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Organizers Focus Awareness on Women in Music Videos
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National NOW Times
- Article date:
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October 1, 2007
- Author:
- Afriyie, Rose
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The NOW Foundation is committed to raising awareness and elevating the dialogue about the portrayal of women and people of color in the music industry.
Sparked by a resolution at NOWs annual conference about the racism, sexism, violence, and other -isms that too often pervade this medium, NOW Foundation has been proactive in encouraging women and girls to evaluate the cultural messages transmitted in some of today's music.
NOW Foundation field organizers have traveled around the country, facilitating campus dialogues and community forums to rave reviews in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C., Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama and Florida.
"The presentations on women in the media were ...