Start Somewhere is proud to partner with StartOut, an organization dedicated to fostering and developing entrepreneurship within the LGBT community, to host a screening of Miss Representation, followed by a panel discussion on Jan 24, 2012 in San Francisco at the Victoria Theatre. The event will raise money and awareness for StartOut’s new Lesbian Entrepreneurship mentoring program. If you’re interested in joining our mentoring program please click here and fill out this form. Because Miss Representation is such an important film, we’re enlisting the help of key organizations to help spread the word. To learn more about being a community sponsor click here.

About The Film
Written and directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, Miss Representation exposes how mainstream media contribute to the under-representation of women in positions of power and influence in America. 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.

Miss Representation includes stories from teenage girls and provocative interviews with politicians, journalists, entertainers, activists and academics like Condoleezza Rice, Lisa Ling, Nancy Pelosi, Katie Couric, Rachel Maddow, Rosario Dawson, Jackson Katz, Jean Kilbourne, and Gloria Steinem. The film offers startling facts and statistics that will leave audiences shaken and armed with a new perspective. www.missrepresentation.org

About The Panel
Following the film we’ll have a panel discussion with women leaders to discuss how women in leadership positions can drive change at the top starting now.

Our panel includes:
California Assemblywoman Fiona Ma,
Kate Kendell, Executive Director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights
Jane Goldman, Founder of CHOW, Vice President CBS Interactive
Kathy Levinson, Managing Director Golden Seeds, Co-Chair of Obama’s LGBT National Finance Committee, Former President & COO of E*TRADE & Founder of Lesbian Equity Foundation

The panel will be led by Amanda Keton, Director of Legal and Policy Programs at The Advocacy Fund.

Join us!
 

Miss Representation Screening and Panel

January 24th, 6:00 PM
Victoria Theatre, 16th and Mission in San Francisco

Presenting Sponsors

Community Sponsors