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August 26th, 2010Blog, Events, Partner EventSeptember 16, 2010 7:00 pm 
What if street harassment was a crime? In her multidisciplinary show, writer-performer Leah King examines the distinctly New York experience of the “holla” through four Brooklyn women contemplating a new anti-harassment law. A shy bike mechanic worries that the law will sabotage her ability to meet women; an open mic host and indie rocker explores sexuality in her music career; a poetic 50-something yoga teacher wonders if the days of “hollers” may be behind her; and a sex-blogging burlesque performer dishes on the law during her online talk show. King asks the audience: how do YOU holla?Sections of the show will be performed and followed by an interactive panel discussion about our societal response to street harassment. For more information, check out http://canigetasmile.tumblr.com/
Can I Get a Smile? premiers Thursday September 16, 2010 at Littlefield (622 Degraw St, Brooklyn). Doors 7pm, Show 7:30pm
Leah King is a multidisciplinary performance artist and youth educator based in Brooklyn, NY, whose work focuses on women’s empowerment, afro-diasporic arts and multicultural identity.As a singer and dancer, Leah has performed with Brown Girls Burlesque, Black Rock Coalition Orchestra and Marc Jacobs, and at venues such as Bowery Poetry Club, Whitney Museum, BAM, B.B. King’s, Le Poisson Rouge, Santos and Galapagos. She has led arts workshops at Rikers Island, Manhattan JCC, Grassroots Media Coalition and numerous educational institutions.
Her one-woman show, Can I Get a Smile?, is funded in part by a grant from the NY Department of Cultural Affairs/Brooklyn Arts Council.
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August 17th, 2010Blog, Partner Event
The Women’s Night is held on the 3rd Friday of the month
from 8:00pm to 11:00pm at Brooklyn Boulders
and is open to all women. Total beginners and people who think
they can’t do it are definitely encouraged to come try it
The Brooklyn Boulders Women’s Night is half price
so people can try it out much more cheaply than usual ($13 for
a day pass with gear or $25 to take a lesson).Check out the facebook page for more information:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=125506380829218Brooklyn Boulders
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August 17th, 2010Blog, Events, Partner Event
September 11, 2010 11:00 am to 5:00 pm The Women’s Mosaic Semi-Annual Visioning Workshop
Find focus and manifest your dreams!
Feeling a little confused with all that’s going on with your career and the economy? Not sure what to do next with your life? Maybe you’re just a bit unsatisfied overall but can’t exactly pinpoint what it is.Our Visioning Workshop can help you sort it all out! Come to our popular and powerful semi-annual workshop for a creative, transformative afternoon where you will make a collage to manifest your heart’s desire - you may be surprised as to what that turns out to be! It’s not unusual for participants to start new businesses, relationships, families or career paths as quickly as weeks or months after the workshop. If you are looking for both answers and results to help figure out where you are right now in your life and where you want to go next, this could be thing exact thing you need to push you forward and take you there.
RSVP to hold your spot - these sell out fast!
COST:$75 for TWM Members; $120 for Non-Members
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August 15th, 2010Blog, Events, Partner Event
September 14, 2010 7:30 pm 
Hosted by Cheryl B. & Sinclair SexsmithPhoenix Bar
447 East 13th Street
www.queerliterarycarnival.com
Facebook EventThis month’s theme is BACK TO SCHOOL, starring:
Melissa Febos, Theadora Fisher, Loren Krywanczyk, Tanya Paperny, Rachel SimonSideshow: The Queer Literary Carnival is a monthly reading/performance series in NYC. Featuring some of the very finest queer (and queer ally) writers, poets, spoken word performers, storytellers, playwrights and narrative comics out there, Sideshow enthusiastically presents “serious literature for ridiculous times.”
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August 13th, 2010Blog, Partner Event
DIRECTIONS
http://www.messiahbrooklyn.org/
129 Russell Street — Brooklyn NY 11222 — 718.389.0854
messiahgreenpoint@gmail.comSUBWAY:
FROM THE G TRAIN
Take the G to Nassau Ave. Exit near intersection of Nassau Ave. and Manhattan Ave. Walk East on Nassau towards Leonard St. (about 7 blocks), make a Right on Russell St. when you reach McGolrick Park.FROM THE L TRAIN
Take the L to Lorimer St. Exit near the intersection of Lorimer and Metropolitan Ave. Walk north on Lorimer towards Conselyea Ave. where you will pick up the B48 Bus and take it to the intersection of Nassau and Humboldt Streets. Walk one block east on Nassau to Russel St and turn right. Church will be on your right.BUSES:
The B48 stops at Humboldt and Nassau Aves. Walk one block east on Nassau to Russel St and turn right. Church will be on your right.Take the B62 to Manhattan and Nassau Aves. Walk east on Nassau towards Leonard St. for 7 blocks and make a right on Russel St. when you reach McGolrick Park.
