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Black Women in the Media: Telling Our Stories. A Panel Discussion with Boston media trailblazers.

League of Women for Community Service

Saturday, March 17, 2012 from 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM (EDT)

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  The League of Women for Community Service

Celebrates Women’s History Month

"Black Women in the Media: Telling Our Stories"

A panel discussion with Boston women media trailblazers

March 17, 9:30a.m. – Noon

Simmons College

Linda K. Paresky Conference Center

How we understand the world around us is often shaped by media representations of news and culture. Come hear the stories, from the storytellers -  black women who have played roles in the Boston media. Learn about the triumphs and challenges of these remarkable women, and learn more about the media and its future.

Listen and share your voice with….

  • Sarah Ann Shaw, 31-year reporter at WBZ-TV News & community activist
  • Susan “Pebbles” Semedo, co-host of “The Ramiro & Pebbles Morning Show” JAM'N 94.5FM; social networker
  • Lisa Simmons, director of the Roxbury International Film Festival 
  • Akilah Johnson, Boston Globe reporter, social networker
  • Renee T. White, Ph.D., dean of Simmons College of Arts & Sciences; author

 

 Suggested donation is $10. Donation will be collected at the door.

This event is open to all. For more information, visit leagueofwomen.org or simmons.edu/silc

*Parking is limited at Simmons. Use of public transportation is strongly encouraged.


Hosted by The Simmons Institute for Leadership and Change - Connecting Simmons to the Community and the Community to Simmons

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Simmons College
Linda K. Paresky Conference Center
300 The Fenway, Main College Building
, 02115

Saturday, March 17, 2012 from 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM (EDT)


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League of Women for Community Service

The League of Women for Community Service is organized exclusively for charitable, educational, literary and historic preservation purposes, relating to the history and experience of African-American women in the United States.

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