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                        <title>CBS Radio Anchor Felicia Middlebrooks Headlines &#039;07 WITASWAN Program</title>
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                        <description>CBS Radio Anchor Felicia Middlebrooks will headline the 2007 WITASWAN program scheduled for Saturday, March 31, from 12:30 PM to 3:00 PM, at Landmark&#039;s Century Center Theater in Chicago.  Ms. Middlebrooks, the producer/director of &quot;Somebody&#039;s Child: The Redemption of Rwanda,&quot; will introduce her film, and then take questions from the audience after the screening.  Four Illinois-based organizations are co-sponsoring this program: AAUW-Illinois, AWJ, IWPA and WIF/C.  This program is the third in WITASWAN&#039;s annual series of events celebrating Women&#039;s History Month. [PRWeb Jan 22, 2007]</description>
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                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Chicago, IL (PRWeb) January 22, 2007 -- The WITASWAN initiative proudly announces the special guest for our 2007 program: Chicago&#039;s own Felicia Middlebrooks!  Ms. Middlebrooks is the producer/director of the award-winning documentary short &quot;Somebody&#039;s Child: The Redemption of Rwanda,&quot; and she will introduce the film and then take questions from the audience after the screening.  Returning from a riveting trip to Rwanda in spring 2004, Ms. Middlebrooks received accolades for her groundbreaking special report on the 10th Anniversary of the aftermath of the 1994 genocide, in which one million people were slaughtered.  &quot;Somebody&#039;s Child,&quot; her first film, chronicles the events leading up to the genocide, and examines how survivors are coping today.  Ms. Middlebrooks is a 31-year veteran journalist for CBS Radio/WBBM Newsradio 780, and is recognized through out metro Chicago for her warm signature voice.



Four Illinois-based organizations, AAUW-Illinois (the American Association of University Women), AWJ (the Association for Women Journalists), IWPA (the Illinois Woman&#039;s Press Association), and WIF/C (Women in Film/Chicago) are co-sponsoring this program, under the banner of WITASWAN (&quot;Women in the Audience Supporting Women Artists Now!&quot;).

The 2007 event will take place on Saturday, March 31, from 12:30 PM to 3:00 PM, at Landmark&#039;s Century Center Theater (located at Clark &#38; Diversey in Chicago).  Admission is $15.00 per person in advance, $10.00 for seniors 65+ and all students (with IDs).  Walk-in rate (for those without reservations) is $20.00 per person (based on space available).  In addition to the admission fee, voluntary donations will be solicited for Rwanda&#039;s genocide widows and children through &quot;Hollywood Comes to Chicago&quot; a 501c3 established by Ms. Middlebrooks.  One hundred percent of these tax deductible donations will be sent to those in need.

This program is the third in WITASWAN&#039;s annual series of events celebrating Women&#039;s History Month.  The first program was a screening of &quot;A Jury of Her Peers,&quot; the Oscar-nominated feminist classic written and directed by Sally Heckel, which was held on March 19, 2005 (with Ms. Heckel as the featured guest).  The second program was a screening of &quot;Look Both Ways&quot; written and directed by Sarah Watt which was held on March 18, 2006 (with Ms. Watt as the featured guest).  The 2006 screening was co-sponsored by the Australian Consul-General for Chicago, who had copies of three of Ms. Watt&#039;s award-winning animated shorts sent from Melbourne via diplomatic pouch especially for the occasion.

To learn more about WITASWAN and download a copy of the 2007 reservation form, visit: <a href="http://www.films42.com/witaswan/march-07.asp" onclick="linkClick( this.href );"  target="_blank">http://www.films42.com/witaswan/march-07.asp</a>

PR CONTACT: The Eventors
Jane Canepa: 312.217. 5263 (JANE)
Caitlin Fitzpatrick: 765.532.6195
<a href="http://www.dancingcanepas.com" onclick="linkClick( this.href );"  target="_blank">http://www.dancingcanepas.com</a>

WITASWAN Coordinator:
Jan Lisa Huttner: 312.663.5832
<a href="http://www.films42.com/contact_us/contact_us.asp" onclick="linkClick( this.href );"  target="_blank">http://www.films42.com/contact_us/contact_us.asp</a>

