Our event at Rutgers University this past Monday was a huge success.  More than 100 college women showed up to an event co-hosted by TNA-on-Campus and Rutgers Career Services to hear Amy’s presentation about economic empowerment and navigating success as a woman in the real world.
If you would like host an event at your college or alma mater, please contact us at editor@thenewagenda.net.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
‘GIRLFRIEND, BUILD THAT NETWORK!’ -  A NEW VISION FOR MENTORING ON NATIONAL MENTOR MONTH 
Women’s org resolves to close wage and promotion gaps by harnessing social media
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NEW YORK, NY –The New Agenda, a national pro-women advocacy group, today announced a new “Mentor Exchange” spearheaded by 20 standout women in their careers. Young women professionals logging onto the new online social media hub (http://www.thementorexchange.org) will benefit from the experience and savvy of “Pioneer Mentors” such as Fox & Friends Co-Host Gretchen Carlson, …

The New Agenda’s Amy Siskind speaks to Fox & Friend Co-Host and Pioneer Mentor Gretchen Carlson on the launch of The Mentor Exchange , with support from The Staples Foundation:

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Investing in women is a good investment – here are some reasons why.

The end of “fair” comes the day of college graduation.
True, women account for more than 50% of college students. But not in the workplace. In fields like corporate management and politics, men still occupy roughly 83% of leadership roles!
What can we do? We asked college and young women.
Solution #1: Young Women Need Mentoring and Networks!
Today, TNA is proud to launch The Mentor Exchange. We’re harnessing the tools of social media to help women reach their full potential. The Mentor Exchange is an inclusive, multi-faceted approach to Work that Network!: get …

The following press release has been sent to select media outlets.
October 26, 2011
The New Agenda, a national organization dedicated to achieving safety and opportunity for all women, launched an online petition to have a New Jersey county prosecutor who made victim-blaming statements about the NY Friedlander family murders terminated or re-assigned for his statements.  On Oct. 18 Amy Friedlander and her two children were brutally murdered by husband and father Sam Friedlander.
The petition addressed to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Attorney General Paula Dow, and Passaic County prosecutor Camelia M. …

The New Agenda urges you to read and sign our petition: NJ County Prosecutor: See Something, Say Something – Victim Blaming in Friedlander Murder Imperils Public Safety!.
1. Read!
2. Sign!
3. Share (Facebook, Twitter, email)!
Thank you!
On October 18, 2011, Sam Friedlander bludgeoned his wife Amy to death with a table leg, shot his two children in their beds, then went down to the basement and shot himself.   Beginning on October 19 and continuing for several days, two of Sam Friedlander’s law school classmates, attorneys David Pine and …

As reported in the Ossining-CrotonOnHudson Patch:

Groups concerned with domestic violence are staging a rally Monday in White Plains to express outrage at the “victim blaming” since Tuesday’s Friedlander triple murder-suicide; and to offer support to victims who have not yet found a way to reach out for help.Sam Friedlander, 50, bludgeoned his wife Amy, 46, to death with a broken piece of furniture and murdered both his children—Gregory, 8, and Molly, 10—with a 12-gauge shotgun before turning the weapon on himself in their Cross River, NY home.
The rally begins at …

Thank you to all our members and friends who signed and shared our online petition: Time Warner Board and HBO Management: Fire Bill Maher.
On Friday, September 23rd, Bill Maher said this during his HBO show:
“Sarah Palin Would ‘F–k’ Rick Perry If He Was Black.”
This statement is yet another example of Bill Maher’s misogyny. Maher has employed terms such as: ‘dumb twat’, ‘bimbos’, and ‘cunt’ in reference to women leaders including Sec. Hillary Clinton, Rep. Michele Bachmann and Gov. Sarah Palin (read here)….
The petition received close to 1,000 …

With its gift for bringing stories to life and the reputation to attract our most talented artists, PBS has created an extraordinary new mini-series about the “the lives of female activists living in war-torn societies” that begins tonight, reports Marie Claire magazine.
With a focus on Bosnia, Afghanistan, Colombia, and Liberia, the documentary shows remarkable women affecting serious change in their respective countries with regard to injustice and abuse towards female civilians. The five-part PBS series, narrated by Matt Damon, Tilda Swinton, Alfre Woodard, and Geena Davis, is a groundbreaking look …