South Carolina Women Lawyers Association-Women Lawyers and Leadership: Status and Success in a Changed Profession
Panel with Gloria Steinem, Gloria Feldt, Shelby Knox, and Jamia Wilson

Anita Hill 20 Years Later: Sex, Power, and Speaking Truth
Panel I: Witnesses-"What Happened?"


Hunter College, NYC

Using Knowledge, Advancing Activism
How can activists use knowledge to advance their campaigns? How can scholars and activists work collaboratively to produce and promote knowledge that is grounded in feminist and social justice frameworks? Activists who have been able to produce and use knowledge to initiate change across numerous issues will contribute to this conversation about the uses of knowledge in activist work.
Panelists: Patricia Berne (Sins Invalid), Rinku Sen (Applied Research Center), Dean Spade ’97 (University of Seattle School of Law), Jamia Wilson (Women’s Media Center), and moderated by Laura Flanders ’85 (GRITtv)

AAANY'S Youth Summit

Thelma and Louise 20th Anniversary Screening and Panel with Nona Willis Aronowitz, Jaclyn Friedman, and Sofia Quintero

This conference offers adults who work with young people a day to unite, learn and strategize together around how to address the root causes of teen sexual violence. We look forward to your participation!

Registration and light refreshments will be at 8:30 a.m. The conference will begin with a panel discussion on “Root Causes of Teen Sexual Violence” followed by interactive workshops designed to provide adults who work with youth with tools and best practices to address root causes of teen sexual violence.
Tuesday, June 7, 2011

8:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Brooklyn Borough Hall

By train: 2,3,4,5 train to Borough Hall, R, M, to Court Street, A, C, F to Jay Street Borough Hall

By bus: B41, B45, B25, B26, B37, B38, B52 to Court Street/Borough Hall, B103 to Downtown Brooklyn/Tillary Street
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The REVEAL conference will:

~Empower, advance and acknowledge young female spiritual leaders

~Endow young women with skill sets for dialogues in faith and feminism

~Encourage women to create communities to foster growth and healing

~Excite and inspire the emergence of the divine feminine

The REVEAL conference will be held annually in New York City and will provide an unprecedented opportunity for young female spiritual leaders to present their trail-blazing work to the wider world. It is essential for these young leaders to convene together to inspire women of all ages to become determined and fearless about using their own spiritual voices in the face of injustice.

The REVEAL conference will honor, encourage and call forth all emerging young female spiritual leaders to let their voices burn just a little bit brighter to stir up the soul-voices in some of us that still need help finding their expression. The REVEAL conference will dare all women to let her soul reveal its inviolable strength. REVEAL wants for nothing but complete justice for women in the world especially in the realm of the sacred.

Through fiery keynote speakers and experiential, interactive workshops, the REVEAL conference will empower and inspire young women to take themselves and their spiritual voices seriously. It will also serve as an opportunity for local New York non-profits of varying faith traditions and leading women’s organizations to network and collaborate as well as to present their services and information to participants.

Women of Spirit and Faith exists to invite the many brilliant threads
of feminine spiritual leadership into relationship and
to support emerging patterns for transformation.

Ain't I A Woman: Women of Color Speak On Activism
April 11th, 2011, 6PM - 12AM
Mixer 6PM ** Panel 7-9PM ** Party 9-12AM

Website: aiaw.tumblr.com
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Long after Sojourner Truth pondered the question - "Aint I A Woman?" we continue to face a white supremacist culture that undermines women of color, young women, undocumented immigrants, and the LGBTQ community. We're convening this panel to ignite a discourse about the experiences of women of color in the feminist movement and beyond. On this night, six outstanding feminists and activists will go head-to-head to discuss race in the feminist movement today.

We know that the movements to eradicate racism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia and sexism are inextricably connected. We reject the silencing and subjugation of women of color and aim to create a safe and courageous space to raise our voices, confront tensions, celebrate our triumphs, create collective solutions and share our stories. Through this sharing, we can create a united front so that, instead of surviving through silence, there can be a dialogue on how to battle institutionalized oppression.

Speaking our truth is crucial to our survival. By gathering together and learning from our shared and individual tales of love and struggle, we will each emerge with new perspectives that will enable us to engender the change we envision for the world.

In the words of bell hooks, “There can be no feminist revolution without an end to racism, classism, ageism…”

Round One: Latoya Peterson, Founder of Racialicious
Elizabeth Mendez Berry, Journalist
Jamia Wilson, Moderator

Round Two: Lori Adelman, Program Associate at International Women's Health Coalition
Aimee Thorne-Thomsen, Reproductive Rights Activist
Amanda Marcotte, Moderator

Round Three: Jessie Daniels, PhD, Author and Sociology Professor at Hunter College
Anna Holmes, Jezebel Founding Editor
Lena Chen, Moderator

Music by DJ Lobotomy Copter throughout the night, http://on.fb.me/gRnBsN

**$10 Suggested Donation (but no one turned away for lack of funds)
**We encourage live tweeting during the event using the hastag, #AIAW

** For more info, contact Morgane at refusethesilence@gmail.com with the subject line: "Ain't I A Woman"

**For more information and tickets, visit: www.galapagosartspace.com

Right now Congress has 1 agenda item: to take away your access to reproductive health care. It's time to fight back! Join us in Foley Square, 1-3 pm, Saturday, 2/26. I'll be speaking at the rally along with many other passionate people who care about reproductive justice for all.