WITASWAN (&quot;Women in the Audience Supporting Women Artists Now!&quot;) is a web-based alliance of women who have pledged themselves to helping women filmmakers break through the Celluloid Ceiling that restricts opportunities for women in Hollywood and beyond.  WITASWAN began as an AAUW-Illinois initiative in 2003 and has... To read the press release in full goto http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/1/prweb498673.htm]]></content:encoded>
                        <itunes:author>JAN LISA HUTTNER</itunes:author>
                        <itunes:subtitle>CBS Radio Anchor Felicia Middlebrooks Headlines &#039;07 WITASWAN Program</itunes:subtitle>
                        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Chicago, IL (PRWeb) January 22, 2007 -- The WITASWAN initiative proudly announces the special guest for our 2007 program: Chicago&#039;s own Felicia Middlebrooks!  Ms. Middlebrooks is the producer/director of the award-winning documentary short &quot;Somebody&#039;s Child: The Redemption of Rwanda,&quot; and she will introduce the film and then take questions from the audience after the screening.  Returning from a riveting trip to Rwanda in spring 2004, Ms. Middlebrooks received accolades for her groundbreaking special report on the 10th Anniversary of the aftermath of the 1994 genocide, in which one million people were slaughtered.  &quot;Somebody&#039;s Child,&quot; her first film, chronicles the events leading up to the genocide, and examines how survivors are coping today.  Ms. Middlebrooks is a 31-year veteran journalist for CBS Radio/WBBM Newsradio 780, and is recognized through out metro Chicago for her warm signature voice.



Four Illinois-based organizations, AAUW-Illinois (the American Association of University Women), AWJ (the Association for Women Journalists), IWPA (the Illinois Woman&#039;s Press Association), and WIF/C (Women in Film/Chicago) are co-sponsoring this program, under the banner of WITASWAN (&quot;Women in the Audience Supporting Women Artists Now!&quot;).

The 2007 event will take place on Saturday, March 31, from 12:30 PM to 3:00 PM, at Landmark&#039;s Century Center Theater (located at Clark &#38; Diversey in Chicago).  Admission is $15.00 per person in advance, $10.00 for seniors 65+ and all students (with IDs).  Walk-in rate (for those without reservations) is $20.00 per person (based on space available).  In addition to the admission fee, voluntary donations will be solicited for Rwanda&#039;s genocide widows and children through &quot;Hollywood Comes to Chicago&quot; a 501c3 established by Ms. Middlebrooks.  One hundred percent of these tax deductible donations will be sent to those in need.

This program is the third in WITASWAN&#039;s annual series of events celebrating Women&#039;s History Month.  The first program was a screening of &quot;A Jury of Her Peers,&quot; the Oscar-nominated feminist classic written and directed by Sally Heckel, which was held on March 19, 2005 (with Ms. Heckel as the featured guest).  The second program was a screening of &quot;Look Both Ways&quot; written and directed by Sarah Watt which was held on March 18, 2006 (with Ms. Watt as the featured guest).  The 2006 screening was co-sponsored by the Australian Consul-General for Chicago, who had copies of three of Ms. Watt&#039;s award-winning animated shorts sent from Melbourne via diplomatic pouch especially for the occasion.

To learn more about WITASWAN and download a copy of the 2007 reservation form, visit: <a href="http://www.films42.com/witaswan/march-07.asp" onclick="linkClick( this.href );"  target="_blank">http://www.films42.com/witaswan/march-07.asp</a>

PR CONTACT: The Eventors
Jane Canepa: 312.217. 5263 (JANE)
Caitlin Fitzpatrick: 765.532.6195
<a href="http://www.dancingcanepas.com" onclick="linkClick( this.href );"  target="_blank">http://www.dancingcanepas.com</a>

WITASWAN Coordinator:
Jan Lisa Huttner: 312.663.5832
<a href="http://www.films42.com/contact_us/contact_us.asp" onclick="linkClick( this.href );"  target="_blank">http://www.films42.com/contact_us/contact_us.asp</a>

