(NAME-MCE) Call for Proposals: Women, Action & the Media Conference

[Irene Villasenor]

Dear Friends, 
 
Please consider submitting a proposal for the 2009 Women, Action and the
Media Conference. I am on the steering committee for this wonderful event.
Feel free to contact me to discuss any ideas or questions you may have. The
deadline is October 12, 2008. 
 
Best regards, 
Irene Villaseñor, Youth Views Manager

American Documentary, Inc. | P.O.V.

32 Broadway, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10004

(212) 989-8121, extension 319, (212) 989-8230-fax

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Do you have something to say or share about women and media?

At Women, Action & the Media (WAM!) 2009, we'll gather together everyone who
has a stake in achieving gender justice in media, in order to share facts
and ideas, develop skills, build collaborations, bridge differences and
create action plans. We're bringing together more than 600 participants to
exchange observations, ideas, experiences, opinions, and tools for
change-and plan together for action. And we want you to submit a session
proposal.

WAM! is one of those rare spaces where you are encouraged to bring your
professional and activist selves together. Personally you will develop
important relationships at WAM! and have opportunities to upgrade your
technology, storytelling, business and/or organizing skills. You will also
have time to reflect on the impact of our collective efforts as women in the
media and discuss how we can continue making progress. As WAM! moves
forward, our efforts to integrate media and movements will evolve alongside
it.
-Irene Villasenor, American Documentary, Inc. | P.O.V. 

What questions, issues, and concerns do you want to hear debated? What
thinking, strategizing, planning or skill-sharing work should happen at WAM!
as a step forward in building the movement? What should we know, what should
we be doing, and what should we be preparing for?

WAM! has become for me an indispensable opportunity to meet talented writers
and editors and trade strategies about how to challenge sexism in what
remains a male-dominated field. Most importantly, because of WAM!'s frank
feminist orientation and open commitment to advancing social justice, its
panels and conversations provoke me to rethink the kinds of stories I
assign.
-Esther Kaplan, Investigative Editor, The Nation Institute

We invite you to submit a proposal for a workshop, panel, strategy meeting,
digital multimedia presentation, or other conference session. We want to
hear your ideas whether you're a media producer or a PR strategist, a
journalist, an activist, an academic, a community organizer, a feminist, a
funder or philanthropist, a "citizen" media watchdog, a media policy
advocate, an alternative-network-builder, a blogger, writer, teacher,
artist, technology trainer, cartoonist, deejay, or anything else!

I have gotten a great deal of contacts at WAM! for both professional and
personal purposes. I've met wonderful women journalists that I wouldn't
normally have access to. CNW attracts women from all different backgrounds,
no matter what race, color, sexual orientation, disability or class. It's
great to be around such terrific, smart women.
-Talia Whyte, freelance journalist

Please send us your session proposals, and spread the word to others who may
be interested. We encourage you to be creative not only with your proposed
topic and content, but in your means of presentation-we're seeking
interactive, provocative, dialogue-rich sessions that might as easily
involve multimedia, collaborative projects, skills training or live
performance as a panel or standard speaker. 

For Complete CFP Guidelines
<http://www.centerfornewwords.org/wam/call_for_proposals.php>
http://www.centerfornewwords.org/wam/call_for_proposals.php
 

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