KICK IT UP! Sponsorship with Teboho Trust

Upcoming Fundraiser Film Screening of Pray the Devil Back to Hell, May 3, 6:30 pm at the UCSB MultiCultural Center

•Guest speaker Cynthia Travis of everyday gandhis.

•Suggested Donation $5 (contributions will go to Global Girl Media, a non-profit that promotes young women’s media activism).

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Global Girl Media Benefit Concert

Enjoy some great bands for a great cause!

Suggested Donation: $5

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Global Girl Media and Youth CineMedia

Today we met with Youth CineMedia, which is a nonprofit that works with teenagers in the Santa Barbara area by teaching them the tools they need to express their perspectives through film making and media. Films created by these teenagers were shown recently at the Santa Barbara Film Festival. So, today I got introduced to the teens and the people working with them on their projects.

Youth CineMedia has graciously offered Global Girl Media the opportunity join them for their fundraiser at the end of March, which will be featuring films created by the teenagers from Youth CineMedia and will be shown on a yacht in Santa Barbara. This is exciting!

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How You Can Get Involved and Fundraising Plans!

How You Can Get Involved!

1. Donate to the 20 girls in the KICK IT UP! project right now!

- The money will go to their:

- Food

- Transportation
- Website Blogging

- Video Reporting from Soweto

2. Become a member of uniteglobalgirls.ning.com (and check out the site for further information).

3. Join the Global Girl Media fan page on Facebook.

4. Contact me with any questions you have!

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Introduction

Hello! Welcome to a very exciting project and thanks for taking the time to check it out!

First of all, my name is Carly. I am a college student at UCSB. After taking a Women’s Studies Film class I wanted to work more with social justice projects that empower young girls’ voices since it is so important that girls’ perspectives are seen and heard in film.

I found Global GirlMedia when I was home for Winter Break and was drawn to this non- profit because I value that it’s goal is to teach girls the tools they need to make a difference and get their voices heard globally. Rather than telling the girls what to do, Global Girl Media gives them to tools they need to communicate and share their stories and opinions. Upon returning from Winter Break, I talked to my friend Vanessa about my excitement about Global Girl Media and we decided to bring this project to our campus by networking with our peers and the local community and by fundraising $3,000 for girls participating in KICK IT UP! (promo video is posted below).

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