2013 National NOW Conference
Friday, July 5 – Sunday, July 7
Register for the Conference!
Visit the 2013 conference website to register, arrange your stay, and sign up for conference email updates.
YOU could be part of the conference program! Workshop proposals are due by April 5 (next week!), so please make it a priority to organize your panels and submit online proposals by that deadline.
More information will be available soon on the 2013 conference website.
PARADIGM SHIFT: NYC’S FEMINIST COMMUNITY PRESENTS
“IT WAS RAPE”
A Screening and Discussion with
JENNIFER BAUMGARDNER, Filmmaker & Activist
and a panel of women featured in the film
Trailer
Thursday, April 25th
7:00-9:15 PM
The Feminist District
The Tank- 151 W. 46th St. (b/t 6th & 7th Ave) 8th Floor, NYC 10036
elevator access
Subway: N,R,Q to 49th St. or B,D,F,M to Rockefeller Center
Cost: $12 pre-paid, $15 at door
LIMITED SEATING / Buy Online!
http://paradigmshiftnyc.
FACEBOOK INVITE, Twitter @PShiftNYC, #itwasrape
JENNIFER’S BOOKS ARE THIRD WAVE CLASSICS:
http://www.jenniferbaumgardner.net/fem
Paradigm Shift T-Shirts on sale at event
“If [It Was Rape] starts a conversation, it won’t be a quiet one, which is just what Ms. Baumgardner wants.”—Susan Dominus, New York Times
“It Was Rape” will change the way you think about this most
terrible—and most everyday—of crimes. It’s heartrending, brave, and
important.”—Katha Pollitt, “Subject to Debate” columnist, *The Nation*
PARTNERS & SPONSORS WELCOME
Join as a supporting organization or co-sponsor!
Register: http://www.paradigmshiftnyc.com/sponsorship
Rape is wrong, illegal, reprehensible—and yet still tragically common. In this film, eight women tell their diverse personal stories of sexual assault, from a Midwestern teenager trying alcohol for the first time to a Native American woman gradually coming to terms with her abusive childhood. Gripping and emotional, this film is an opportunity to empathize with people—not just absorb faceless statistics—and to puncture the silence and denial that allow sexual assault to thrive. Ultimately, these stories shed light on how this epidemic affects us all.
It Was Rape began screening in December of 2012. This spring it will be part of film festivals, Take Back the Night events and anti-violence programming in Alabama, Wisconsin, North Dakota, Louisiana, Ohio, New York, and Arizona. To schedule a screening in your community or to purchase the film for institutional or advocacy use, please contact itwasrape@gmail.com.
Press: http://www.jenniferbaumgardner.net/press
Jennifer Baumgardner, Filmmaker & Activist
After five years as an editor at the feminist magazine, Ms., Fargo-native Jennifer Baumgardner began writing investigative pieces for Harper’s and The Nation, commentaries for NPR’s All Things Considered, and contributing to magazines such as Real Simple, Glamour, Redbook, Babble, Harper’s Bazaar, Teen Vogue, Marie Claire, and Elle.
Jennifer is the author of five books: Look Both Ways: Bisexual Politics, Abortion and Life, F ‘em! Goo Goo, Gaga, and Some Thoughts on Balls, as well as the best-selling books about feminism written with Amy Richards—Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism, and the Future (FSG, 2000) and Grassroots: A Field Guide for Feminist Activism (FSG, 2005). In 2002, Jennifer and Amy founded Soapbox, Inc., a speakers’ bureau that also produces week-long Feminist Camps and Intensives, and seeks to connect people hungry for feminism with resources and with one another.
The Commonwealth Club of California honored her in their centennial year as a “Visionary for the 21st Century,” commenting that “in her role as author and activist, [Jennifer has] permanently changed the way people think about feminism…and will shape the next 100 years of politics and culture.” She created and produced the award-winning documentary “I Had an Abortion” in 2005. She directed and produced “It Was Rape,” and is thrilled that Paradigm Shift is supporting this event.
ONE BILLION RISING: February 14, 2013, New Yorkers Will Rise!
