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| February 2012: Elizabeth serves as judge for the Women's Media Center's "Girls' State of the Union" video contest. | |
| November 2010: In Jay-Z's new book Decoded, he cites Elizabeth's essay on him from the book Classic Material as one of the inspirations for his song "Public Service Announcement." | |
| October 2010: Elizabeth Méndez Berry's oped on street harassment in El Diario helps inspire the first ever United States city council hearing on street harassment of women and girls, on October 28 in New York City. Read her testimony here. | |
| August 2010: Elizabeth Méndez Berry is selected by the French American Foundation for its "Young Leaders" program, a cultural exchange program in which, "each year, a small group of up-and-coming leaders between 30 and 40 years old, from French and American government, business, media, military and the non-profit sector, is chosen to participate in an intense five-day meeting in one of the two countries." Previous participants include Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Gwen Ifill and former French Prime Minister Alain Juppe. Press release. | |
| EVENTS | |
| Lafayette College, February 1, 2012, 7 PM, Easton, PA. Panelist, "Rap Sessions: Hip-hop activism in the Obama/ Tea Party Era." Also featuring Rob Biko Baker, Liz Havstad, Bakari Kitwana, James Braxton Peterson, and Jasiri X. | |
| Texas A&M University, February 15, 2012, 9:30 AM, College Station, TX. Panelist, "Rap Sessions: Rebirth of a Nation: Gender and Racial Politics in Today's Media." Also featuring John Jennings, Bakari Kitwana, Joan Morgan and Mark Anthony Neal. | |
| Campus Progress National Conference, July 7, 2010, 10:30 AM, Washington D.C.. Panelist, "President Hip-Hop: The hip-hop political agenda in the Obama era." Also featuring Bakari Kitwana, Joan Morgan and Michael Skolnik. | |
| America's Future Now Conference, June 7, 2010, Washington, D.C.. Panelist, "Politics Beyond the Beltway: What youth are talking on the block." Also featuring Rob Biko Baker, Chloe A. Hilliard, and Tarik Ross | |
| Princeton University, March 27, 2010, Princeton, NJ. Speaker, “Ladies First: Women in hip hop symposium.” Also featuring Amanda Diva, Latoya Peterson and Cornel West. | |
| The Greene Space, WNYC, 2010, January 20, 2010, New York, NY. Moderator, “The People's Inauguration.” Panelists: Kahlil Almustafa, Rosa Clemente, Cindy Sheehan, Michael Skolnik, and Reverend John Vaughn. | |
| New York University, October 30, 2009, New York, NY. Moderator, “Say My Name: Female artists in hip hop.” Panelists: Logan Coles, Nona Hendryx, Brian “B. Dot” Miller, Tachelle Wilkes and Angela Yee. | |
| El Puente Community Center, April 8, 2009, Brooklyn, NY. Panelist, “Everybody’s Business: A town hall forum on domestic violence.” Panelists: Piper Anderson, Daniel Jose Holder, Carmen Rivera, Candido Tirado. | |
| IN THE PRESS | |
| Village Voice, “How a Village Voice Reporter Helped Write the Second Verse of Jay-Z's 'Public Service Announcement',” November 4, 2010, by Zach Baron. | |
| El Diario, “Piropo o Acoso en la Calle,” October 29, 2010, by Gloria Medina. | |
| Los Angeles Times, “Chris Brown’s BET Breakdown,” June 28, 2010, by Ann Powers. | |
| Village Voice, "Another Love TKO," March 31, 2009, by Raquel Cepeda. | |
| Houston Chronicle, "Love and Abuse in the Spotlight," March 8, 2009, by Jemimah Noonoo. | |
| Richard Prince's Journal-isms, "Vibe Story Anticipated Chris Brown-Rihanna Discussion," March 4, 2009. | |
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