The White House Project, a national, nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization that aims to advance women's leadership, will offer events at the DNC and RNC. They have partnered in "Women, Power and Politics" with the International Museum of Women, an exhibit currently calling for entries in areas of writing, videos, audio, and images.

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The White House Project www.thewhitehouseproject.org will offer a series of events at the Democratic National Convention, in Denver, Colorado (Aug. 25 – 28). This is the 100th anniversary of Denver's 1908 Democratic National Convention.[1] 

The White House Project will also offer events at the Republican National Convention[2] in Saint Paul, Minnesota (Sept. 1 – 4). Both conventions are scheduled later than usual this year, in order to launch campaigns after the 2008 Summer Olympics.

The White House Project is a national, nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization, 501(c)(3), that aims to “advance women’s leadership in all communities and sectors, up to the U.S. presidency. By filling the leadership pipeline with a richly diverse, critical mass of women, we make American institutions, businesses and government truly representative. Through multi-platform programs, The White House Project creates a culture where America’s most valuable untapped resource—women—can succeed in all realms.”

 

White House Project President and Founder, Marie Wilson, will be one of many high-profile women speaking at "Unconventional Women," an historic, non-partisan symposium uniting 3,000 women at the DNC.

Wilson founded The White House Project in 1998. Prior to that, for nearly two decades, she was the President of the Ms. Foundation for Women, and was co-creater of Take Our Daughters to Work Day. Wilson also authored the critically acclaimed, Closing the Leadership Gap: Add Women, Change Everything, which was re-released with a new afterward in January, 2008.

Additional DNC events include The White House Project's 10th Anniversary Celebration, and a celebration of Shirley Chisholm with a screening of Chisholm '72: Unbought & Unbossed, (sponsored by Best Buy and Mills College).

 

The RNC events include a reception and exclusive screening of the documentary film, "14 Women" (hosted in partnership with Best Buy and Women's Leadership Forum (WoLF), and the premier late-night convention party for women,

 "Political Chicks a Go-Go" (hosted with Lifetime Networks and RightNOW.) 

The White House Project is a partner in Women, Power and Politics, a 10-month online exhibition at the International Museum of Women, which has covered everything from body politics to religion.

 

For the remainder of the year, the exhibition is focusing on democracy, voting, campaigning and women working together across borders. The exhibition is currently calling for submissions from women and men around the world.  It showcases inspiring stories of women claiming and exercising their power. There is a different focal topic each month. Upcoming topics include: 

“Why is Voting Important?”


September, 2008.
Submit before August 1, 2008 to be considered for a featured story. General submissions welcome until December 31, 2008.

“Women Running for Office.”


October, 2008.
 Submit before September 1, 2008 to be considered for a featured story. General submissions welcome until December 31, 2008. 

“Women Working Together Across Borders.”


November, 2008. Submit before October 1, 2008 to be considered for a featured story. General submissions welcome until December 31, 2008.

“Reflections.”


December, 2008.
The final month of the exhibition is devoted to reflections on Women, Power and Politics.

To learn more about submitting writing, videos, audio, artwork or images, visit: www.imow.org/submissions

 

White House Project contact info:  www.thewhitehouseproject.org

Authors Website: http://www.OceanViewArts.com

Authors Bio:

Meryl Ann Butler is an artist, author, educator and OpedNews Managing Editor who has been actively engaged in utilizing the arts as stepping-stones toward joy-filled wellbeing since she was a hippie. She began writing for OpEdNews in Feb, 2004. She became a Senior Editor in August 2012 and Managing Editor in January, 2013. In June, 2015, the combined views on her articles, diaries and quick link contributions topped one million. She was particularly happy that her article about Bree Newsome removing the Confederate flag was the one that put her past the million mark.

Her art in a wide variety of media can be seen on her YouTube video, "Visionary Artist Meryl Ann Butler on Creativity and Joy" at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcGs2r_66QE

A NYC native, her response to 9-11 was to pen an invitation to healing through creativity, entitled, "90-Minute Quilts: 15+ Projects You Can Stitch in an Afternoon" (Krause 2006), which is a bestseller in the craft field. The sequel, MORE 90-Minute Quilts: 20+ Quick and Easy Projects With Triangles and Squares was released in April, 2011. Her popular video, How to Stitch a Quilt in 90 Minutes with Meryl Ann Butler can be seen at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrShGOQaJQ8

She has been active in a number of international, arts-related projects as a citizen diplomat, and was arts advisor to Baltimore's CIUSSR (Center for Improving US-Soviet Relations), 1987-89. She made two trips to the former USSR in 1987 and 1988 to speak to artists, craftpeople and fashion designers on the topic of utilizing the arts as a tool for global wellbeing. She created the historical "First US-Soviet Children's Peace Quilt Exchange Project" in 1987-88, which was the first time a reciprocal quilt was given to the US from the former USSR.

Her artwork is in collections across the globe.

Meryl Ann is a founding member of The Labyrinth Society and has been building labyrinths since 1992. She publishes an annual article about the topic on OpEdNews on World Labyrinth Day, the first Saturday in May.

OpEdNews Senior Editor Joan Brunwasser interviewed Meryl Ann in "Beyond Surviving: How to Thrive in Challenging Times" at https://www.opednews.com/articles/Beyond-Surviving--How-to-by-Joan-Brunwasser-Anxiety_Appreciation_Coronavirus_Creativity-200318-988.html

Find out more about Meryl Ann's artistic life in "OEN Managing Ed, Meryl Ann Butler, Featured on the Other Side of the Byline" at https://www.opednews.com/Quicklink/OEN-Managing-Ed-Meryl-Ann-in-Life_Arts-Artistic_Artists_Quilt-170917-615.html

On Feb 11, 2017, Senior Editor Joan Brunwasser interviewed Meryl Ann in Pink Power: Sister March, Norfolk, VA at http://www.opednews.com/articles/Pink-Power-Sister-March--by-Joan-Brunwasser-Pussy-Hats-170212-681.html

"Creativity and Healing: The Work of Meryl Ann Butler" by Burl Hall is at
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Creativity-and-Healing--T-by-Burl-Hall-130414-18.html

Burl and Merry Hall interviewed Meryl Ann on their BlogTalk radio show, "Envision This," at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/envision-this/2013/04/11/meryl-ann-butler-art-as-a-medicine-for-the-soul

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