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Pass VAWA Now!

From Pat Reuss of the National Organization for Women:

678 days

Since VAWA Expired

182 days

Since Congress Acted on VAWA

31 days

Until VAWA dies this year

November 13, 2012

It’s unacceptable that VAWA resources have been jeopardized for almost 2 years!

The election is over and it’s time!

Congress has some unfinished business.

They MUST PASS the Violence Against Women Act NOW!

We must get Congress to finish the work of passing a VAWA that safely and effectively protects ALL victims.

Now that the election is over, Congress is back to work to finish up as much as they can before the end of the year.  VAWA must be on the list of work that gets done by the end of December!  Come January, the current bill expires and we will need to start again to draft a brand new bill, losing precious time and lives in the process.

Pre-election, everyone did a great job getting the word out and holding our elected officials to their obligation to address the concerns of all people.  Now we have to get them focused specifically on passing VAWA in the next six weeks!

Commit to ending domestic and sexual violence with this concrete action you can take to support VAWA:

TAKE ACTION TOMORROW!

Save Wednesday, November 14 for a VAWA day of ACTION

Every national leader will call Congressional leaders

Every state and local organizations will call Representatives and Senators

By the end of the day, every Member of Congress will hear a unified message: Work out the differences, pass VAWA before this Congress ends and you go home for the holidays.  Do not let VAWA die and miss this chance to help victims find shelter, help and justice.  There is precious little time left and victim’s lives and futures are in the balance.

TAKE ACTION NOW!

Join #PassVAWA2012 Social Media Campaign

Be a part of a ground-breaking campaign to leverage the full power of social media in fighting for the Reauthorization of VAWA! Join the #PassVAWA2012 Facebook Photo Campaign to tell Congress that it’s time to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act!  It’s easy, just snap photos of you, your friends, your colleagues, & sympathetic strangers holding up signs saying why we need to Pass VAWA NOW!  Submit your photos via email to lccref@gmail.com or tweetpic with #PassVAWA2012. For more details and sample campaign tweets check out the tool kit on www.4VAWA.org!

Register Today for Understanding Men Who Batter & Abuse

CONNECT Training Institute

11/14/12, 11/28/12, 12/5/12, 12/12/12, 12/19/12, 1/2/13, 1/9/13, 1/16/13, 1/23/13, 1/30/13, 2/6/13, 2/13/13
Wednesdays 6:00pm – 8:00pm

CONNECT welcomes back the return of the popular CONNECT Training Institute course Understanding Men Who Batter & Abuse (UMBA), facilitated by the exceptional Dr. John Aponte and Pam Edstrom, LMSW.  At a time when the city has decreased funding for Batterers’ Programs and the evident lack of Batterers’ groups in NYC, UMBA’s goal is to remedy this setback.  This 12 week course trains participants to investigate their own gender socialization and experiences with violence.  This course helps develop the in-depth knowledge and skills required for participants to work with abusive men in the current work practice.  It is part of a two part course series, the second part is the Batters’ Intervention course.  Understanding Domestic Violence: Essentials and Intersections is a prerequisite.

Materials Fee for one day is $150. Sliding scale is available.  For more info or to register go to www.connectnyc.org or call the Administrative Coordinator at (212) 683-0015 ext.215
John Aponte, Psy.D., specializes in working with men who are violent in their relationships with women. Dr. Aponte is a retired Police Officer who has been working in the field of Family Violence for almost twenty years. Dr. Aponte was a Police Psychologist with the New York City Police Department, before retiring in 1985. In 1984, Dr. Aponte began consulting with Victim Services Agency and helped to develop the first Batterers’ Project for the Brooklyn courts. He became the Director of the Alternatives to Violence Program at Victim Services in 1985. In 1996, he became the Clinical Director of the Family Violence Prevention Program at the New York Center for Neuropsychology and Forensic Behavioral Science (New York Forensic).  Currently, Dr. Aponte is an instructor for the CONNECT Training Institute’s Understanding Men who Batter & Abuse and the Batterers Intervention courses. Dr. Aponte has trained and still mentors 100’s of men and women that have gone to do extensive work and that have become innovators in the work with abusive partners throughout the country.  Dr. Aponte is a member of the American Psychological Association and a member of the Association of Hispanic Mental Health Professionals.
Pamela Edstrom, LMSW, provides training and staff development specializing in family violence (domestic violence, child abuse/neglect, and child sexual abuse), parenting, grief & loss, interpersonal/communication skills, group dynamics, conflict intervention, cultural competency, stress & time management and team building.  Ms. Edstrom was the Director of Training for the NYC Human Resources Administration Office of Domestic Violence for many years and has a Masters in Social Work from Columbia University. Her undergraduate degree is in Zoology from the University of Denver. Currently, Pam is adjunct faculty for the CUNY Hunter School of Social Work and the Borough of Manhattan Community College. She is also a member of the Batterer’s Workers Intervention Task Force and is on the Domestic Violence Advisory Sub-Committee for the Administration of Children’s Services.
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NOW-NYC Activist Night: Feminism & Men

