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OpEd Writing Seminars for Women

By Kevin Maillard

This is a great project: increasing the numbers of women who write op-eds.  You can arrange for the seminar to come to your school, or you can take a webinar.

Our Vision is to create a sea change in our nation?s conversation by empowering a wave of women to write op-eds, join the public discourse and encourage and refer other women to do the same?creating a multiplier effect that will alter the patterns of under-representation of women in media rolodexes and inboxes, and expand the pool of visible female talent. Our vision is also for a truly merit-based public debate. Rather than demanding editors meet gender quotas (perhaps at the expense of publishing the best op-eds), The OpEd Project presumes we are all equally smart, talented and valuable ? and will be equally represented in public debate if given the opportunity.

Clink on the logo to visit their webpage.

Full post as published by The Faculty Lounge on May 29, 2009 (boomark / email).