News and Events
GFF Announces Sponsorship of 6th Annual Women's International Film & Arts Festival, March 30 - April 3rd
UPDATE 2: GFF-sponsored film, "Pushing the Elephant" wins Best Documentary Film at the festival!
UPDATE: Check out our photos from opening night and from the "Pushing the Elephant" screening!
March 29, 2011
The Green Family Foundation (GFF) proudly announces we are joining Women's International Film & Arts Festival (WIFF) as sponsors for this weekend's 6th annual event. Spanning five days (March 30 - April 3), this year's festival will feature 50 films -- all produced and/or directed by women.
"They had me at 'only seven percent of today's film directors are women,'" recalled GFF President Kimberly Green. "As a film-maker myself, I am extremely honored for this opportunity to work with this amazing organization, led by WIFF President & Founder Yvonne McCormack-Lyons, to help promote and amplify the voices of women worldwide through film."
WIFF's mission is to become the "premiere film festival in the world for women to network, screen their films, and recognize the brilliance and accomplishments of women throughout the globe. We believe the images of women on film directly effect how women are perceived, valued and treated in society."
GFF is sponsoring two of the fifty films this weekend:
"Haiti: One Day, One Destiny" by Michele Stephenson
Screening Time/Date: 7:30 pm, Friday, April 1
Location: Hollywood Central Performing Arts Center
"Pushing The Elephant" by Beth Davenport and Elizabeth Mandel
Screening Time/Date: 7:30 pm, Saturday, April 2
Location: Hollywood Central Performing Arts Center
TAKE ACTION: Visit the WIFF website and join GFF in supporting this outstanding film festival!
For more information:
NiteTalk: Yvonne McCormack-Lyons on Women in Film
"Like" the Women's International Film & Arts Festival
"Follow" WIFF on Twitter @womensfilmsfest
"Without Water There Is No Dignity..."
March 22, 2011
World Water Day
"As the world charts a more sustainable future, the crucial interplay among water, food and energy is one of the most formidable challenges we face. Without water there is no dignity and no escape from poverty. Yet the millennium development goal target for water and sanitation is among those on which many countries lag the most." - Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-Moon
According to the UN's Millennium Development Goals website:
"Half of the world's people live in cities today, an
d the urban population is growing rapidly. About 828 million people live in slums or informal settlements, often without safe drinking water or toilets. World Water Day (22 March) this year focuses on "Water for cities: responding to the urban challenge." Events around the world spotlight the impacts of population growth, industrialization, climate change, conflicts and natural disasters on urban water systems."
The Green Family Foundation focuses on achieving the eight Millennium Development Goals with every project we undertake - you should too!
Learn more:
Earth Institute - Columbia University - Columbia Water Center
UN's Millennium Development Goals
International Decade for Action - Water for Life, 2005-2015
World Water Day: Miami
GFF Honored By Haitian Women of Miami (FANM) at Spirit of Justice Gala
March 12, 2011
Fanm Ayisyen Nan Miyami (FANM) -- Haitian Women of Miami -- presented The Green Family Foundation (GFF) with "The Philanthropist Par Excellence Award" during the 18th Annual Spirit of Justice Gala: The Role of Women in Haiti's Rebuilding event. FANM cited GFF's "strong leadership and long-term efforts to improve the quality of life of Haitians in the US and Haiti." Thank you!
GFF also sponsored the event with a full-page ad in the FANM program that read: "The Green Family Foundation is honored to support our friends at Fanm Ayisyen Nan Miyami for the 18th Annual Spirit of Justice Gala. Kembe la. Bonswa!" We were joined by We were joined by Brooke Wooldridge of the Digital Library of the Caribbean (www.dLOC.com) and others from "Team FIU" at our table -- an honor indeed!
FANM does amazing work within the Haitian community in Miami, led by their executive director, Marleine Bastien. Visit their website - www.fanm.org - to learn more.
Big Night in Little Haiti
UPDATE: Go to our Flickr page for photos from this event!March 16, 2011
The Miami Herald is calling this Friday's Big Night in Little Haiti"an unprecedented neighborhood party."
We agree, and The Green Family Foundation will be there! Friday, March 18, from 6:00 pm until 10:00 pm at the Little Haiti Cultural Center on 212 NE 59 Terrace, Miami. Along with art exhibits there will be free, live musical performances by Haitian performing artists Rara Kuyu & Universal Soul Love and Jean P Jam.
"Big Night in Little Haiti" is produced by the Rhythm Foundation and the Little Haiti Cultural Center and will run monthly, every third Friday, so mark your calendars!
For more information:
A Big Dream for Little Haiti, Miami Herald
Big Night in Little Haiti - Third Fridays
Facebook
International Women's Day: Tawakul Karman
With millions of women being celebrated around the world, we wanted to highlight one woman who probably had a very difficult and dangerous day: Tawakul Karman. This extraordinary 32-year old, mother of three, runs Women Journalists Without Chains, a group based in Yemen that defends human rights.
Tawakul Karman's day was tough because today is Tuesday and she has led peaceful protests in Yemen every Tuesday since 2007.
Her day was tough because she is a Yemeni woman in a country dubbed "the worst place on earth to be a woman." (guardian.co.ok, May 11, 2008),
And her day was tough because the BBC is reporting that one hour ago "security forces in Yemen have opened fire at a large protest outside the university in the capital, Sanaa" -- where Tawakul protests every Tuesday.
Today, we pray that Tawakul Karman's vision for an equal, free and just Yemen has survived another day. -- Kimberly Green, President, The Green Family Foundation
TIME Magazine featured Tawakul Karman in "16 of History's Most Rebellious Women." Please visit TIME's site to learn more about her and many other brave women around the world.
Also read "A Day in the Life of a Yemeni Revolutionary" on the Huffington Post.
TweetMore Articles ...
Search
Featured
| » | See how the Green Family Foundation NeighborhoodHELP program at FIU changes lives |
| » | Purchase Alan Lomax In Haiti: Recordings For The Library Of Congress, 1936-1937, nominated for two GRAMMY Awards. |
A Documentary by Kimberly Green
| » | View Trailer |
| » | Learn More |
| » | Watch GFF President Kimberly Green's CGI Stories segment about the music of Alan Lomax. |