Tuesday, February 7th, 2012
Pro-Choice Action Team Launch Party
56 Greenwich Avenue (at Perry Street)
6:00 to 8:30pm
Check out this event featuring NARAL Pro-Choice New York’s new President, Andrea Miller, where we are launching our new statewide reproductive rights network! Facebook event HERE.
You are invited to attend the NEDAwareness Week Screening of the documentary film, Someday Melissa: The story of an eating disorder, loss and hope, hosted by NEDA and NEDA Network Member Someday Melissa at Pace University’s Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts in New York City on February 28, 2012.
Film begins at 7:00 p.m., doors open at 6:00 p.m. Tickets are a suggested donation of $10. To secure a ticket, . For more on the film, visit www.somedaymelissa.com.
A panel discussion moderated by WABC-TV Anchor Diana Williams will follow the screening. Panelists include: Judy Avrin, Filmmaker and mother of Melissa; Danna Markson, LCSW, Eating Disorders Specialist & Co-Executive Producer; Kimberly Dennis, MD, Medical Director, Timberline Knolls; and Vic Avon, author, activist and NEDA Spokesperson.
The 2nd Annual Athena Film Festival: A Celebration of Women and Leadership takes place February 9-12 at Barnard College. The festival will showcase over 25 films highlighting the wide diversity of women’s leadership in both real life and the fictional world: women firefighters and aviators; women who challenged conventions, broke barriers, and opened doors for others; women who made peace, who made music, and who used their naked power (literally!) to stand up to injustice.
SOCIAL NETWORKS: Please first add a Badge to your Facebook page http://athenafilmfestival.com/buttons/. Then LIKE us on Facebook and FOLLOW us Twitter. Each day we will be highlighting a film, sharing the trailer and encouraging partners and friends to rePost.
FESTIVAL DETAILS: All the details about the festival including screening times (films begin Friday evening February 10 and run through Sunday evening February 12), easydirections, the list of GREAT FILMS playing and amazing Female Awardees, and ticket prices ($12 adults, $7 students) are available on the website.
TICKETS can now be purchased here. All Access Passes (for $65 and below) are also available.
GROUP RATES: We can also discuss ways to offer your constituents Group Discounts.
FREE FILMS: Two of the films — Gloria: In Her Own Words and Education of Dee Dee Ricks– will be free to the public – though tickets will be required to attend.
2 SPECIAL EVENTS: Hollywood Conversation with Winnie Holzman and Savannah Dooley (Moderated by Emily Nussbaum) and Half The Sky Sneak Preview and Discussion. Times, Tickets, Info.
FREE FILMMAKER WORKSHOPS: Know a great female filmmaker? Athena is providing workshops on Producing Films in Tough Times and Building an Audience in the Digital Age. http://athenafilmfestival.com/program/2012-special-events/workshops/
ABOUT: Films have power: the power to create conversation, to reveal truths and to inspire. But for too many generations, women’s voices and women’s stories have not been appropriately represented in mainstream films. The stories of women as change agents and heroes who have made a difference in their countries and communities have the power to spur social change. When young women see role models on screen, they better understand their own potential to bring freedom and justice to their communities. When women activists witness remarkable women in action, they better understand that they too can change the world for the better.
The Athena Film Festival highlights the wide diversity of women’s leadership in both real life and the fictional world. Through feature films, documentaries, and shorts directed by both women and men, the Festival explores women’s leadership across race, class, and culture. More than that, the Festival serves as a forum for robust dialogue about women and leadership: what it takes to excel, collaborate, and lead. The Festival was launched in 2010, is a joint partnership between Barnard College, The Athena Center for Leadership Studies at Barnard and the acclaimed Women and Hollywood. We know film is a medium known to almost all people in nearly every part of the world. And films have power. They create conversation. They reveal truths. They inspire. Through feature films, documentaries, and shorts, the Athena Film Festival will explore what makes a leader.
MEN ARE PLAYING LIVE!
YAY!
WITH:
MAKING FRIENDZ – http://www.myspace.com/makingfriendz
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CLAIRE’S DIARY – https://www.facebook.com/clairesdiary
ALL AGES
$10
also, fantastic queer- and lady-positive organizations tabling and educating!
