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WGIRLS Milwaukee Hosts MISS REPRESENTATION Screening

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Start Date and Time: 03/06/2012 06:00 PM

End Date and Time: 03/06/2012 09:30 PM

Location: Milwaukee Art Museum - Lubar Auditorium, 700 N. Art Museum Drive Milwaukee, WI 53202

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WGIRLS Milwaukee

Our Mission: The WGIRLS provides underprivileged women and children in local communities,and in times of international crisis around the world, with the support and resources necessary to achieve health, happiness, and the ability to lead productive and successful adult lives.

Our Vision: The WGIRLS believes that all women and children regardless of race, religion or financial situation, deserve access to quality education, healthcare, strong, positive influences for themselves and their children, and a safe and loving home. To that end, the WGIRLS creates programming and supports partner organizations who share our mission to meet the following goals:

- Encourage all disadvantaged women and children to rise above their circumstances in pursuit of education, financial independence and self sufficiency
- Provide quality healthcare to disadvantaged women and children
- Provide quality education and career opportunities to disadvantaged women and children throughout our local communities and the surrounding areas
- Afford disadvantaged children and their families’ amenities such as new clothing, toiletries, school supplies and gifts during the holidays so that they may experience a sense of pride and normalcy in their everyday lives
- Provide a safe haven for women and children who are victims of domestic abuse
- Provide a safe and welcoming environment for the children of disadvantaged working mothers

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WGIRLS Milwaukee Hosts MISS REPRESENTATION Screening

Premiering at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, Miss Representation exposes how mainstream media contributes to the under-representation of women in positions of power and influence. The film challenges the media's limited and often disparaging portrayals of women and girls, which make it difficult for women to achieve leadership positions and for the average woman to feel powerful herself.

Doors open at 6pm. Film intro and showing at 6:30, followed by discussion and networking

Spread the message that more women belong in leadership roles, that the media should make changes to the stereotypes and biases it portrays regarding women and that there needs to be more positive female role models across the board in media so that young women can aspire to become what they grow up watching.

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