Tuesday, November 13, 6PM

Join us for a discussion about men in the feminist movement. Many men want equality for the women in their lives but the connotations that come with the word “feminism” often turn them away. Join us to sort through the tricky topics of masculinity, gender, and the f-word (feminism).
RSVP:
contact@nownyc.org | 212-627-9895
Location:
NOW-NYC Offices | 150 W. 28th Street, Suite 304, New York, NY 10001
Subway:
N,R or 1 28th St | B, D, F, V, or 2,3 to 34th St
We’ll be hosting an activist night on Feminism and Men with Special guests include Christopher Mitchell, an alumnus of the Texas Tech University Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance. He is currently an adjunct professor of women’s and gender studies and history at Pace University, CUNY-Lehman College, and Rutgers University-Newark, as well as a member of the Board of Directors for the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS) at the CUNY Graduate Center. He is in the process of completing and defending his dissertation in history at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, entitled “The Transformation of Gay Life in New York City from the Closet to Liberation: A Study in Late Capitalism.”

Women’s Media Center Awards


The Women’s Media Center Women’s Media Awards
New York City | Tuesday Evening | November 13 2012

Co Chairs*
Loreen Arbus | Donna Deitch | Jodie Evans
Jane Fonda | Carol Jenkins | Robin Morgan | Gloria Steinem

HONORING

PAT MITCHELL* | President & CEO, The Paley Center for Media
Women’s Media Center Pat Mitchell Lifetime Achievement Award

MARTHA NELSON | Editorial Director, Time Inc.
Women’s Media Center Going the Distance Award

LAURA LING | Host and Reporter,
E! Investigates
LISA LING | Host, OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network’s
Our America with Lisa Ling
Women’s Media Center Sisterhood is Powerful Award

SARAH HOYE | All-Platform Journalist, CNN
Women’s Media Center Carol Jenkins Emerging Journalist Award

Guastavino’s | 409 East 59th Street | NYC | 6:00 pm Cocktails | 7:00 pm Dinner and Celebration

For information/inquires | 212-721-4071 | mediaawards@womenmediacenter.com
BUY TICKETS
For tickets/tables | https://donate.womensmediacenter.com/mediaawards
To see our invitation as an image | http://www.womensmediacenter.com/page/-/invite-full.jpg

HONORARY COMMITTEE

Shohreh Aghdashloo
Christiane Amanpour
Amy Brenneman
Thomas & Meredith Brokaw
Stockard Channing
Julie Christie
Glenn Close
Tim Daly
Eve Ensler
Sally Field
Jeremy Irons
Barbara Kopple
Suzanne Braun Levine
Lara Logan
Jane Lynch
Irshad Manji
Audra McDonald
Renee Montagne
Soledad O’Brien
Jeannie Park
Robert Redford & Sibylle Szaggers Redford
Nell Scovell
Regina Kulik Scully
Lesley Stahl
Darren Starr
Marlo Thomas
Lily Tomlin
Barbara Walters
Katrina vanden Heuvel
Maggie Wilderotter

BENEFIT COMMITTEE

Wallis Annenberg
Cristina Azocar*
Elizabeth Bagley
David Bell
Frank Bennack, Jr. & Mary Lake Polan
Carole Black
Zoë Baird Budinger
Rhonda Carnegie
Patti Chang*
Ronald & Beth Dozoretz
Gloria Feldt*
Judy Gold*
Eva & Yoel Haller
Caroline Hirsch
Mellody Hobson
Cindy Horn
Robert Iger
Michael Lombardo
Kenneth Lowe
Lynn Nottage
Jacqueline Novagratz & Chris Anderson
Jane Olson
Melba Ruffo di Calabria
Teri Schwartz*
Leila Maw Straus
Diane & Richard Weinberg
Helen Zia*

SPONSORS
MEDIA MAVENS
Banky-Larocque Foundation
Bonnie Schaefer
Lekha Singh
Time Inc.

