2. How can we organize our groups to make our
voices heard? The following are questions to
ask in the first steps of planning:
1) Can we clearly define our issue?
2) What do we already know about the issue?
3) What do we not know?
4) Who are the opposition? How are they
supported?
5) How will our group be organized?
3. The answers to the previous questions will
help create a supportive group infrastructure
and work toward formulating an action plan.
Thinking of specific goals and objectives, and
what resources you need to realize each goal
is necessary towards a strong active group.
4. The OpEd project- Trains female experts in
all fields to write for the op-ed pages of
major point and online forums of public
discourse.
The Women’s Media Center- Aims to make
women visible and powerful in the media
through training workshops and opens them
up to the public.
5. According to the national resources defense
council, more than 80,000 chemicals in use
the United States have never been fully tested
for their potential adverse impact on humans
or the environment.
In an open letter on the organization of
silentspring.org Silent Spring Institute
executive director Julia G. Brody details the
important questions we should be along
about the link between environmental issues
and breast cancer and other diseases.
6. “Social networks and new technologies have
made information incredibly accessible, and
the participation of multitude of voices have
made generating awareness and support for
women’s issues a more organic and dynamic
process.”
7. With new social media outlets; do you think
activism has reached a new level of “hearing
our voice”?
