GenderYOUTH Leadership Summit
Bridge the Gap: Gender Rights / Human Rights
May 17 - 19
Washington DC
http://www.gpac.org/youth/summit/index.htmlBridge the Gap: Gender Rights / Human Rights, the 2007 GenderYOUTH Leadership Summit, is an action-oriented, three-day educational gathering of youth and students working to get gender recognized as a fundamental human right.
Bridge the Gap will feature workshops and events such as the Gender Theory Institute, the 12th Annual National Gender Lobby Day, and a Gender Mini-Film Festival. Join academics and activists in discussions about gender stereotypes, gender and race , the emerging US human rights movements, and the love-hate relationship between feminism and queer theory.
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Leadership Institute
The Leadership Institute empowers youth leaders to build their knowledge on various issues relating to gender, advance their activism skills, and network with gender rights activists from across the country. Join other academics and activists in workshops about gender stereotypes, gender and race in hip-hop, the emerging US human rights movements, adding gender identity and expression to a schools non-discrimination policy.
The Leadership Institute is an opportunity for youth to receive training to start a GenderYOUTH chapter or affiliate an existing campus or community organization with the GenderYOUTH Network to end gender-based violence and discrimination.
The Leadership Institute features a keynote address by Loretta Ross, Co-Founder, SisterSONG Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective; Founder, National Center for Human Rights Education.
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12th National Gender Lobby Day
Since 1995, GenderPAC has brought hundreds of parents, youth, and activists to Capitol Hill to urge lawmakers to commit to fair hiring practices in their own offices and educate them on issues like hate crimes, workplace fairness and safe schools. Join us on May 18, 2007 for the 12th National Gender Lobby Day and tell your Congressional Representatives about issues that matter to you!
Lobby Day is a free event, open to everyone interested in working to ensure every American's right to express their gender free from discrimination and violence. No experience is necessary to participate in Lobby Day. Most visits are conducted in groups of people from a common geographic area.
12th National Gender Lobby Day Agenda
Lobby Day Training - Thursday, 6.30 - 8.30pm, National Education Association Building
Constituent Meetings - Friday, 9.00am - 4:00pm, Capitol Hill
