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Home My WebLink About08-21-20 PUblic Comment - J. Strout - Bozeman for CEDAW Initiative_ Summer 2020 E-News! Meet the Bozeman Task Force, Powerful Events and More!From:Jan Strout To:bozeman4cedaw@gmail.com Cc:Lei-Anna Bertelsen; Carson Taylor; Michael Wallner Subject:Bozeman for CEDAW Initiative: Summer 2020 E-News! Meet the Bozeman Task Force, Powerful Events andMore! Date:Friday, August 21, 2020 5:42:57 PM SUMMER, 2020 BOZEMAN FOR CEDAW INITIATIVE Cities for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women and Girls https://www.facebook.com/bozemanforcedaw/ Why a Bozeman for CEDAW? There is a continued need to protect and expand the human rights of allwomen and girls by addressing discrimination in educational, political, economic and cultural areas. Byadopting an Ordinance or Resolution based on the principles of CEDAW (the Convention on theElimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women) to effectively monitor and end both subtle andsubstantial gender discrimination, the City of Bozeman will continue Montana’s tradition of history-making decisions that support women and girl’s advancement and empowerment. Dear Defenders of Bozeman’s Women and Girls Human Rights, We hope this finds you safe and well. While it has been a few monthssince our last communique, we have been very busy with the creation of and recruitment for our new Bozeman Task Force on the Status and Safety of All Women and Girls. More on that momentous step forward below and we also want to highlight several events we and alliedorganizations have organized that help support our goals! These are all free events, everyone is welcome and all are maintaining COVID safety protocols. Welcome to the Bozeman Task Force! Launched virtually in conjunction with the National Equal Pay Day Commemoration at City Hall on May 23, 2020, Mayor Chris Mehl endorsed and pledged the City’s support of our efforts based on the 2019 Bozeman Report and Recommendations to create a community–led task forcethat will “…provide research, advice and education on gender-related issues such as pay equity, discrimination, healthcare outcomes and violence to advance fair and equitable outcomes for all women and girls in our community.” – Mayor Mehl. This is due to you - our thousands of Bozeman Community supporters! Thank you. We are enthused by the community response to the Bozeman Task Force, which is as diverse a group of people as possible in our small community. We look forward to using our different experiences andbackgrounds to create solution oriented recommendations addressing problems that have existed for far too long. Our Bozeman Task Force is comprised of remarkable community leaders, and we so appreciate their commitment to making the time to work together to create a fair, safe andjust community for the diversity of Bozeman’s women and girls. OurBozeman Task Force members are: Adrian Advincula Lei-Anna Bertelsen Christopher Coburn Ellie Cornish Florence Doyle Sandy Erickson Heather Grenier Cara Jorgenson Rachael Krug Ellis Osen Danielle Rogers Francine Spang Willis Amy Strader Jan Strout Carson Taylor Michael Wallner Tomomi Yamaguchi We have begun to meet and are excited by the commitment and creativethinking witnessed already. And as we move forward, we hope to have Report-backs and other ways to engage virtually and safely with our Community with what we discover. Stay tuned and don’t hesitate to contact any of the Co-Leaders with questions or recommendations (seebelow). RELEVANT HAPPENINGS: · This Saturday, August 22 at 7:30 p.m. – Outdoor Movie Night in person will feature Somebody’s Daughter which addresses Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women andGirls, a very critical issue for our Task Force and we encourage all to come and learn. Details here: Outdoor Screening of "Somebody's Daughter": Film about MMIW · This Monday, August 24th, from 4:00-8:00 p.m. – MAP Brewing is hosting our Community Pint Night in person to benefitour leadership to advance the human rights of all women and girls – even though we can’t be there. We hope you will show up and learn more about what’s possible for furthering gender and other equity in Bozeman. And Drink beer @ 50 cents/pint donated to our work! Info here: Bozeman for CEDAW Women's Rights Initiative Community Pint Night · Wednesday, August 26th @ 7:00 p.m. – It’s Time: Constitutional Equality for Women NOW! Featuring the virtual Montana movie premiere, Equal Means Equal, with Latinx filmmaker and ERA activist Kamala Lopez. It’s Time: Constitutional Equality for Women - NOW! (Part 1) Outdoor Screening of "Somebody's Daughter":Film about MMIW Mục đích xã hội event by Pilgrim Church Bozeman on ThứBảy, Tháng 8 22 2020 Bozeman for CEDAW Women's Rights InitiativeCommunity Pint Night Mục đích xã hội event in Bozeman by MAP Brewing Co. andBozeman: A City for CEDAW on Thứ Hai, Tháng 8 24 2020 · Followed on September 9th @ 7:00 p.m. Virtual Keynote by Carol Jenkins, CEO of the ERA Coalition and Panel Discussion with Task Force participation of Lei-Anna Bertelsen and Ellie Cornish. See PSA attached. RESOURCES for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion: · August 27th – September 5th - Bozeman Film Celebration’s virtual International Film Festival, (25% Bozeman Discount no matter where you live)! http://www.thebozemanfilmcelebration.org · Thank you to the Unitarian Universalist Church of Bozeman for their invitation to address The 19th Amendment: Women’s Suffrage and Voting Rights for all! Here the short presentation we gave on behalf of the Bozeman Task Force: https://youtu.be/DhJnQVmL6YY · Extreme History Project is organizing a number of significant events around the collective project - 19th Amendment: Expanding the Arc of the Suffrage Story - so all women and girls are included: The 19th Amendment: Expanding the Arc of the Suffrage Story To close with some good news in this time of Pandemic and economic crisis that so many are struggling to survive, here’s a recent Report on global female leadership success during COVID-19: https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/2020/08/18/covid-19-outcomes-systematically-and- significantly-better-in-female-led-countries/?fbclid=IwAR26F1jS_lUWZZIeBsej- DUBawEnEOg76ZjzZf1Rbu393i8sXNabQe_XKxM Stay Safe and keep in touch. Your support makes all of this possible. Sincerely, Lei-Anna Bertelsen, Jan Strout, Carson Taylor, Michael Wallner It’s Time: Constitutional Equality for Women -NOW! (Part 1) Sự kiện thuộc danh mục Phim ở Bozeman do MontanaNational Organization for Women tổ chức ngày Thứ tư, Tháng8 26... Co-Leaders, Bozeman Task Force Check out and Like us! https://www.facebook.com/bozemanforcedaw/