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EPIC 2010 Awards: Vote for film on 1st Woman of Color in Congress

Rady — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:00:36 +0000

By Rady Ananda COTO Report 15Mar2010 The White House Project, an organization dedicated to putting a

Documentary about the late U.S. Congresswoman Patsy Mink nominated for The White House Project award

Kimberlee Bassford — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:53:29 +0000

PATSY MINK: AHEAD OF THE MAJORITY, a documentary about the late U.S. Representative Patsy Mink (D-HI), has been nominated for The White House Project’s EPIC Emerging Artist Award.

The film is the first to explore the life of Congresswoman Mink, the first Asian American woman and woman of color in the U.S. Congress and co-author of Title IX, later renamed the Patsy T. Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act, the legislation that opened up higher education and athletics for women.

The film is one of twelve nominees selected to compete for the award, which will be determined by an online vote. Voting is open now through March 31 at The White House Project‘s website.

The top three vote getters will be invited to EPIC gala on April 7 in New York and the winner revealed at The Secrets of Powerful Women EPIC 2010 After-Party sponsored by Lifetime Television and hosted by actor Kerry Washington. The White House Project is a national, nonpartisan non-profit organization that aims to advance women’s leadership in all communities and sectors, up to the U.S. presidency.

Each year, it presents the EPIC Awards to celebrate those in the visual arts and media who have created powerful representations of women in their work. This year, it created the first-ever EPIC Emerging Artist Award to recognize artists who may not yet have great exposure and are emerging on the national scene.

Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority

EPIC 2010 Awards: Vote for film on 1st Woman of Color in Congress

Rady — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:30:47 +0000

By Rady Ananda The White House Project, an organization dedicated to putting a woman in the White Ho

Yes We Can: Mink Shows How

Rady — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 21:15:29 +0000

April 26, 2009 By Rady Ananda Outside the mainstream, edgy, ahead of her time, a champion for democr

Patsy Mink: A Woman Who Fought For Our Rights

jennifersteenberg — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:28:29 +0000

The other night, I had the unique pleasure of viewing the D.C. premiere of Patsy Mink: Ahead of the

Ahead of the Majority

hollywoodhula — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:17:30 +0000

Hawai'i congresswoman Patsy Mink Hawai’i filmmaker Kimberlee Bassford’s biographical documentary