[Wamvan] Great opportunity to influence journalism industry

[jana g]

May 10th works for me ... as i will be coming over
from the island.  Thanks for putting this toolkit
out to WAM!  :)  janajuniper


On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 4:47 PM, Natalie Hill <nhill10 at gmail.com> wrote:

> PS -
>
> We will have food, and can provide child care and transit stipends for
> anyone who wants them.
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 4:18 PM, Natalie Hill <nhill10 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Bumping this up! See the first message in this thread for the details.
>>
>> *How many of you would be interested in getting together for one 2-3hr
>> long meeting to brainstorm and gather up our collective feedback on a
>> toolkit for journalists covering sexual assault?*
>>
>> We assume Saturdays are the safest..... What date works best for you?
>>
>> April 19
>> April 26
>> May 10
>> May 31
>> June 7
>> June 14
>>
>> So far April 26 is the front-runner...
>>
>> let us know!
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 5:02 PM, JJ <genderville at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> All of those dates work for me except May 31st with preference given to
>>> the first three.
>>>
>>>  Jennifer
>>>
>>> On Mar 7, 2014, at 4:25 PM, Natalie Hill <nhill10 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hey y'all,
>>>
>>> I want to invite all of you to be a part of something really cool,
>>> something that allows us to:
>>>
>>> a) get together and re-energize our feminist and WAM! energy
>>> b) work together to curate our valuable insights and wisdom, and
>>> c) contribute to something tangible, a toolkit that has the power to
>>> impact the ways Canadian journalists report on rape and sexual assault.
>>>
>>> *** at the bottom of this email is a list of dates for a workshop.
>>> please respond with which ones work for you! ***
>>>
>>> First, the background: Last year a group called *femifesto* produced a
>>> document called "*Reporting on Sexual Assault: A Toolkit for Canadian
>>> Media". *femifesto defines itself as a Toronto-based, grassroots
>>> feminist collective that works to shift rape culture to consent culture. *Here's
>>> the link to the toolkit and the femifesto website
>>> <http://femifesto.ca/home/media-toolkit/>.*
>>>
>>> *The cool part is this: *The creators want feminist across Canada to
>>> provide their insights to make the toolkit even better. *They are
>>> asking people to contribute their ideas by August 30, 2014.* After
>>> gathering up the input, they will revise the kit and re-release it on
>>> November 25, 2014.
>>>
>>> Hopefully the toolkit will be shared and integrated into a variety of
>>> news-producing environments. I met today with Jarrah Hodge, and a few
>>> lovely folks at the Sexual Assault Support Centre at UBC, and we have some
>>> very exciting plans for ways to share the toolkit with journalists and
>>> student journalists early next year. More on that to come later...
>>>
>>> For now -
>>>
>>> *How many of you would be interested in getting together for one 2-3hr
>>> long meeting to brainstorm and gather up our collective feedback on the
>>> toolkit?*
>>>
>>> We assume Saturdays are the safest..... What date works best for you?
>>>
>>> April 19
>>> April 26
>>> May 10
>>> May 31
>>> June 7
>>> June 14
>>>
>>> If you're interested, please reply in this thread with the date(s) you
>>> like best. If more than one option works, please order them (preference #1,
>>> 2 and 3).
>>>
>>> Once we have a date nailed down, SASC has very generously offered to
>>> help us out with a venue. SASC is also organizing similar workshop with
>>> their volunteers to do the same thing in April. Between SASC and WAM!, we
>>> think we can contribute some great feedback to this project.
>>>
>>> LET US KNOW!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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