MEDIA MARVELS
Accenture
AMC Networks
Loreen Arbus* Foundation
Jodie Evans*
Sheryl Sandberg & Dave Goldberg

MEDIA MENTORS

AOL
Jewelle* & Nathaniel Bickford*
Comcast/NBC Universal
Abigail Disney
Lauren Embrey*
Eve Ensler
Jane Fonda*
Hearst Corporation
Home Box Office
Jan Lisa Huttner
National Basketball Association
Jane & Robert Olson
OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network
Scripps Network Interactive
Technogel® Sleeping
The Walt Disney Company

MEDIA MAKERS

AURN
Thomas & Meredith Brokaw
Capital Global
Markel Foundation
Mayo Clinic
Rowland & Sylvia Schaefer Family Foundation
Lara Stein, TED Conferences
Ted Turner

*Board & Board Member Emeritae of Women’s Media Center

Please go to www.womensmediacenter.com/sma2012 to cast your vote
for the Women’s Media Center Social Media Award nominee.

Screening of Made in India: SEWA In Action, Hosted by Global Goods Partners & Co-Sponsored by Paradigm Shift, and Women Make Movies

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/

Feminist Finance Seminar: Investing 101

June 23: NYC Women’s Empowerment Summit!

The NYC Women’s Empowerment Summit is a one-day conference designed for all women, young and old, to meet and share best practices, stories of success, and experiences both personal and professional. The goal of the summit is to create new bridges and a wider awareness of political, social and economic causes, in order to help other women reach their full potential in life.  This year’s panel of speakers will be headlined by multi-Grammy winner Roberta Flack and multi-Emmy winner Rita Cosby and includes a variety of successful women from all genres of business, workforces and life. This year the Women’s Empowerment Summit is partnering with Room21 learning systems to help finalize the development of the first social network platform exclusively for women, offering a variety of tools from office advice and crowd source funding to networking with other women around the world to further business ventures, personnel projects and ideas.  All tickets include access to the event, continental breakfast, lunch and also wine and desserts. In addition, each ticket holder will receive a gift bag containing various goodies from the Summit sponsors. Last year’s gift bag was valued at over $500.00 dollars in goodies and services!  Currently Early Bird tickets are available for just $75.00.  All proceeds will be donated to Ronald McDonald House Charities.

The 2nd Annual NYC Women’s Empowerment Summit will be held June 23rd 2012 in New York City at Downtown Community Television Center : 87 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10013 10:00am till 4:00pm (Doors open at 9:30am).

To purchase tickets and support women’s empowerment and the Ronald McDonald House Charities, visit: http://alyciakabackempowerment2012.eventbrite.com/

Rock n’ Raise: National Eating Disorder Association Fundraiser Concert!

The National Eating Disorders Association’s

Junior Board

Requests the pleasure of your company at

ROCK ‘N’ RAISE

An evening of rock ‘n’ roll feature Pattiwagon and Big Dog Party

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

6:00 – 9:00pm

230 Fifth

230 Fifth Avenue @ 27th st

New York, NY

Beer, Wine, and Hors D’Oeuvres

$75 per person

The National Eating Disorders Association supports individuals and families affected by eating disorders and serves as a catalyst for prevention and access to quality care.

Launched in 2008, the Junior Board has raised more than $100,000 to provide help and hope to those struggling with illness.

For more information, please contact us:

www.nationaleatingdisorders.org

212.575.6200

NEDA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. The fair-market value of each ticket is $50.

* Hors d’oeuvres served from 6:00 – 7:00pm

National Alliance on Mental Illness hosts Walk this Saturday in NYC!

National Alliance on Mental Illness hosts Walk this Saturday in NYC!
Join the NYC walk (or find walks nationwide!) this weekend or donate!

Register and/or donate:
NAMIWALKS http://bit.ly/KqnIOb

In 2012, thousands of concerned citizens in over 84 communities across the nation will walk together to raise money and awareness about our country’s need for a world-class treatment and recovery system for people with mental illness.

NAMIWalks NYC 2012 Is Almost Here! Join 5,000 New Yorkers in the city’s only Walk to support mental health and fight the stigma people affected by mental illness and their families face every day. Proceeds fund NAMI’s free support and education programs for families and individuals living with mental illness.

Good News! Saturday’s weather forecast is calling for a beautiful sunny day with a high of 70!

To make sure Walk Day is as smooth for you as the weather, keep in mind theses NAMIWalks Quick FAQs and fellow walkers and team members:
**Registration and Check-in are open from May 12th Sat, 9:00 to 10:00 am.
**All Walkers will need to provide registration paperwork to walk.
**To avoid filling out forms, online registrants should print out your walker page or registration email confirmation and use the Check-In Lane to speed through.
**Walkers without their online or pre-filled registration form will use the Registration Lane and be required to register there.
**New Walkers may register on Walk day at the Seaport.
**No Need to look for an advance meeting spot! We have provided a Teams Meeting Area for you to meet up with your fellow team members after you check-in or register.