NYC Joins V-Day’s Global Day of Action to End Violence Against Women and Girls with Nearly 100 Events Across the City
Events in NYC include:
1) Times Square March to Hammerstein Ballroom- 2/14 at 5-7 PM
https://secure.onebillionrising.org/page/event/detail/4vx8z
2) Free screening of “From Fear to Freedom: Ending Violence Against Women”
2/14 at 6:30 PM- Brooklyn Arts Exchange, 421 Fifth Ave, Brooklyn
Presented by Safe Homes Project and Center for Anti-Violence Education
RSVP: info@safehomesproject.org
3) Finale Event, RISE NYC at Hammerstein Ballroom
Featuring Special Guests Glenn Close, Rosario Dawson, and Donna Karan, with performances by Maya Azucena, BETTY,Suheir Hammad, Morley, DJ Beverly Bond, Hesta Prynn, DJ Spinna, and more
Doors open 7pm, Program 8pm- 12 midnight
311 West 34th St. NYC, rsvp at onebillionrising.org/risenyc
On February 14, New York City — joining people in 194 countries – will come together to express their outrage, strike, dance and RISE to support an end to violence against women once and for all. ONE BILLION RISING will be the largest day of mass action ever to stop violence against women and girls. Close to one hundred ONE BILLION RISING events are being planned throughout New York City and the surrounding areas on February 14.
ONE BILLION RISING, first announced on Valentine’s Day 2012, began as a call to action based on the staggering statistic that 1 in 3 women on the planet will be beaten or raped during her lifetime. With the world population at 7 billion, this adds up to more than ONE BILLION WOMEN AND GIRLS. On February 14, 2013, V-Day’s 15th anniversary, activists, writers, thinkers, workers, students, poets, dancers, parliamentarians, mayors, state representatives, celebrities, and women and men across the world will come together to express their outrage, strike, dance, and RISE in defiance of the injustices women suffer, demanding an end at last to violence against women.
Screening of Made in India: SEWA In Action, Hosted by Global Goods Partners & Co-Sponsored by Paradigm Shift, and Women Make Movies
Join us for a film screening and Mango Lassi ice cream sandwiches provided by Melt Bakery. The film Made in India: SEWA in Action depicts the power of grassroots women’s movements and explores how the organization helps women achieve financial security, and overcome injustices in the marketplace. Free and open to the public
http://www.facebook.com/events/365334920203852/
LIMITED TICKETS AVAILABLE – BUY ONLINE!
FACEBOOK INVITE: Link to come
LIMITED TICKETS AVAILABLE – BUY ONLINE!
BUY THE BOOK: http://bluestockings.com and http://guysguidetofeminism.com/order-now
Unite Women New York (UWNY) is a new organization formed by volunteers from all over the state to oppose anti-women legislation and to celebrate the history of women in the United States.
On Saturday, April 28, 2012, women and men across the United States will converge in state capitols and cities to give voice to our opposition to the oppression of women’s access to health care and women’s rights. Politicians in Washington and in legislatures across the country have been trying, and in some cases succeeding, to legislate away the rights that women have fought for and won over 40 years ago. We will not let them turn back the calendar to the middle of the last century.
Join us as we march united against the war on women in New York City and celebrate the history of women in the United States. The march and rally will also provide a platform to honor national and local organizations struggling to support women and to advocate for equal rights as well as local and state government officials who stand with us in opposition to the current social agenda aimed at reducing women’s rights.
WHAT: Unite Against the War on Women March & Rally
WHEN: Saturday, April 28, 2012
REGISTER: 11:00 AM – Noon at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Site, 23-29 Washington Place, New York, NY 10003 (between Greene Street and Washington Square East)
MARCH: 12:00 – 1:00 PM From the Shirtwaist Factory down Broadway to Foley Square/Thomas Paine Park
RALLY: 1:00 – 4:00 PM at Foley Square/Thomas Paine Park (between County Court House, Worth St, Pearl St, and Centre St)
WHO: The event is free and open to the public
Unite Women is currently accepting volunteers and interns! If you are interested in becoming more involved in any capacity, please send your resume to UniteWomenNY@gmail.com.
