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Make a Powerful Noise on International Women's Day

Posted by: CARE on March 4, 2009 at 2:48PM EST

On March 5, I’ll be attending APN Live, a one-night event being held at hundreds of theaters across the U.S. in celebration of international women’s day. I’ll be at the Regal Cinemas Hollywood 24 event and hope you will join me.

We’ll be watching the film “A Powerful Noise” and participating in a live town hall discussion with panelists Madeleine Albright, Natalie Portman, Nicholas Kristof, Christy Turlington Burns and Helene Gayle. Can you imagine – being able to discuss women’s empowerment and fighting poverty with the likes of them?

The film follows three amazing women who try to build something to keep their spirits from breaking and nurture those around them who desperately need their help. One of the film’s main characters, Jacqueline Dembele of Mali, also known as Madame Urbain, holds a special place in my heart. Her father defied local custom and made sure she was educated. Dembele now fights for education for girls in a country where forced marriage and female genital mutilation are practiced. She establishes small schools for rural women who are often drawn into prostitution or servitude. She is so dedicated to the cause, she even insisted on still speaking at a conference while fighting a bout of malaria.

Women around the world are working hard to make a difference for the women and girls in their communities — many of them dealing with the same issues they’re confronting. One woman I met feared that her daughter would be circumcised while she was away. Another woman, who worked as HIV/AIDS coordinator in Zambia, was taking care of four more children in addition to her own three, after losing several siblings to AIDS.

We can all make a difference by learning about the issues and getting involved. Help me make a difference by attending APN Live and joining the APN Live Tweet-a-thon! Thirty percent of APN Live ticket costs will go to CARE’s poverty fighting programs. And by tweeting "#apowerfulnoise" today thru March 5, CARE will receive $.10 per tweet for fighting global poverty. Tickets have sold out at several theaters, so be sure to buy yours soon!

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Posted by: Beverly Charles on March 6, 2009 8:22AM EST

I attended A Powerful Noise Live at Theater in Columbia, Maryland and the theater was packed to capacity. I found the documentary to be very informative and also very "MOVING". I hope that we are inspired to be like Madame Urbain in our communities in empowering girls and women to make a difference in their communities.

Posted by: Mahlet on March 6, 2009 12:49PM EST

I watched the show in Atlanta, GA at the discovery mills last night. What an inspirational documentary!! I was mooved by the profound impact the women had on the future of their society. I would like to get involved somehow!!

Posted by: Theresa Haller on March 6, 2009 5:19PM EST

I was very moved by the movie a Powerful Noise. We live in a place of freedom and do not understand the fight that goes on for others day to day. I am looking forward to being in volued with care and having a voice that will be heard. Women are ever so strong, and as a group even stronger.

Posted by: Kimone Williams on March 7, 2009 12:20PM EST

I'm a recent college graduate and I have decided to go to graduate school for public policy/administration but I wasn't sure if I wanted to focus on Urban studies, Education or Womens Rights. Seeing this movie has helped me make a decision beyond a doubt that gender inequality and poverty are the mother issues to everything else. How can I get a copy of this movie. I'd like to have a viewing at my home to try and raise some additional money for this cause. I also have a youth group at my local high school that I would like to show the movie too as well. Please let me know what forms I would need to fill out for the donations and how I can go about getting a copy of the film for these showings. Thank you.

Posted by: Susan Johnson on March 7, 2009 4:10PM EST

A Powerful Noise was poignant, uplifting and enlightening. The impact of the movie demonstrates the Power of One.

Madam Secretary Albright's comments were thought-provoking. We can all make a difference.

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