WAM!Boston Happy Hour

Thursday, February 23 @ 6:30PM

Meadhall
4 Cambridge Center, Cambridge

Come mix and mingle, meet folks, and share ideas!

This gathering will, we hope, launch an active WAM! chapter that will not only host regular gatherings like this, but a wide variety of great events. So bring your ideas and inspiration—the chapter will be what we make it. That said, showing up at happy hour to
say hello is great in and of itself; there’s certainly no obligation to join.

To RSVP, invite friends, and see who else is going, check out our event page on Facebook.

Write to Change the World

Saturday, February 25
10AM – 5PM
Simmons College, 300 The Fenway, Boston

The op-ed pages and commentary forums of top media outlets – whether print, online, or broadcast – are followed by diplomats, businesspeople, scholars, and those in the highest levels of government. They feed all other media and drive thought leadership in America. They can sway public opinion and change the world. And they are open to those without publishing experience.

This seminar by the legendary OpEd Project will push you to think more carefully and more expansively about your knowledge, your ideas, and the causes you care about, and write about them to make a difference. We will explore the source of credibility and how to establish it; the patterns and elements of a powerful argument; the difference between being “right” and being effective; how to preach beyond the choir, how to think bigger about what you know, and how to make a bigger impact on the world. This seminar is about much more than writing op-eds–it’s about thought leadership in concrete terms. It is about empowering you to find your voice and make a difference, and it is about the collective impact we can all make by doing so.

Hosted by our friends at the Simmons Institute for Leadership and Change. Click here to register, and here for scholarship info.

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Boston Film Festival 2012

Saturday, March 24
Brattle Theater, Cambridge

Did you know that despite composing half of the population, only 23% of commercial films in the United States are produced by women? Only 7% are directed by women, and only 8% are written by women.

Don’t despair — get involved. The WAM!Boston Film Festival 2012 will showcase and celebrate the latest films by up and coming female filmmakers. Click here to save the date, submit your films, and spread the word!