Dawn Penich, Ph.D.
AZ-based political consultant & “devastatingly effective” Comms. Balkans hype girl.
- Reposted by Dawn Penich, Ph.D.🤩🙏 Our team is honored to receive so many nominations for this year’s Best of the Capitol Awards and we congratulate all our fellow nominees! 👏 Check it out at: azcapitoltimes.com/news/2025/05...
- Arizonans have already made it very clear we don’t want tax dollars paying billionaire team owner’s bills instead of funding our own schools, roads, public safety & services
- Another critical step forward www.azfamily.com/2025/03/05/j...
- This is my shocked face😐Extremists are hoping to trick AZ voters into voting against our best interests AND against what we just overwhelmingly voted for, to boot. It won’t work. #Abortionishealthcare #AZforaccess
- A friend’s students asked me to speak to their Linguistics Club today and between the fact that there’s a linguistics club at a high school 🤩⁉️ and the students being so curious, bright & passionate, it was the best thing I’ve done in months. Can we hurry up & hand the keys over to the kids please?
- Is this greatness?
- I’m here at the House of Representatives for Opening Day of the 57th #AZLeg and the Governor’s State of the State. Up first, affordability & access to “the Arizona promise”
- Recapping her bio as native AZan, social worker, Uber driver and - I’ll add this one - longtime & undefeated elected servant of the people of Arizona
- Gov Hobbs calls for extending the low income tax credit for housing & ending unmitigated scourge of short term rentals overpowering resident interests & communities
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View full threadBig ideas, popular values, common sense …now we see what the #AZLeg does - and more likely doesn’t do - to serve the people they represent - 30 -
- Reposted by Dawn Penich, Ph.D.We’re hiring a reporter for ProPublica’s Southwest team. Experience in govt and corporate accountability in Arizona is of particular interest, but we’re open to other topics that put a spotlight on powerful institutions that affect people in AZ, CO, NM, NV, UT. Apply or share with your smart friends
- Just wrapped the last class of Fall 2024! 🥳 Someone asked me recently how long I’ve been a professor, which prompted me to actually figure it out: 15.5 years! It feels like forever & the blink of an eye all at once
- It’s officially official! Thank you Gov. Hobbs for spotlighting the Arizonans who made Prop. 139, the Constitutional right to abortion care, possible! There are thousands more who quote couldn’t fit in the rotunda, but every single one of you are part of this historic win 💜
- This was a super informative segment, and by super informative I mean deeply terrifying
- Former Arizona public health director Will Humble on potential impact of RFK Jr. & Oz picks on Arizonans' wellbeing. Data points: -AZ childhood vaccination rates already trending downward. -More than half of all AZ residents have govt-supported health insurance. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Owg...
- Good coffee, bad advice
- I haven’t heard a 2026 challenger speculation yet that I’m excited about or even intrigued by, just the usual egos
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