[Wamvan] Media Action Media Represent Project

[Natalie Hill]

This is true.

If they're looking for someone who is active on a university campus, then,
I wouldn't be the right person (since I just graduated).

But I might be able to facilitate a relationship with someone who is....

On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 2:23 PM, Joanna Chiu <chiu.joanna5 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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/>
> 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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