Saturday, February 20, 2010

Minnesota Women Lawyers Diversity Committee Meeting

On February 19, 2010 John and Emily met with Uyen Campbell, Rachel Hable, Karin Holt and Deb Pexa, all members of Minnesota Women Lawyers.  Uyen, Rachel and Karin are part of the Diversity Committee of MWL.  We discussed the current status of the project and showed two edited excerpts from the film along with our trailer about the documentary. 

During the meeting we planned two activities intended to promote "She Who Would Giants Fight." 

We will write an article for MWL's April newsletter which describes the documentary and contains information about how to support the project, as well as information about a CLE that MWL will hold in the spring.

The CLE will be a panel of women judges/lawyers addressing issues of gender bias in our legal system.  The program will include a discussion of the discriminatory practices that existed in the application of our laws when women were not represented in the legal or judicial systems in our country.  The panel will discuss past cases which held that disparate treatment of women was permissible, and the panel will also discuss whether there continues to exist disparate treatment in the legal system today.  This discussion will take place in the context of the story of Rosalie Wahl and the Minnesota women's movement of the 1970's.

We have two house parties now in the works and will update our blog when we have further details.

Emily and John

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Meeting with St. Croix Chapter of Minnesota Women Lawyers

On Monday, February 8, John and I met with the executive committee of the St. Croix chapter of MWL.  We made a presentation about the film and showed the trailer with excerpts.  The documentary was very well received and the committee offered to help us raise money for the film.  We discussed the possibility of a fund raising event in the Stillwater area in April.

Also, Wendy Murphy graciously offered to hold a house party.

We would like to thank the MWL St. Croix Chapter for their enthusiasm and willingness to help on this project.  We also want to express our great appreciation to Judge Susan Miles for her help and support and to Karin Holt who is providing so much assistance on this project!!

During the next two weeks we will meet with Uyen Campbell, from the Diversity Committee of MWL.  We would like to plan a CLE event in the spring.

John and Emily

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Developments in our Fundraising Efforts

There have been some great developments with regard to fundraising opportunities for "She Who Would Giants Fight."

Evon Spangler, an attorney in St. Paul, has graciously offered to sponsor a house party to raise funds for the film.  The house party is scheduled for April 30, 2010.  More details later.

On Monday, February 8, John and I will do a presentation of the documentary to the St. Croix Valley Chapter of Minnesota Women Lawyers to determine their interest in supporting the project.

We have also been contacted by the Diversity Committee of Minnesota Women Lawyers. The committee is suggesting that we work together on a CLE dealing with gender bias.  This topic is one of the key messages in our documentary, and we hope to educate people on the importance of the women's movement to ensure women's rights are protected in our society.  Lightshed would share in fees raised from this educational event.

Everything is moving along very well on the documentary.

Emily and John