**HOLLABACK: YOU HAVE THE POWER TO END STREET HARASSMENT! http://www.ihollaback.org/
***SUPPORT NEW YORK: a collective dedicated to healing the effects of sexual assault and abuse – http://supportny.org/
****PARADIGM SHIFT NYC – New York City’s Feminist Community – USE THE F WORD – CHANGE NYC – CHANGE THE WORLD – http://www.paradigmshiftnyc.com/ one of our very own, Coco Papy, will be tabling!
*****RIGHT RIDES: offering women, LGBTQ and gender nonconforming individuals a free, late-night ride home to ensure their safe commute to or through high-risk areas – http://rightrides.org/
also, a bake sale! yum.
CHECK OUT MORE ABOUT PERMANENT WAVE HERE…
http://thepermanentwave.wordpress.com/
http://thepermanentwave.tumblr.com/
http://facebook.com/thepermanentwave
http://twitter.com/permanentwaveNY
Permanent Wave is a network of feminist artists and activists. If you want to help challenge the gender binary as it manifests itself in art, politics, and our personal lives, we want you to join. We believe that women, queer, and trans people should see each other as collaborators and inspirations, not rivals. We want to finish the conversation about equality that started generations ago and change the way women are treated.
wanna join the listserv? send an e-mail to thepermanentwave@gmail.com
The Planned Parenthood of New York City Activist Council & The New School’s Global Health Student Organization Invite You to
Demystifying Abortion
A Panel Discussion and Q&A to learn more about the abortion experience
How can I get access to care? What is the process really like? How much does it cost? What happens afterwards?
Hear from The New York Abortion Access Fund (NYAAF), The Doula Project, Planned Parenthood of New York City, a patient, a health center escort, and more as we explore the abortion experience and the various aspects involved, including funding, medical care, and support during and after the procedure.
Ask questions and share stories in a safe space.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Theresa Lang Center @ The New School (55 West 13th Street, NYC)
7-9 pm
RSVP is required for this event
If you have questions regarding the event, please email activists@ppnyc.org
NEW YORK COALITION FOR ABORTION CLINIC DEFENSE
Facebook: New York Coalition for Abortion Clinic Defense
Email: nyc.acd1@gmail.com Phone: 212-222-0633
Calling All Feminists: Pro-Choice March in the South Bronx to Defend Reproductive Freedom
Celebrate Roe v Wade – 39 Years of Choice
Saturday January 21, 11:00 am.
Dr Emily Women’s Health Center 560 Southern Blvd, in the Bronx.
(6 train to E. 149th or BX-19 bus to Southern Blvd./E. 149th).
Attacks on a woman’s right to control her body are on the rise, from daily harassment at abortion clinics to regressive legislative maneuvers.
Join us for a Pro-Choice march from Dr Emily Women’s Health Center, through the South Bronx neighborhood, to one of the nearby “Crisis Pregnancy Centers.” This center is the hub for many of the anti-choice organizers who harass women outside of Dr Emily clinic on a daily basis.
We’ll be gathering at Dr Emily Women’s Health Center at 11 am (come earlier if you wish, escort training will be provided) and setting off on the march at around 12 pm.
Sponsored by: The New York Coalition for Abortion Clinic Defense
Facebook: New York Coalition for Abortion Clinic Defense
E-Mail: nyc.acd1@gmail.com
Phone: 212-222-0633
*Save the Date*
2012 National NOW Conference
“A Feminist Wake-Up Call”
When: Friday, Jun. 29 – Sunday, Jul. 1
Where: Baltimore, Maryland
Hotel: Hilton Baltimore BWI Airport
1739 West Nursery Road
Linthicum Heights, MD 20190
Visit the hotel website
1/18- Wednesday, January 18, 2012 @ 7PM – $5 Suggested
Presentation: URGENT!: A Resurgence of the “I Had an Abortion” Campaign with Jennifer Baumgardner, Soapbox, Inc., and RadFem
In honor of the 39th anniversary of Roe v Wade, RadFem and Soapbox, Inc. host a screening of the “I Had an Abortion” documentary, and a launch of new t-shirts and bags that allow those who’ve had abortions to be acknowledged and to personalize a vicious and abstract debate.
Bluestockings – 172 Allen St between Stanton and Rivington
In 2008 PS produced a screening & discussion of “I Had An Abortion” with Jennifer, Gillian Aldrich (Filmmaker), and several women featured in the film, and we’re thrilled the campaign is moving onward!
