Participants of this workshop won’t just be sitting around beating a conga, though. The rigorous schedule includes meditation, yoga, team-building, and healthy snacks/lunches provided by Whole Foods.
The conclusion of the workshop will feature a concert for the public in mid-September, showcasing the participants' hard work while celebrating their raw creativity.
Girls Rock! DC is a nonprofit that hosts a weeklong rock camp for girls in DC. They’re hosting a free amp and sound workshop today at 7pm at the Dome Theatre in Arlington V.A., next to the Rosslyn Metro.
If anyone has a band or is an aspiring roadie, I definitely encourage you to go. It’s open to women of all ages, no experience necessary. I’ll be attending, so drop me a line at dgeong@feminist.org if you’re interesting in coming with!
The WaPo Express paper ran a nice article about the upcoming workshop. FMF's Tania Stewart also posted about the Girls Rock! camps a few weeks back.
GR!DC needs volunteers year-round to plan events, fundraisers, and the rock camp. I went to a volunteer session a few weeks ago and they were super cool people. So if you want to get involved, e-mail info@girlsrockdc.org. You can also friend them on Facebook, and I started a Twitter page for GR!DC, so please follow us!
DC Asian Pacific American Film is hosting free filmmaking workshops this summer for folks 16-19 years old. Applications are due June 15, and are available at www.apafilm.org.
If you're already a seasoned filmmaker, the 10th Annual DC Asian Pacific American (APA) Film Festivalwill be held this October. The deadline for film submissions has been extended to May 23, 2009, so apply soon. If you participate, let us know how it goes!
Whew! Here at FMF we're still all recovering from an incredible 3 days at the National Young Women's Leadership Conference! It was so great to meet all of you, and although putting the conference together was exhausting, we are delighted with how well it went! You came from all over - people from 38 states and 140 campuses came out for the big event, and it was fabulous to see all of you! We had 4 awesome plenary sessions with great speakers, from Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis to Lilly Ledbetter (center of photo) to the White House Council on Women and Girls' Tina Tchen (right of photo) to Dr. Sima Samar, the Chair of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission!
Workshops were great, too - we had 15 workshop sessions on the agenda, which gave us a great a chance to talk more in depth about topics including Exposing Fake Clinics, Organizing on Campus, Gender and Climate Change, Running for Office, the Basics of Women's Health and Contraception, and MUCH much more!
Amid the busy conference schedule, we managed to catch a few conference participants here and there to get their thoughts. Check out what they had to say below:
The Monday Congressional Visit Day was also a success, and we were thrilled to see how many people came out, but we'll save more tidbits on that for later - keep an eye on the blog to find out more.
Anyway, that's all for now, but thank you all again for coming out and helping us make this conference as amazing as it was! Keep in touch with your organizers - we'd love to have a copy of any photos or videos you took during our conference and also hear about how you're doing on campus! Send pics and videos to us at campusteam@feminist.org and we'll include them on our YouTube and Flickr pages!
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