DADs
MOVIE STUDY RELEASE
What
kind of gender stories are our
youngest daughters and sons
seeing in their favorite movies?
The answer is shocking, and
no fairy tale.
Join us at the University of
Southern California on Thursday,
February 9 for the release of
the most comprehensive gender
analysis of G-rated movies ever.
The research was commissioned
by Dads and Daughters’ See Jane
program and conducted by USC’s
renowned Annenberg School for
Communication.
The Feb. 9 event features a
forum on the implications of
the research for families and
children ages 0-11. It will
include Oscar-winner Geena Davis,
USC researcher Dr. Stacy Smith,
DADs President Joe Kelly, and
leaders of the children’s entertainment
industry. The study analyzed
the 100 top-grossing G-rated
movies of the past 15 years.
Admission is free, but you must
pre-register by emailing
Info@SeeJane.org.
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IT'S
GOLDEN
Congratulations to DADs’ Honorary
Board Member, Geena Davis, who
last week won the Golden Globe
as best actress in a TV drama.
There’s no truth to the rumor
that as “Commander in Chief”
Geena ordered the award to be
given to her! She earned it,
and we’re very proud of her
and the inspiration that her
show gives our daughters.
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Join us this
Thursday night (January 26)
for a special Dads & Daughters
evening at Wheelock College
in Brookline, MA. It’s a Benefit
featuring renowned social humorist
Jimmy Tingle. We
are raising funds for DADs to
help create a better, safer
and fairer world for our daughters.
GIRLS
& WOMEN IN SPORTS DAY
February 1 is National Girls
and Women in Sports Day. It’s a
time to celebrate the wonderful
new horizons open to our generation
of daughters. It’s also time
to give thanks to the pioneers
of women’s sports who blazed
the path, and to keep defending
their gains.
Using this year's theme, “Count
Me IN,” thousands of parents,
athletes, coaches, and other
will celebrate
NGWSD in all 50 states with
community-based events, award
ceremonies, and activities honoring
the achievements and encouraging
participation of girls and women
in sports. Find out more at
www.aahperd.org/ngwsdcentral/.
You and the girls you love can
celebrate by adding your voices
to those defending Title IX
and equal opportunity for girls.
Go to
http://dads.e-actionmax.com/showalert.asp?aaid=1429
and participate. Thank you!
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HOW
GIRLS DEFINE HEALTH
On
January 25, the Girl Scouts
of the USA will release a fascinating
new study of girls’ attitudes
about personal health. At the
National Press Club, GSUSA CEO
(and See Jane advisor) Kathy
Cloninger, and Olympian Dominique
Dawes will discuss “The New
Normal? What Girls Say About
Healthy Living.” The report
sheds light on the childhood
obesity crisis by asking girls
directly how they define health
and what motivates them to lead
a healthier lifestyle.
Findings
suggest that today’s girls are
defining “health” on their own
terms, placing the same value
on emotional well-being and
self-esteem as they do on diet
and exercise. For girls, being
healthy is more than just eating
right and exercising; it is
also about feeling good and
being supported by family and
peers. Read more at www.gsusa.org/
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DADs
BENEFIT AUCTION
Dads & Daughters’ First
Annual Online Auction closes
today at noon (January 24)!
Hurry to bid for a week in Vermont,
a week in California’s wine
country, Red Sox tickets, a
New Yorker cover matted and
signed by the artist, Merle
Nacht, a “Good Will Hunting”
screenplay, signed by Matt Damon,
a “Commander In Chief” poster
signed by Geena Davis, and more.
Go to
www.dadsanddaughters.org/Boston_Auction/Auction.html
now!
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CURBING
YOUTH VIOLENCE
A new initiative
called Urban Networks to Increase
Thriving Youth Through Violence
Prevention—or UNITY-- is trying
to strengthen urban youth violence
prevention. UNITY also works
to build national support for
necessary resources and policies,
and develop tools and framing
to ensure long-term sustainability
of youth violence prevention
efforts. To accomplish this,
UNITY aims to engage youth and
representatives of the 45 largest
cities, along with national
violence prevention advocates
and leaders, in a National Consortium
to shape the U.S. strategy for
urban youth violence prevention.
UNITY will provide tools, training,
and technical assistance to
help cities be more effective
in preventing youth violence.
For more, visit
www.preventioninstitute.org/UNITY.html.
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MOMENTS IN WOMEN'S SPORTS
Real Sports
magazine (which focuses on women’s
sports) has its 5th
Annual Most Important Moments
in Sports edition available
online free to fans of women's
sports. Visit
www.realsportsmag.com/teamrs/pdfs/ezine_0106.pdf
to read about the highs and
lows that impacted the success
and viability of women's sports
in 2005.
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WITH
YOUR DAUGHTER
Looking for a fun and simple
activity to do with your daughter?
Take her to a girls’ or women’s
sporting event. From the WNBA
to high school hockey, the atmosphere
is great and the role models
can’t be beat. So look in the
sports section for a schedule
of what’s on the court, field,
or ice in your neck of the woods.
Have a favorite activity you
like to do with your daughter?
Share it with us and we may
include it in a future DADs
Update. Email your story to
info@dadsanddaughters.org.
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HELPING
AGELE
The 27th Annual
National Conference of the Association
for Gender Equity Leadership
in Education takes place July
29-August 1, 2006 in Minneapolis.
If you can give a few hours
of your time to help with this
all-volunteer effort, contact
Barbara A. Bitters at
Barbara.Bitters@dpi.state.wi.us.
Learn more about the conference
and AGELE at
www.agele.org.
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BOOZE
ADS DRIVE KIDS TO DRINK
Alcohol advertising
contributes to increased drinking
among youth, according to new
research published in this month’s
edition of the American Medical
Association’s Archives of
Pediatrics & Adolescent
Medicine and funded
by the National Institute on
Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
The study has sparked strong
response from the liquor industry,
as well as from child advocates
seeking tougher ad restrictions.
Read the report at
http://archpedi.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/160/1/18.
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THE
SPIRITUAL LIFE OF TEENS
Helen
Cordes, editor of the DADs-published
Daughters®: For Parents of
Girls, writes:
“I
recommend an excellent book
‘Nurturing Your Teenager's Soul:
A Practical Approach to Raising
a Kind, Honorable, Compassionate
Teen.’ I just interviewed the
author Mimi Doe, who also wrote
‘10 Principles for Spiritual
Parenting’; her interview about
how to help your daughter become
more compassionate will appear
in the May/June 2006 issue of
Daughters. The book is
appropriate for any spiritual
background. It doesn't have
any sectarian bias, but does
have lots of wonderful parenting
information.”
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NEW
& RENEWING DONORS
Thank
you to the following new and
renewing donors that support
our work to make a better, safer,
fairer world for our daughters!
New Donors
Jim and Sandra Wilson-Barnes
Mary
Dewitt
Richard
Gonzalez
Bill
and Brenda Holliday
Robert
Johnston
Clarke
Keenan
Dane
Kolbeck
The
Roger & Michelle Marino
Charitable Foundation
Lisa
Pearl
Tim
Winter
Renewing Donors
Michael Allmon
Harold
and Brenda Alpert Sigall
John
Beem
Robert
and Diana Brookes
Tom
and Lynne Buske
Tim
and Denise Cashman
Dan
Chapman
Carolyn
Costin and Bruce Martin
John
and Sharon Goodill
Richard
Gould Susan Kaplan
Paul
Gross, MD
Galen
Guengerich and Holly Atkinson,
MD
Candace
Havens and Jim Renning
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