For any further questions or press contact, please contact us at forthebirdscollective@gmail.com
Day of event inquiries: call Kathleen at (717) 725-2176
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August 13th, 2010Blog, Partner Event
Dial-in by phone and listen to world-renowned experts and ask them questions every Tuesday and
Thursday evening at 8pm from August 17th - September 16th! If you can not make the call live, you can listen to the replay that is available for up to 1 week!Here is the line-up:
August 17th - Mike Robbins - Be Who You Are
August 19th - Pamela Yellen - Secrets to Financial Security
August 24th - Deborah King - The Truth Will Set You Free
August 26th - Susun Weed - Green Blessings the Wise Woman Way
August 31st - David Wolfe - The Secrets to LongevitySeptember 2nd - Dr. Sears - Health for the Whole Family
September 7th - Laurel Clark - Spiritual Healing
September 9th - Judith Orloff - Achieving Emotional Freedom
September 14th - Alexandra Scranton - I am being exposed to what?
September 16th - Robert Ferguson - You Don’t Have to Constantly Diet
Register for the event here: http://bit.ly/WHETMU
Note: You only need to register for the event once (no need to register for each individual call)
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August 13th, 2010Blog, Events, Partner Event
September 13, 2010 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm 
Jane Addams was a leading statesperson in an era when such possibilities for women were almost nonexistent. Few people today, however, know the full scope of her work as a political progressive. Join us to commemorate the 150th anniversary of her birth, and to celebrate the release of Jane Addams: Spirit in Action.In this fresh interpretation, the first full biography of Addams in nearly forty years, Louise W. Knight shows Addams’s boldness, creativity, and tenacity as she sought ways to put the ideals of democracy into action. Starting in Chicago as a co-founder of the nation’s first settlement house, Hull House—a community center where people of all classes and ethnicities could gather—Addams became a grassroots organizer and a partner of trade unionists, women, immigrants, and African Americans seeking social justice. In time, she emerged as an all-around progressive leader: an advocate for women’s suffrage; an advisor to presidents; a co-founder of civil rights organizations, including the NAACP; and a leader for international peace.
Knight’s fast-paced narrative traces how one woman worked with others to make a difference in the world, and how her legacy has contributed to the ideals and policies we strive for today.
Click here to RSVP for this event!
Click here for more information on Demos!
Louise W. Knight is a Visiting Scholar in the Gender Studies Program at Northwestern University and a writer and consultant to nonprofits. The author of Citizen: Jane Addams and the Struggle for Democracy, she lives in Evanston, Illinois.
Blanche Wiesen Cook is a bestselling biographer of Eleanor Roosevelt, and Distinguished Professor of History and Women’s Studies at John Jay College.
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August 11th, 2010Blog, Events, Partner Event
August 24, 2010 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm Are you ready to own your sexuality, to reclaim it, heal it and celebrate it? If you are ready to explore and transform your sexuality, join sexuality educator Amy Jo Goddard and some of the former participants of the Women’s Sexuality Empowerment Apprenticeship program for a free introductory night. Amy Jo will help women to assess where they are currently in their own sexuality and lead them in a guided meditation and interactive discussion. There is no obligation to take the program, and you will definitely walk away with some clarity and action steps about your own sexuality.
“I know there is a deep need for safe spaces where women can study and grow their sexuality, so I’ve carefully constructed a framework where women can learn experientially and share with each other aspects of their sexual selves that have been in hiding. I want to see women be truly empowered sexually. I want to see women support each other. I want women to have the intimate relationships they dream of. I want to support women to take the risks required to become their most authentic, fulfilled sexual selves.”
For more info or to sign up, go to:
http://sexualityintronight.eventbrite.com/www.amyjogoddard.com
BIO:
Amy Jo Goddard, M.A. is a sexuality educator & trainer, writer, performing artist and activist. She travels to colleges, universities, communities and conferences teaching workshops and speaking about sexuality and maintains a private sex coaching practice. She is co-author of Lesbian Sex Secrets for Men and is a contributing author of All About Sex: A Family Resource Guide on Sex and Sexuality. Her article about queer performance artists and activism was published in 2007 in the Social Justice Journal and she has been published in numerous other publications including LOFT and Bust Magazine. Amy Jo was host of cherrybomb.com’s web stream program “Fresh Advice,” developing, researching, writing and performing over 60 episodes on women’s sexuality. A professional trainer of sexuality professionals, medical students, college students and youth for fifteen years, she has taught courses relating to sexuality at the City University of New York and the University of California at Santa Barbara. Amy Jo has taught breast and pelvic exams to medical/nursing students for 8 years and she is director/producer of the forthcoming documentary, At Your Cervix, a film that depicts this unusual work. She facilitates the Women’s Sexuality Empowerment Apprenticeship in New York City.
