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Women’s Empowerment Event Draws a Crowd in Seattle
From the lobby of Pigot Hall at Seattle University
National Community Cinema Coordinator, Patrick Baroch, reports out on another successful Women’s Empowerment Screening, this one, from Seattle.
Seattle’s first ever Women Empowerment Film Event & Meetings (WE FEM) packed in men and women along a broad spectrum of ages, genders, and ethnicities. Seattle University hosted the event at Pigott Hall, where the power of the films resonated in lively and impassioned discussion afterwards.
After the screening of A Girl’s Life the blunt question, “Why are girls so mean?” became a topic of much discussion and observation. The hit of the night was a Lieutenant from the Seattle Fire Department donning her full gear in 60 seconds. She also gave a fascinating tour of her tool belt.
After each film and workshop, the participants mingled in the atrium. At the end of the night, people continued to talk about what they had seen.
Summer Film Series to Address Women Creating Change
Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai, by Lisa Merton and Alan Dater, is part of the summer film series in select cities.
When women and girls are provided with opportunities for education and jobs, access to health care services, and are a vital voice in governance, we can make great strides in addressing serious social issues such as poverty, violence, and political corruption. There has never been a better time than now to use film as a tool to shine a light on women and girls who are affecting change around the world.
This summer in more than 10 cities across the country, ITVS will be partnering with local public television stations and community organizations to present a special series of screenings that will highlight issues affecting women across the globe and in communities here in the U.S. Previous Community Cinema audience favorites such as Taking Root, Iron Ladies of Liberia , and Shadya will be featured among the 15-plus films selected for this exciting series of events.
Partner organizations include the Chicago Foundation for Women, Seattle University Women Studies Program, Priority Africa Network ,and the City of Los Angeles. Among the cities in which the screenings will be held: Chicago, Los Angeles, Seattle, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Nashville, Louisville, Rochester, New York, St.Louis, and Denver.
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