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Public Media's Women and Girls Lead Campaign Hits PBS Airwaves this Fall
September 15, 2011A pipeline of more than 50 documentaries over three years begins in October 2011 with thousands of local events and high-profile gatherings nationwide planned through 2012. ITVS announced the rollout of major national PBS broadcasts for its Women and Girls Lead campaign on Thursday. The three-year public media initiative will educate, focus, and…
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LEADING THE CONVERSATION: Young Women's Voices in the Media
July 8, 2011ITVS, POV, BAVC, and Youth Radio will co-present a live chat on the future for women media makers, this Monday, July 11 at 3pm PT / 6pm ET.<a…
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Where were you on Monday, May 9?
July 4, 2011Women and Girls Lead was among the many public media items discussed at this year’s INPUT conference in Seoul, Korea. A big chunk of the public broadcasting world was in Seoul, Korea, attending INPUT, an annual conference where filmmakers, broadcasters, and distributors gather to watch and discuss the best public media programs of the year. But another…
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How to Raise a Feminist Baby Boy
June 23, 2011ITVS Education Manager Annelise Wunderlich decides she's not afraid of teaching her son the F-word.When I told my husband about the title of this post, he raised a skeptical eyebrow. Really? Feminist? What did I mean by that, exactly? I think he envisioned me forcing our eight-month old son, Tiago, to wear pink leggings, read Betty Friedan before bed, and…
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Women’s Voices Rising
June 6, 2011Here is a startling fact: the number of women in prison in the United States has increased by 800 percent over the last three decades. It’s a disturbing trend — but fortunately there are some inspiring individuals and organizations out there working to reverse it.Community Works, one of our educational partners for Community Classroom, is among them.…