One of many great moments yestreday in the mentoring workshop at UW!
Category Archives: 2013 Unconference
Food and Art @ Women Who Rock
FOOD VENDORS
Pinay sa Seattle (Filipino Food & Snacks)
Casa Latina Domestic Workers (Mexican Food & Snacks)
Roscito’s Tamalitos (vegan tamales & other foods)
Cash only. Items will range from $1 to $15.
LOCAL VISUAL ARTISTS
onesevenine (aka Angelina Villalobos)
Kristina Griffith
and many more
Some items will be showcased & some for sale.
These Streets and Women Who Rock – Featured in the Seattle Times
If you missed the front page of the Seattle Times last Friday then you missed us being mentioned on it! These Streets, the play currently being performed at the ACT Theatre, showcases Seattles Women of Rock. We are proud to say that Gretta Harley, who spearheaded and wrote the play, will be a participant in the WWR UnConference and Film Festival this year!
Check out the article HERE!!
CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS!
Call for Volunteers
Women Who Rock – UnConference and Film Festival
Making Scenes, Building Communities Conference
Looking for Volunteers to help with registration and work the event for the Women Who Rock UnConference and Film Festival through the University of Washington. Event features all day activities and keynote speaker Nobuko Miyamoto. This is a great opportunity to meet a diverse group of scholars, activists, musicians, and community members engaging in dialogue around Women and Music.
Find out more about the event at:
Date: March 9th
Time: 10am-11pm
Location: Washington Hall – 153 14th Ave Seattle, Washington 98122
Set up/Registration: (10: 30 – 2 :00)
Assist in setting up the registration table and registering guests as they arrive, taking their information and answering any questions they may have as the event begins.
Greeter/Event Assistant: (10:00 – 2:00/ 2:00 – 6:00/ 6:00 – 11:00)
Help the crowd navigate the UnConference and greet guests as they come in the door. Explain the UnConference and encourage audience participation in open discussion. Depending on the time slot volunteers may be helping with organization of open mic hour, setting up rooms, escorting artists/musicians, coffee break set-up, clean up, etc.
Children’s Helper: (12:00 – 2:00)
Volunteer to work in the Children’s corner. Join/assist children in Mottainai dance workshop with featured guest Nobuko Miyamoto.
To volunteer please contact womenwhorockproject@gmail.com with the subject heading: Women Who Rock Conference Volunteer and include the following information:
NAME
PHONE NUMBER
AVAILABILITY
DO YOU HAVE ANY TECHNICAL SKILLS
2013 Women Who Rock UnConference and Film Festival
The 2013 WWR UnConference and Film Festival is coming up! Mark your calendars for March 9th, 12pm at Washington Hall.
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC; CHILDREN WELCOME
FEATURING KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Nobuko Miyamoto
Women Who Rock 2013’s featured speaker, Nobuko Miyamoto, founded Great Leap @ greatleap.org, an arts organization that has been at the forefront of creating a cultural voice for Asian Americans since 1978. Great Leap engages diverse communities in the artistic process to deepen cross-cultural understanding. Miyamoto started her career as a dancer on Broadway, being cast in the film version of West Side Story. Her first singing job was as a jazz singer in Seattle’s Colony Club, but the Vietnam War began igniting her interest in activism. In 1968, she helped Italian filmmaker Antonello Branca to document the Black Panther Party for his film Seize the Time. She became an activist in the social movements of the 1970’s, leading her to find her own voice as a singer/songwriter. Known as the Joan Baez of the Asian American movement, Miyamoto remembers that “music helped to really organize young Asian Americans and also helped them connect with the black community and Latino community as well.” In 1973, with her group Yellow Pearl, she created the first Asian American folk rock album “A Grain of Sand,” now included in the Smithsonian Collection Archives. Great Leap expanded her work into music and theater productions for the stage that expressed the Asian American experience. She collaborated with a host of artists to explore intersections of cultures and faiths. Her recent works focus on climate change, leading her to produce, write and perform in Great Leap’s series of environmental music videos, “Eco- Vids” working in collaboration with UW GWSS PhD candidate Martha Gonzalez. (click here to view Nobuko’s and Martha recent music video cycles.greatleap.org) (Gonzalez, a 2012-2013 Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellow was recently nominated for a Grammy.) Miyamoto has been recognized with the Ford Foundation’s Leadership for a Changing World Award, and a California Arts Council Director’s Award for her contribution to the arts and social change.
Check out some more videos of the amazing Nobuko:
UPCOMING WOMEN WHO ROCK 2013! FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MARCH 8 AND 9, 2013!
SAVE THE DATE!
WOMEN WHO ROCK 2013! FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MARCH 8 AND 9, 2013!
CHECK BACK FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE UPCOMING 2013 WOMEN WHO ROCK: MAKING SCENES, BUILDING COMMUNITIES FILM FESTIVAL AND UNCONFERENCE. EMAIL WOMENWHOROCKPROJECT@GMAIL IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR WOULD LIKED TO BE INVOLVED IN ANY WAY–FROM CREATING THE 2013 THEME TO VOLUNTEERING THE DAY OF, TO CO-SPONSORING!
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