[Wamvan] Media Action Media Represent Project

[Joanna Chiu]

Thanks for letting us know about these great projects you're involved with, Jarrah! I'm definitely going to do more research into Media Action Media. I have a few women's studies contacts that I can send you but I'm sure others on this list will have way more. Natalie Hill just finished her Masters in women's studies at UBC. 

On Jul 26, 2012, at 12:33 PM, Jarrah <jarrahhodge at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi fellow WAM-ers,
> 
> A couple of related things:
> 
> 1. I'm now the Vancouver Miss Representation Social Action Rep coordinator. The previous coordinator, Mubnii, just moved away for school. The Miss Representation people are lovely but probably busy and have been really slow at sending my intro message out to anyone else who's registered as a Social Action Rep in the Lower Mainland. If any of you was registered as a Social Action Rep could you email me directly so we can talk about what we see as our role and potential future activities? I see it mainly as leveraging the Miss Representation name/materials/resources to draw attention to those issues while also collaborating and coordinating between the various different groups in Vancouver so we aren't duplicating/stepping on each other's toes. 
> 
> 2. Also looking at using the success of Miss Representation to make a Canadian impact is the new group Media Action Media. They are in the midst of launching a YouTube contest and film festival around body image and feminist media literacy (info here: http://www.media-action-media.com/representproject/) that would include campus outreach and workshops. Because their folks are mostly in Ontario they are looking for western campus contacts at women's/womyn's centres, Women's Studies departments, etc. It's really in the planning stages right now, so if anyone knows who they should be getting in touch with at BC colleges/universities, please get in touch with me so I can share that info with their coordinating team. When it gets further down the road maybe the WAM core group would like to consider if/how they would like to be involved?
> 
> Thanks so much and feel free to get in touch if you have any questions/concerns. Hope everyone's having a good week!
> 
> Jarrah
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