aimed at eliminating concrete manifestations of economic and social discrimination". The Alliance folded in 1997 but it's offshoot, Women Initiating Self Empowerment (WISE) continues.

During the years surrounding the birth of MS. magazine, Hughes and Steimen traveled and spoke as a team, appearing at hundreds of public meetings. Hughes is the author of "Wake Up and Smell the Dollars", One Woman's Struggle Against Sexism, Classism, Racism, Gentrification.

Hughes relocated to Jacksonville, Florida in 2003 and opened the book store at Edward Waters College. Hughes finds herself presently working to establish voter confidence in areas of the city where 27,400 votes were not counted or lost. Hughes is a member the Duval County Democratic Executive Committee, the State of Florida Democratic Black Caucus, the Duval County Chapter Democratic Black Caucus of Florida, and the Jacksonville Blueprint for Prosperity.

DPH Marketing Network is currently organizing a 100 piece chorus group of local rap artists to rap politics from 2006 - 2008. The group is called "Democratic Rappers". DPH Marketing was recently contracted to produce a fashion show fundraiser to be held in May of 2007. This will help to assist the state and local Democratic Black Caucus organization's efforts to get out the vote for the 2008 election.