WITASWAN (&quot;Women in the Audience Supporting Women Artists Now!&quot;) is a web-based alliance of women who have pledged themselves to helping women filmmakers break through the Celluloid Ceiling that restricts opportunities for women in Hollywood and beyond.  WITASWAN began as an AAUW-Illinois initiative in 2003 and has... To read the press release in full goto http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/1/prweb498673.htm]]></itunes:summary>

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                        <title>AAUW-Illinois Applauds New State Day Honoring Jane Addams: Carbondale Branch Members Instrumental in Lobbying State Legislature </title>
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                        <description>When Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich signed HB 5243 naming December 10 &quot;Jane Addams Day&quot; in Illinois, he brought to fruition two years of dedicated work by Dongola (IL) Unit School teacher Cindy Vines and an eager team of eighth-graders.  Their project received a major boost when Lelia Marvin, President of the AAUW Carbondale (IL) Branch entered the loop.  HB5243 takes effect January 1, 2007, making December 10, 2007 the first &quot;official&quot; commemorative day.  According to Jan Lisa Huttner, Director of International Relations for AAUW-Illinois, &quot;our goal is to make sure everyone knows to mark December 10, 2007 on their calendars right away; great things will happen in Illinois on that date!&quot; [PRWeb Dec 10, 2006]</description>
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                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Red Bud, IL (PRWeb) December 10, 2006 -- AAUW-IL, Inc., the Illinois division of the American Association of University Women (<a href="http://www.aauw-il.org" onclick="linkClick( this.href );"  target="_blank">http://www.aauw-il.org</a>), applauds Governor Rod Blagojevich&#039;s decision to name December 10 &quot;Jane Addams Day&quot; in Illinois.  On May 21, 2006, Blagojevich signed legislation (effective January 1, 2007) making December 10, 2007 one of the first days commemorating a woman in the entire United States.

When Blagojevich signed HB 5243, he brought to fruition two years of dedicated work by Dongola (IL) Unit School teacher Cindy Vines and her team of five students (John Cauble, Katie Forcht, Brittany Lannom, Jennifer Medlin, and Chayse Swink).  It all started when Ms. Vines asked students in her eighth-grade social studies class to &quot;do a project that would make a difference.&quot;  The five students decided their goal was to advocate for a state holiday honoring Addams after discovering that there were no state or national holidays honoring women anywhere in the United States.

After months of effort, but little concrete progress to show for it, Lelia Marvin, President of the AAUW Carbondale (IL) Branch, suggested that they call District #115 Representative Mike Bost (R-Murphysboro).  According to Vines, Marvin told her: &quot;I&#039;ve worked with Mike and I know we can trust him.  If he doesn&#039;t think we can get this done, he&#039;ll tell us so.&quot;  On January 9, 2006, Ms. Medlin, Ms. Marvin, and Ms. Vines met with Representative Bost in his Carbondale office.  Impressed with their enthusiasm as well as their compelling case, Rep. Bost agreed to support their project.  When the Spring &#039;06 legislative session began one week later, Rep. Bost called on House Majority Leader Barbara Flynn Currie, leading Currie to introduce HB 5243 on January 27.  On April 12, after having passed in both the House and the Senate under the watchful eye of AAUW-Illinois lobbyist Paula Johnson Purdue, HB 5243 was sent up to the governor&#039;s desk for his signature.

Jane Addams was born in Cedarville, Illinois on September 6, 1860.  She is best known as the founder of Hull House, offering women the opportunity to become agents for social, political, educational, and economic change in their own lives and in the lives of others as well.  On December 10, 1931, Addams became the first American woman to receive the Nobel Prize for Peace, honoring her work as the leader of the Women&#039;s International League for Peace and Freedom.  In awarding her the Prize, Halvdan Koht declared Addams to be &quot;the leading woman in the nation, one might almost say its leading citizen.&quot;  Additionally, Addams was a founding member of the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.  She fought to stop child labor and was active in the suffrage and pacifist movements.  Addams died in Chicago on May 21, 1935.

