[Imc-girls] Draft of Press Release

[Anne Odom]

Big oops.  sorry about that - I haven't heard from Zoe Swords lately - can
someone tell me where she goes to school?

A.

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From: imc-girls-bounces at lists.cu.groogroo.com
[mailto:imc-girls-bounces at lists.cu.groogroo.com]On Behalf Of zoe g
Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2004 12:37 PM
To: Anne Odom; imc-girls at ucimc.org
Subject: Re: [Imc-girls] Draft of Press Release


it is me, zoe ginsburg who goes to University high. not zoe swords.
-zoeg


> 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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