{"id":1219,"date":"2008-10-10T10:14:51","date_gmt":"2008-10-10T14:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlwpen.com\/?p=1219"},"modified":"2008-10-10T10:14:51","modified_gmt":"2008-10-10T14:14:51","slug":"im-speaking-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/2008\/10\/10\/im-speaking-out\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m Speaking Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At a pre-debate speakout here in NYC on Tuesday, to which anyone who can make it is invited!\u00c2\u00a0 The gals at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.centerfornewwords.org\/\">The Center for New Words <\/a>(the women who bring us the WAM! conference) cleverly launched a <strong>This Is What Women Want Tour<\/strong> of speakouts across the country, taking place in each debate city the night before the debate.\u00c2\u00a0 These speakouts are a chance for individual women to say exactly what they want from the candidates, the media and the next President.\u00c2\u00a0 The organizers will be sending the best speakouts to the media and the candidates.<\/p>\n<p>Here are deets, for any who are up for joining:<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Oct. 14, 7pm, Mainstage Theater, 31-10 Thomson Avenue, LaGuardia Community College, <strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal\">Long Island City, Queens (<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lagcc.cuny.edu\/visit\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal\">subway info<\/span><\/a><\/strong><em>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/event.php?eid=28870278542\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a> to RSVP on facebook and help spread the word by inviting your networks!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"><strong>The NYC event will feature speakouts from<span style=\"font-size: 11pt\"> <\/span><\/strong><\/span><strong> <\/strong> <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.katebornstein.com\/KatePages\/kate_bornstein.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Kate Bornstein<\/a> , <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instituteforprogressivechristianity.org\/?q=board\" target=\"_blank\">Kety Esquivel<\/a> , <a href=\"http:\/\/www.campusprogress.org\/soundvision\/236\/becoming-sex-ed-girl\" target=\"_blank\">Shelby Knox <\/a> ,  <a href=\"http:\/\/vivirlatino.com\/about\/#bios\" target=\"_blank\">Maegan &#8220;la Mala&#8221; <\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/vivirlatino.com\/about\/#bios\" target=\"_blank\">Ortiz<\/a> , <\/strong> <strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenation.com\/directory\/bios\/betsy_reed\" target=\"_blank\">Betsy Reed<\/a> , <a href=\"http:\/\/www.soapboxinc.com\/amy-richards\/\" target=\"_blank\">Amy Richards<\/a> , <\/strong><strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/asteria.fivecolleges.edu\/findaids\/sophiasmith\/mnsss469.html\" target=\"_blank\">Luz Rodriguez<\/a><\/strong><strong>, <\/strong><strong><a href=\"..\/?page_id=29\" target=\"_blank\">Deborah Siegel<\/a> , <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newdemographic.com\/professional-keynote-speaker-carmen-van-kerckhove\/\" target=\"_blank\">Carmen Van Kerkhove<\/a> <\/strong> <strong> <\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> and numerous other national and community leaders, plus a range of real, diverse women taking advantage of our open mic.<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nCan&#8217;t make it? We&#8217;ll miss you.\u00c2\u00a0 But you can still visit <a href=\"http:\/\/thisiswhatwomenwant.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">ThisIsWhatWomenWant.com<\/a> and declare and describe what you want from the candidates and the media online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At a pre-debate speakout here in NYC on Tuesday, to which anyone who can make it is invited!\u00c2\u00a0 The gals at The Center for New Words (the women who bring us the WAM! conference) cleverly launched a This Is What Women Want Tour of speakouts across the country, taking place in each debate city the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1902,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1902"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1219\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}