As soon as they heard about the Dongola students&#039; project, multiple AAUW Carbondale (IL) Branch members (including Public Policy Chair Olga Weidner and Professor Joan McDermott, Director of SIU-Carbondale&#039;s Women&#039;s Studies program) were quick to provide encouragement and support.  Jane Addams was a founding member of the AAUW Chicago (IL) Branch in 1889, a fact well known in Carbondale (where a monograph prepared by Chicago Branch members in 1976 was part of the background kit).  &quot;I used it in teaching my high school American History classes,&quot; said branch member Bonnie Heidinger, &quot;and Cindy Vines told me it was one of the best sources she had on... To read the press release in full goto http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/12/prweb489011.htm]]></content:encoded>
                        <itunes:author>Jennifer Urish</itunes:author>
                        <itunes:subtitle>AAUW-Illinois Applauds New State Day Honoring Jane Addams: Carbondale Branch Members Instrumental in Lobbying State Legislature </itunes:subtitle>
                        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Red Bud, IL (PRWeb) December 10, 2006 -- AAUW-IL, Inc., the Illinois division of the American Association of University Women (<a href="http://www.aauw-il.org" onclick="linkClick( this.href );"  target="_blank">http://www.aauw-il.org</a>), applauds Governor Rod Blagojevich&#039;s decision to name December 10 &quot;Jane Addams Day&quot; in Illinois.  On May 21, 2006, Blagojevich signed legislation (effective January 1, 2007) making December 10, 2007 one of the first days commemorating a woman in the entire United States.

When Blagojevich signed HB 5243, he brought to fruition two years of dedicated work by Dongola (IL) Unit School teacher Cindy Vines and her team of five students (John Cauble, Katie Forcht, Brittany Lannom, Jennifer Medlin, and Chayse Swink).  It all started when Ms. Vines asked students in her eighth-grade social studies class to &quot;do a project that would make a difference.&quot;  The five students decided their goal was to advocate for a state holiday honoring Addams after discovering that there were no state or national holidays honoring women anywhere in the United States.

After months of effort, but little concrete progress to show for it, Lelia Marvin, President of the AAUW Carbondale (IL) Branch, suggested that they call District #115 Representative Mike Bost (R-Murphysboro).  According to Vines, Marvin told her: &quot;I&#039;ve worked with Mike and I know we can trust him.  If he doesn&#039;t think we can get this done, he&#039;ll tell us so.&quot;  On January 9, 2006, Ms. Medlin, Ms. Marvin, and Ms. Vines met with Representative Bost in his Carbondale office.  Impressed with their enthusiasm as well as their compelling case, Rep. Bost agreed to support their project.  When the Spring &#039;06 legislative session began one week later, Rep. Bost called on House Majority Leader Barbara Flynn Currie, leading Currie to introduce HB 5243 on January 27.  On April 12, after having passed in both the House and the Senate under the watchful eye of AAUW-Illinois lobbyist Paula Johnson Purdue, HB 5243 was sent up to the governor&#039;s desk for his signature.

Jane Addams was born in Cedarville, Illinois on September 6, 1860.  She is best known as the founder of Hull House, offering women the opportunity to become agents for social, political, educational, and economic change in their own lives and in the lives of others as well.  On December 10, 1931, Addams became the first American woman to receive the Nobel Prize for Peace, honoring her work as the leader of the Women&#039;s International League for Peace and Freedom.  In awarding her the Prize, Halvdan Koht declared Addams to be &quot;the leading woman in the nation, one might almost say its leading citizen.&quot;  Additionally, Addams was a founding member of the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.  She fought to stop child labor and was active in the suffrage and pacifist movements.  Addams died in Chicago on May 21, 1935.

As soon as they heard about the Dongola students&#039; project, multiple AAUW Carbondale (IL) Branch members (including Public Policy Chair Olga Weidner and Professor Joan McDermott, Director of SIU-Carbondale&#039;s Women&#039;s Studies program) were quick to provide encouragement and support.  Jane Addams was a founding member of the AAUW Chicago (IL) Branch in 1889, a fact well known in Carbondale (where a monograph prepared by Chicago Branch members in 1976 was part of the background kit).  &quot;I used it in teaching my high school American History classes,&quot; said branch member Bonnie Heidinger, &quot;and Cindy Vines told me it was one of the best sources she had on... To read the press release in full goto http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/12/prweb489011.htm]]></itunes:summary>

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