The South Street Seaport is located on Pier 16 at the intersection of South and Fulton Streets
**Transportation: Take the 2,3,4,6,J,Z to Fulton St., A,C to Broadway-Nassau, E towards Fulton St. or Path to World Trade Center.
**Parking: There are pay-parking lots within a three-block radius.
**Bring: A light jacket, sun screen, hat, camera, your friends and family!
Be sure to stick around after the walk for our NAMIWalks NYC’s Wellness Fair! Enjoy complementary health screenings, massage, raffle prizes, and more until 1 PM at the Seaport!

NAMIWalks NYC is a rain or shine event – people of all ages are welcome and the Walk is dog-friendly. The Walk route is 5K, wheelchair accessible, and there is a shortened route for those who need it. We look forward to seeing you on Saturday!

NAMIWalks NYC Proudly Welcomes Maimonides Medical Center As Our Community Chair This Year!
It’s not too late to REGISTER NOW as a Walk Star and become one of NAMIWalks NYC elite walkers! Just set your goal to $1,000 or more. Walk Stars who raise over $1,000 receive special incentives including a Walk Star T-shirt, pin, tote bag, crown, and more! Walk Stars will also be invited to a special Post Walk celebration party and be entered in a chance to win dinner at Gramercy Tavern!

Become a Walk Star today and make a difference in the lives of people impacted by mental illness!!

Need help or have questions? contact Sarah or Ariel at walk@naminyc.org or – 212.684.3365

The International Campaign to Stop Rape & Gender Violence in Conflict Week of Action

ONE BILLION RISING

STRIKE | DANCE | RISE!

TAKE ACTION: The International Campaign to Stop Rape & Gender Violence in Conflict Week of Action

RISE and stand with V-Day in supporting The International Campaign to Stop Rape & Gender Violence in Conflict! The global campaign launched May 6th and kicks off a Week of Action calling on local activists, Nobel Peace Laureates, international advocacy organizations, and groups working at the regional and community levels to demand urgent and bold political leadership to prevent rape in conflict areas (including Burma, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Kenya), protect civilians and rape survivors, and call for justice for all — including effective prosecution of those responsible.

Quick and easy ways that YOU can take action:

Take the pledge today to support the Campaign at www.stoprapeinconflict.org
Use the hashtag #IPLEDGE on Twitter to connect with members and encourage others to join the Campaign
Find the Campaign on Facebook
Visit the website: www.stoprapeinconflict.org
World Premiere of Emotional Creature at Berkeley Rep, Performances Begin June 14

From June 14 – July 15, Berkeley Repertory Theatre will present the world premiere of Eve’s powerful new play Emotional Creature. Staged by Obie Award-winning director Jo Bonney and performed by a talented ensemble of young women, Emotional Creature is made up of original monologues–and irresistible songs–about and for girls. Placing their stories squarely center stage, it gives full expression to their secret voices and innermost thoughts, highlighting the diversity and commonality of the issues they face. Emotional Creature is a call, a reckoning, an education, an act of empowerment for girls, and an illumination for parents and for us all. And it’s receiving its world premiere here at Berkeley Rep!

Exciting Emotional Creature Opportunities!

Berkeley Rep thinks providing young people with access to empowering plays like Emotional Creature is vitally important. They will be donating up to 3,000 FREE Community Access tickets to Bay Area non-profit organizations and government agencies serving young people and at-risk youth.
To apply for free tickets or to help distribute them, check out the details here >

On Sunday, June 24th there will be a special V-Day benefit performance of Emotional Creature followed by Sunday Supper with Eve, the cast, and director Jo Bonney. Tickets are $1,000 for adults, $500 for accompanying teens (ages 13-19). Proceeds will benefit two of V-Day’s newest campaigns: V-Girls, a program providing girls worldwide with a platform for their activism; and ONE BILLION RISING, a campaign that will gather one billion women and men in a global action to end the violence against women culminating on 2-14-13.
BUY your ticket at www.vday.org/ecbenefit2012 >

REMINDER: We Want To Hear From YOU!

YOU are the face of this movement, so show the world what revolution looks like!

Send us your V-Day experiences, whether you were in the audience or on stage, a part of the crew or a passerby, we want to hear how V-Day impacted you. Share your V-Day V-Season stories and images and connect with your fellow activists in over 140 countries worldwide!

One line, one story, one moment – sometimes that’s all it takes to inspire billions to rise up.

RISE UP & SHARE! >

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