Engendering Technologies—Women Take Charge

24 February 2011, Thursday, 4:00-5:30 pm

10th Floor Room, Church Center

United Nations Building

777 UN Plaza (corner of 44th St. and 1st Ave.),

New York

In collaboration with the IAWRT USA Chapter

with support from Forum for Women and Development (Fokus)
Dates:
24 Feb 2011

Ready to rumble? I'll will be joining Choice USA on 1/20 in DC to go head-to-head w/ rockstar RJ leaders! RSVP: http://bit.ly/wearethechampions
http://www.choiceusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=346

Keynote at We The Students Liberty Conference with NYCLU in Rochester

Help Women's Media Center make women visible and powerful in the media!

I am honored to be introducing and moderating Emmy-winner Lisa Russell's film screening of "Not Yet Rain" a documentary about how legal abortion is saving
women’s lives in Ethiopia, including a discussion with Emmy award-winning
film director Lisa Russell and film advisor Anu Kumar. Grammy-winner Maya Acuzena who is featured on the soundtrack will be performing at the event.

Will be live blogging and tweeting from The Daily Beast's Women in the World Summit!

Can I count on you to help me raise funds to heal Haiti? I have a fundraising site for Partners in Health, an amazing organization that is providing vital resources and support to the people of Haiti. Please donate today. No gift is too small. All funds go directly toward medical outreach and service in Haiti.
Practice Love,
xoxo Jamia

The debut of the 7 piece Bjorkestra (AKA The Bjorktet) with three very special guests: George Garzone, tenor saxophone; Rachel Z, piano; Clarence Penn, drums. Also featuring: Travis Sullivan, alto sax, Becca Stevens, vocals; Ian Cook, programming; Yoshi Waki, bass.
Free admission!

Fashion Week: Strutting Our stuff for AuH20 and Health Care Reform
I will be modelling in another amazing AuH20 show on Sunday, September 13th at 5PM. I LOVED my experience in one of their hot Obama fashion shows and I'm extremely excited to strut their health care reform/public option inspired wares this week. Come on out and show some solidarity, support AuH20 and their sustainable and conscious line, and show me some love. If you don't live in NYC, support AuH20 and their mission for health care reform by contacting Obama and your senators about Health Care Reform and the Public Option!!!!! Work! ")

xoxoxoxo Mia

Big Band Night: Hanging out and selling merch for Travis Sullivan's Bjorkestra.
Bjorkestra plays at 11PM. $10 suggested donation. No cover and no drink minimum!
Featuring: Delphian Jazz Orchestra, MK Groove Orchestra, Travis Sullivan's Bjorkestra.

Hanging out and selling merch at the Bjorkestra show.

Hanging out and selling merch for the Bjorkestra. Amazing guest singer Shayna Steele is going to be the vocalist for this show and it should be awesome! $25 cover for each set.

NYU 2009 All University Commencement Ceremony

Yale Critical Race Theory Law Conference

Travis Sullivan's Bjorkestra

In honor of fashion week, AuH2O is joining forces with one of our favorite eco-fashion designers, RebeccaSL (Rebecca Lesesne, http://cranberrycreekclothes.com) to have an awesome fashion show at Fontana's.
Fontana's is a great bar with cheap drinks ($3 MGD and $4 Tecate) and lots of space for a runway. Come Thursday the 19th to celebrate fashion week in eco-style. AuH2O and RebeccaSL will be featuring Spring items made entirely from recycled materials, and two fantastic AuH2O interns, Nandi Duszynski and Sarah Pipps will be debuting a few pieces as well! It will be DJed by Avi Flombaum, and the show will start at 9, but Avi will spin all night.

Featuring hot models:
Marie Asinovski
Marianna Barksdale
Leah Barton
Lindsey Blank
Jenna Bromberg
Emily Chesler
Diari Dieye
Nadine Friedman
Jean Goto
Jeremy Green
Sarah Hyde
Julia Jorgensen
Rachel Kay
Sarah Kim
Pauline L Ma
Rachel Nortrhop
Carmen Ongsiako
Margie Paolicchi
Nayelli M Perez
Jolanda Porter
Annie Raso
Sarah Rivera
Soo Ryu
Barbara Searles
Valeria Smith
Dana Tarasavage
Jenica Vaid
Olivia Webb
Jamia Wilson

Hope to see you there!

Travis Sullivan's Bjorkestra