Amy Siskind speaks out on the Secret Service needing more women after incidents in Columbia.
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Ready for some empowering events this quarter?  Meet us here:
Rutgers College - January 30th – Trayes Hall (see details)
TNA on Campus and Rutgers Career Services present:  A Girlfriends’ Guide to Making it in the Real World
Athena Film Festival - February 9-12 - Barnard College
The New Agenda is a sponsoring organization.  See the film schedule and trailer.
Cornell University - March 3 – TBD
TNA on Campus and Cornell Career Services present:  A Girlfriends’ Guide to Making it in the Real World.
Want a free ticket to Athena?
We are offering free tix to the Athena Film Festival to the first 5 members who respond!  Email us at editor@thenewagenda.net.
GIRLFRIEND, BUILD YOUR …

The New Agenda is proud to once again be a partner of the Athena Film Festival, which will be held from Thursday, February 9 through Sunday, February 12 on the Barnard College campus in Morningside Heights.  Please visit http://athenafilmfestival.com/program/schedule/ for more information and to purchase tickets.
Here is the trailer for the Film Festival.

Films have power: the power to create conversation, to reveal truths and to inspire. But for too many generations, women’s voices and women’s stories have not been appropriately represented in mainstream films. The stories of women as change agents and heroes who …

January is National Mentoring Month, and we’re ready to celebrate.  We want you to join our festivities!
First, read our op-ed:   It’s the Economy, Girlfriend! now featured on the front page of The Huffington Post.  Find out why economic empowerment is issue #1 for today’s women and how mentoring can help:
Then, watch our ‘cool’ (yes, that’s how Pioneer Mentor Ret. Justice Faith Ireland described it) video introducing The Mentor Exchange:

Now, go to The Mentor Exchange, sign up and @Mentor_Up !  And tweet that you did using hashtags:  #MentorUp #WomanUp #TheMentorExchange.
Finally, …

The New Agenda is proud to be an organizational partner of the Athena Film Festival for 2012.

The Athena Film Festival: A Celebration of Women and Leadership, announces its 2012 lineup of narrative and documentary films, as well as this year’s recipients of the Athena Film Festival Awards.  Now in its second year, the Festival runs from Thursday, February 9 through Sunday, February 12 on the Barnard College campus in Morningside Heights.
2012 Athena Award Winners:  Julia Barry accepting The Laura Ziskin Lifetime Achievement Award on behalf of her late mother; Rachael …

Happy Holidays from your friends at The New Agenda.

LIZ CLAIBORNE INC. and its partners, including The New Agenda Foundation, will join forces today for the 8th Annual “It’s Time to Talk Day” as a way to encourage greater public dialogue about domestic violence.

Around the country, talk radio, government officials, domestic violence advocates, businesses, schools and the public-at-large take a moment – or more – to talk openly about an issue that affects nearly one in three women at some point in their lifetime. In fact, millions of talk radio listeners around the country …

The New Agenda Foundation & FOURsight present
A Girlfriends’ Guide to Making it on Wall Street
Top 10 Myths and Musts
(come hear the insiders’ scoop, and ask the questions you’ve been afraid to ask)
Thursday, December 1st
6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
The Scandinavia House
58 Park Avenue(btw 37 and 38th street
Cost: $30 donation at the door