This is going out to members of the "Gender Crosstalk" InterMix group. (This group was originally the IWD group.)
We are working in stages to launch the Gender Crosstalk.
First we have a "thunderclap" which will go on May 28th provided we get the 100 signups needed. We have 75 now, so please add your name to the list if you haven't already done so: http://thndr.it/1lg9roU. The very cool thing about the thunderclap is that the UN Foundation has signed up with 238k twitter followers and another big signup has brought us to over 500,000 potential social media outreach.
Then we have the Gender Crosstalk itself. Although we speak of May 28th as the launch, in fact the Crosstalk is up and running alreadt at ugc.iwd.intermix.org. If you go there you will find we have six messages so far addressed to Dr Mlambo-Ngcuka. You can rate them (using the icons in the uppoer right of each message) and please do write your own message. It would be super to have a couple dozen messages already on the list when the thunderclap happens.
The first round of the Gender Crosstalk ends on June 27. GC rounds follow the lunar cycle beginning and ending on a new moon. At the end of the first round of the GC, we will have two winning messages, one from the men and one from the women. These will be sent to UN Women Exec. Dir. Mlambo-Ngcuka. We have a way to get them on her desk but cannot promise she will respond. What we want to do is to get these two messages widely distributed. this will bring in people for the second GC round and will make it more likely we will get a response. To this end we have set up a "Media Outreach" subgroup. Click in to InterMix and then click the Subgroups button at the top of the page in order to join the Media Outreach subgroup if you would like to be part of the team.
I will be in touch individually to encourage your participation. We have an exciting chance here to change the course of human history for the better. Please give your whole-hearted support!
-- Roger Eaton
415 933 0153
rogerweaton@gmail.com
