How To Build A ‘Fierce, Wild Unstoppable Movement And Community’
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Session Description
With an audacious mission, slim staff and $70 million raised to date, V-Day has built a powerful, global movement to end violence against women using an innovative empowerment philanthropy model. Working in 130 countries, V-Day is now launching an unprecedented collaborative initiative in the Democratic Republic of Congo: the City of Joy. Whatever your venture, benefit from a candid nuts and bolts conversation with the founder, renowned author and playwright Eve Ensler. Draw critical lessons from the challenges and successes of this real-world case study in true collaborative impact.
Time & Location
Time:
11:00 - 12:30, Thursday, April 15, 2010
BST
Speakers
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Speaker
Co-Founder/Editorial Director TEDWomen; Managing Partner, Connected Women Leaders, Pat Mitchell Media
Throughout her career as an award-winning journalist, producer and media executive, Pat Mitchell broke new ground for women as the first woman President of PBS and of CNN Productions. Today, Pat is a co-founder, host and curator for TEDWomen and co-founder and managing partner of ConnectedWomenLeaders, a cohort of global women leaders, across generations and geography, who are launching a global, women-led campaign for climate justice titled Project Dandelion. She is Chair Emeritus of the Sundance Institute
and just received the Vanguard Award for philanthropy. She also serves on the board of The Skoll Foundation, Participant Media, The Woodruff Arts Center, and the VDAY movement to end violence; she’s also a member of CARE’s Global Advisory Council and Chair Emeritus of the Women’s Media Center which established an annual award in her name. In her memoir, “Becoming a Dangerous Woman,” Mitchell shares her journey as a frontline advocate for a just, equitable and sustainable world.
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Project Coordinator, Tasaru Ntomonok Initiative
Agnes Pareyio was born on 24th June 1956 in Narok district, Kenya. She attended primary school, proceeded to high school and later on worked as an untrained teacher. In 1984, she involved herself in women issues, with a passion of advocating for rights of women in Maasailand, leading her to found the Tasaru Ntomonok Initiative, a girls rescue centre in Narok. She was elected as a councillor for Upper Melili Ward and Vice-Chairperson to the Narok council in 2002, where she still serves.
