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WAM! Benefit Concert with Hunter Valentine, Toi Toi Toi, Rad Pony and DJ Hottmomz – Thurs. March 25
Happy Hour & Networking Session – Fri. March 26
WAM!NYC Mini Conference – Sat. March 27
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WAM! Benefit Concert with TOI TOI TOI, RAD PONY, HUNTER VALENTINE AND DJ HOTTMOMZ (from the Boston-based girl party FRUITCAKE)
Thursday, March 25, 8 p.m.
Public Assembly, 70 North 6th Street, Brooklyn
Tickets sold at the door. $5-10 sliding scale donation
TOI TOI TOI (german translation for demon, demon, demon)
“four androgynous sirens blend the theatrics of ’80s metal with post riot grrl attitude”
RAD PONY (coming soon: www.radpony.com)
“a female dance duo love child of Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Ladytron”
HUNTER VALENTINE
“tough girls with a passion for the rock ‘n’ roll life hailed from Toronto, CA”
DJ HOTTMOMZ
“hip lesbain duo of the Boston-pased FRUITCAKE party”
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Happy Hour and Networking Session
Friday, March 26, 6-9 p.m.
Black Sheep Pub, 428 Bergen Street, Brooklyn
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WAM!NYC Mini Conference
Saturday, March 27, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. (doors open at 9:30)
Hive 55, 55 Broad St, NY, NY
Registration is now closed for the conference. Check out the other great events in New York this weekend.
Join us for a day of panels and workshops featuring distinguished journalists, bloggers, media activists, and more! Topics will include “How to Get Published,” “Emerging Media Technologies,” “FOIA for Feminists/Investigative Journalism 101,” “Social Media for Personal Branding.” Full Schedule below.
Schedule for Saturday, March 27 (update 3/22/10)
9:30 a.m.: Meet, Greet, and Organizer Welcome
10:15 a.m.: Emerging Media Technologies: Elena Haliczer of Adaptive Semantics; Nikki Usher, PhD candidate at University of Southern California School of Communication and Journalism, Julie Blitzer, Advomatic. Moderated by Naomi Zeveloff, freelance journalist and blogger at The Lady Finger.
11:45 a.m.: How to Get Articles & Books Published – Amanda Marcotte of Pandagon and RH Reality Check; Priya Jain of Bust magazine and professor at the NYU Journalism Institute, Dana Goldstein of the Daily Beast, Courtney Young, author of From Michelle to Madea: Images of Black Women in the Media and freelancer for The Root, The Nation and Huffington Post. Moderated by Emily Douglas of The Nation.
11:45 a.m.: Taking Care of Your Financial Self — crowdsourced and moderated by Kate Goldwater, artist and entrepreneur, and Anna Schneider of the Center for NYC Affairs at the New School.
2 p.m.: Media Training Workshop – Rebekah Spicuglia, program director at the Women’s Media Center.
2 p.m.: Social Media for Personal and Organizational Branding — itinerant feminist organizer Shelby Knox; Jen Nedeau, recently of Air America; digital media and database manager at Equality Now and director of communications and new media at The Women’s Mosaic Sally Mercedes; and Sarah Seltzer, blogger and journalist at RH Reality Check and The Forward and elsewhere.
3:30 p.m.: FOIA for Feminists/Investigative Reporting 101 – Esther Kaplan, investigative editor at The Nation Institute; Lindsay Beyerstein of the Big Think and other outlets; investigative journalist Deepa Fernandes, and Heather Haddon, reporter at amNew York. Moderated by Lindsay.
3:30 p.m.: Jezebels, Divas and Welfare Queens: How To Decode Images of Women of Color in Reality TV and Film: Jenn Pozner, executive director of Women in Media and News and author of the forthcoming Reality Bites Back and Courtney Young, author of From Michelle to Madea: Images of Black Women in the Media and freelancer for The Root, The Nation and Huffington Post.
4:45 p.m.: Wrap Up
