[Imc-girls] Draft of Press Release

[Anne Odom]

Sounds good.  Definitely like your quote better; I'll make the change.

A.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Shawn D. Williams [mailto:sdwillms at uiuc.edu]
Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 5:07 PM
To: Anne Odom; imc-girls at ucimc.org
Subject: Re: [Imc-girls] Draft of Press Release


Anne,
You attributed my affiliation appropriately. I am sick of being identified
as a grad student. Also, for the quote I would like for it to read as
follows:
"There are programs and resources for girlz and womyn in this community many
folks aren't aware of.  We hope to bring diverse groups of females together
where they can share their many talents, gifts, and experiences,"

Does that sound okay? Thanks, Anne! By the way, Tyler is ABSOLUTELY
BEAUTIFUL! Good job, MOM!!

Peace
Shawn D.

The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

     Psalm 27:1
----- Original Message -----
From: Anne Odom <anne at webeasel.net>
To: <imc-girls at ucimc.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 4:04 PM
Subject: [Imc-girls] Draft of Press Release


> I just wrote up this possible press release for R.A.G.G.  Please read and
> send comments.  I will revise and send out a revision.  When we've got one
> we like, we can start distributing it to local papers.
>
> Shawn, Danielle and Zoe - I made up some quotes and attributed them to
you,
> please read and make sure you don't hate them.
> As I quoted each of you, I tried to show your other ties to the community,
> so people will start to identify us as real people that they know.
>
> Shawn - I realized that I don't know what you do, and I tried to look you
up
> on the web at the U of I, but I'm not sure all of the information was
> current and correct.  Please let me know how you'd like me to identify you
> in the press release, if you don't like what I dug up (or if it's flat-out
> wrong).
>
> -A.
>
> ------------------------
> PRESS RELEASE FOR RAGG
> ------------------------
>
> A group of local girlz and womyn have started to create a space for
> themselves and others through the local Independent Media Center.
>  R.A.G.G. - the Resource and Action Group for Girlz-n-Womyn - is a local
> grassroots partnership OF girlz and womyn FOR girlz and womyn whose aim is
> to provide safe spaces, resources, and activities to foster creativity,
> self-expression, and empowerment.  Inspired by the long-time efforts of
the
> now-defunct local organization, GirlZone, R.A.G.G. plans to provide social
> activities and workshops to girlz and womyn in Champaign County.  In
> addition, R.A.G.G. aims to become a central resource for disseminating
> information about other resources for females in the community.  "There
are
> programs and resources for girlz and womyn in this community that not
> everyone knows about.  We hope to get the word out to other females about
> where the safe and fun places are for us here," says Shawn Williams, one
of
> R.A.G.G.'s core organizers and employee of the Urban Exchange Center at
the
> University of Illinois. "Not only do we want to provide safe spaces for
> girlz & womyn, we want other organizations and even businesses to do the
> same.  If we can be *the* place to go to find out about any female-centric
> events and offerings in the community, we make it easy for people to get
the
> word out when they want to offer something along those lines".
>
> In addition, R.A.G.G. will be listening to it's female organizers and
> participants to find out what they'd like to see in the community that's
> lacking.  "Girlz are often looking to learn things that aren't available
> from their regular resources - like  non-main-stream foreign languages,
> skateboarding, and how to be politically active in their community," says
> Zoe Swords, another core organizer and student at University High School.
> "If we have somewhere to go where we can say 'Hey - can you find us a
> resource for this', then we have a safe place to open doors for
ourselves."
> R.A.G.G. aims to fill this need by taking requests from girlz and womyn in
> the community and trying to offer, or inspire others to offer, workshops,
> classes, or other activities on requested topics.
>
> R.A.G.G. is a partnership of both girlz and womyn, because females of all
> ages have a lot to teach each other.  According to Danielle Chynoweth, a
> third core organizer and Urbana City Councilwoman, "while the womyn in the
> organization have a lot of resources to offer to the girlz, the girlz are
> instrumental in reminding us who we are, what are programs are about, and
> inspiring us to learn things we have begun to think we are 'too old' to
> learn."
>
> R.A.G.G. has done some limited initial fund-raising but plans to kick-off
> with a bang on Saturday, May 29th.  R.A.G.G. will host a day full of
> workshops at the Independent Media Center and other downtown Urbana
> locations, followed by a benefit show and kick-off party in the evening.
> Workshops will be limited to girlz and womyn only, but the evening
> entertainment is open to all.  Registration for workshops will be at the
> IMC - check the R.A.G.G. website for details in early May -
> http://ragg.ucimc.org.
>
> Any girl or woman interested in joining the R.A.G.G. working group that
> organizes R.A.G.G. activities should send an email to imc-girls at ucimc.org.
> We're calling for girlz and womyn of all types to join in a community
effort
> to create a safe and empowering space for all of us. Through skill
sharing,
> community organizing, education, activism, and just plain old support,
> R.A.G.G. hopes to provide girlz and womyn with a network and outlet for
> unleashing their creativity, strength, and power!
>
>
>
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> Anne Odom * Product Manager * WebEasel, Inc.
> WebEasel - It's that easy!
> anne at webeasel.net * www.webeasel.net * 217.344.0444
>
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