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Feminism & Fries with Rachel Sklar & Elizabeth Plank
- Item Number
- 131
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- Priceless
- Sold
- 105 USD to js676686b
- Number of Bids
- 13 - Bid History
Item Description
What's better than smart women and fried potatoes? Spend an hour with Rachel Sklar (founder of Change the Ratio & TheLi.st) and Elizabeth Plank (Executive Social Editor for PolicyMic) chewing on the feminist topic(s) of your choice, and some of New York's finest fries. Get advice, hash out a new idea -- the agenda's up to you, and the menu's up to them.
Rachel Sklar is a writer and social entrepreneur based in New York. She is the co-founder of Change The Ratio, which increases visibility and opportunity for women in tech & new media, and TheLi.st, a network & media platform for awesome women (supported by the Knight Foundation). A former lawyer who writes about media, politics, culture & technology, she was a founding editor at Mediaite and the Huffington Post. She has written widely for publications including New York Times, Newsweek/Daily Beast, Politico, Mashable, Medium, Mother Jones, Glamour, Elle, Marie Claire and co-created and hosted the first Daily Beast video interview show. Rachel speaks widely at conferences, events and on TV, and is the co-host of “The Salon" on The Jewish Channel (check local listings!). Occasionally, she sings.
Rachel is a TechStars mentor and an advisor to several startups, including Vox Media, The Daily Muse, Lover.ly, Gui.de &TeachAIDS.org, and on the board of She’s The First. She is also a proud member of the Reboot, TED & Summit communities and of the Lean In launch team. Rachel’s other initiatives include founding Charitini, a social enterprise to facilitate group giving around events, andCTRComedy - an all-women comedy initiative which quadrupled the number of women performing comedy at SXSW in 2011 and 2012.
Rachel was named to the Silicon Alley 100 in 2009, 2010 and 2011, FastCompany’s “League of Extraordinary Women,” Forbes’ “Women Changing The World,” JWA’s “Making Trouble, Making History" award, Marie Claire’s "New Guard" and has earned numerous honorsand awards for her writing and her activism. In 2013 she & TheLi.st were profiled by the New York Times. Follow her on Twitter at@rachelsklar, and sing showtunes with her anytime.
Elizabeth Plank is 26 and the Executive Social Editor for PolicyMic. Liz recently joined PolicyMic in March and helps devise strategy for all social and viral content. Her unique training in behavioural science coupled with her lively, smart take on hot-button social issues has made her one of the most popular voices among PolicyMic’s 10 million unique monthly visitors. Her writing has been mentioned in the New York Times, Al-Jazeera, Huffington Post, Alternet, Think Progress, Jezebel and Feministing. She regularly appears on MSNBC.
Prior to joining PolicyMic, Liz worked for the Feminist Majority Foundation, the London School of Economics, and built a loyal following through her campaigning for Change.org and her writing for Huffington Post.
Liz has a Masters degree from the London School of Economic and lives in Brooklyn, NY. She tweets at @feministabulous
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Event will be arranged on a mutually convenient date once payment has cleared, and will take place in New York City. Venue must be agreed upon by the winning bidder, Sklar and Plank.
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