[Wamvan] Upcoming Workshop: Help Improve Media Reporting on Sexual Assault

[Natalie Hill]

Reminder!

This wicked workshop is happening Saturday. 11am im the SUB at UBC.

Be sure to register ASAP if you want to be counted for catering.

The food is going to be delicious.
Trust me, you want to be counted!

Really looking forward to great dialogur and to applying our feminists
insights in a practical way to transform our media....

See you there!

On Apr 7, 2014 10:39 AM, "Jarrah" <jarrahhodge at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> WAM! Vancouver will be holding a public workshop on Saturday, April 26 to
collect feedback on the Femifesto toolkit to improve media reporting of
sexual assaults.
>
> Femifesto is a Toronto-based feminist collective that is in the middle of
a year-long process of collecting feedback on their draft toolkit. The
final version, with incorporated feedback, will be used to help reporters
across Canada.
>
> I ran a workshop on behalf of WAM! last week with the volunteers at the
UBC Sexual Assault Support Centre (SASC also very kindly helped us book the
room for the public workshop). If you want to read more about how it went
and get a sense of what to expect on the 26th, we have an article on our
chapter page: http://www.womenactionmedia.org/chapters/vancouver/
>
> Here are the details about our public workshop.
>
> Where: AMS Council Chambers at the UBC Student Union Building
> Date: Saturday, April 26
> Time: 11:00 a.m.
>
> We estimate the workshop will take about two hours and lunch will be
provided. We also have some funding available to subsidize participants'
costs for childcare and transportation, if needed.
>
> Because space is limited and we need to get a sense of how much food to
order, pre-registration is required - save your spot at the link on our
event page:
http://womenactionmedia.org/events/vancouver-workshop-media-reporting-sexual-assaults/
>
> Feel free to email me if you have any questions and I hope to see you on
the 26th!
>
> Jarrah
>
>
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> http://gender-focus.com
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