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August 8th, 2010Blog, Events, Partner Event
August 14, 2010 10:00 am to 12:00 pm Tags: candidates, NOW-NYHave Breakfast with NOW-NY State Political Action Committee andMeet the Candidates for NYS Governor and NYS Attorney General
Candidates for Governor Andrew Cuomo (not confirmed)
Sponsored by the National Organization for Women-NYS PAC
(Candidates for these offices have been contacted.)
Andi Weiss Bartczak (confirmed)
Warren Redlich (confirmed)
Howie Hawkins, (confirmed)
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Confirmed NYS Attorney General Candidates:
Kathleen Rice, Nassau County District Attorney
Eric Schneiderman, NYS Senator
Richard Brodsky, NYS Assembly Member
Eric Dinallo, Professor at NYU
Sean Coffey, Former Prosecutor (not confirmed)
Date: August 14th, 2010
Time: 10:00 am
Location: 155 Washington Avenue,
Albany, NY (SEIU Building)
Cost $20 per person Pay online at http://www.nownys.org/pac_donate.html Seating limited! For more info: Call 518-452-3944
or
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August 4th, 2010Blog, Events, Partner Event
August 14, 2010 11:00 am to 10:00 pm The Big She-Bang, organized by For The Birds Collective, is being held on Saturday, August 14th at Church of the Messiah, located at 129 Russell Street (Lower Level), Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY from 11AM to 10pm.
The Big She-Bang is an all-day event of workshops, panel discussions, visual art, and music by and for women-identified artists & community members. The Big She-Bang strives to cultivate a space for women to share creative endeavors, exchange ideas, and provide support in a safe and open-minded environment. It is a multimedia event that serves as a platform for women artists and activists. This year’s She-Bang festival will include workshops and panel discussions, live musical performances, an all-day art show and tabling by various feminist organizations from New York. The event is always all ages, and everyone is welcome.
THIS YEAR, our theme is – Feminist Communication.
Throughout the day, there will be an art show exhibiting different mediums of work created by various women in New York City:
PATTY BOWMAN
MOLLY FAIR
XANDER MARRO
BETH SLUTZKYWorkshops and panel discussions will also be happening throughout the day, covering topics such as:
on FEMINISM THROUGH CREATIVITY
presented by members of Sister Spit & YOUNITYon CONSENT & INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION
presented by Support New York & Fuckin’ (A)on YOUTH & MEDIA
presented by Femmedia, Nicole Acosta, & Nydia SwabyThe event will end with performances by:
& 1 more TBA
We are asking for a $6 to $10 sliding scale donation, although no will be turned away. A tape and CD compilation of bands fronted by female and woman-identified rockers, including some of those performing, will be available for purchase.
The collective that organizes The Big She-Bang is called FOR THE BIRDS. For The Birds is a collective of New York women whose main intent is fostering the creative empowerment of women, as well as the dissemination of feminist projects: art, music, information, and scholarly work. A large part of this feminist info-sharing occurs in the form of a distro and a label imprint. In our distro, we carry writing, art, and music by feminists and women-identified folks. On our label imprint, we continue to publish similar work.
The Big She-Bang was previously a celebration thrown by the Long Island Womyn’s Collective. Information on The Big She-Bang 1 & 2 can be found here: http://myspace.com/liwomynscollectiveAll information on The Big She-Bang 3, 4 & 5 can be found here: http://myspace.com/thebig_shebang
or
http://www.forthebirdscollective.org/about2/herstory/
DIRECTIONS
http://www.messiahbrooklyn.org/
129 Russell Street — Brooklyn NY 11222 — 718.389.0854
messiahgreenpoint@gmail.comSUBWAY:
FROM THE G TRAIN
Take the G to Nassau Ave. Exit near intersection of Nassau Ave. and Manhattan Ave. Walk East on Nassau towards Leonard St. (about 7 blocks), make a Right on Russel St. when you reach McGolrick Park.FROM THE L TRAIN
Take the L to Lorimer St. Exit near the intersection of Lorimer and Metropolitan Ave. Walk north on Lorimer towards Conselyea Ave. where you will pick up the B48 Bus and take it to the intersection of Nassau and Humboldt Streets. Walk one block east on Nassau to Russel St and turn right. Church will be on your right.BUSES:
The B48 stops at Humboldt and Nassau Aves. Walk one block east on Nassau to Russel St and turn right. Church will be on your right.Take the B62 to Manhattan and Nassau Aves. Walk east on Nassau towards Leonard St. for 7 blocks and make a right on Russel St. when you reach McGolrick Park.
For any further questions or press contact, please contact us at forthebirdscollective@gmail.com
Contact: thebigshebang@gmail.com
Day of event inquiries: call Kathleen at (717) 725-2176
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