{"id":1450,"date":"2009-01-13T10:36:52","date_gmt":"2009-01-13T15:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlwpen.com\/?p=1450"},"modified":"2009-01-13T10:36:52","modified_gmt":"2009-01-13T15:36:52","slug":"fem20-converges-in-washington-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/2009\/01\/13\/fem20-converges-in-washington-dc\/","title":{"rendered":"Fem2.0 to Converge in Washington DC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: left;text-align: center;margin-right: 15px;margin-bottom: 15px\"><a title=\"photo sharing\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/29753199@N03\/3193683397\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3080\/3193683397_f1ee182b2c_t.jpg\" alt=\"fem2pt0-Banner-2\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>And GWP just became a media partner!  What&#8217;s Fem2.0, you ask?  Check it out, at their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fem2pt0.com\/?p=300\">blog! <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some preliminaries:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fem2pt0.com\/?p=300\">Feminism 2.0<\/a>&#8211;a conference slated for February 2, 2009 at George Washington University in Washington, DC&#8211;will bring together the leadership of major women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s advocacy organizations and online women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s communities, to &#8220;further the connection between the experience, knowledge, formidable real-world grassroots networks and online advocacy tools of women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s advocacy organizations with the powerful and growing communities of women online.&#8221;\u00c2\u00a0 <strong>How cool is <em>that?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Among this gathering&#8217;s goals<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\tTo harness the power of women on the Internet to promote women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s issues.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\tTo create a forum \u00e2\u20ac\u201c starting with the Fem2.0 website and continuing through the event \u00e2\u20ac\u201c for women to discuss the issues that are of most concern to them today, and to encourage them to use the Internet to learn more, express their opinions about them and advocate for policies that benefit women and families.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\tTo create an opportunity for a &#8220;meeting of minds&#8221; across generations and media platforms.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\tTo unite women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s voices behind the issues that the vast majority of women support, such as education, healthcare, workplace fairness and economic security.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\tTo position women&#8217;s issues and their advocates for the incoming administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\tTo draw new audiences to women&#8217;s issues, especially those who are Internet-focused and can cross-pollinate to increase activism.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\tExpand the audience of women engaged in online media activity and activism.<\/p>\n<p>For more info, check out the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fem2pt0.com\/?p=300\"> Fem2.0 blog,<\/a> email Gloria@fem2pt0.com, or call 703.304.5859.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And GWP just became a media partner! What&#8217;s Fem2.0, you ask? Check it out, at their blog! 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