THE
FINAL FOUR AIN"T OVER
Today is the
biggest night in women’s college
hoops, as the NCAA Division
I March Madness wraps up with
an April championship game,
but without the usual suspects
like Tennessee,
Connecticut,
or last year’s champs from Baylor.
Maryland outmuscled
North
Carolina
and slowed down their run-n-gun
to win Sunday night 81-70 in
the women's Final Four semifinal.
The Terps move on to play Duke
for the national championship
in an all Atlantic Coast Conference
game at
8:30 tonight in Boston.
The Blue Devils
dominated Louisiana
State
in the other semifinal, with
Mistie Williams leading the
team in scoring and rebounds.
Duke held LSU’s Seimone Augustus
(the nation's leading scorer
and the two-time player of the
year) scoreless in the first
half, and won 64-45.
Tune in with
your daughter tonight at 8:30
Eastern, 5:30 Pacific on ESPN television and Westwood One radio.
Duke beat Maryland
twice in the regular season,
but lost in the ACC tournament.
Will Maryland’s
Crystal Langhorne or Duke’s
Monique Currie dominate? Or
an unsung star? Settle in with
your daughter, choose your favorite
team and players, and yell loud
for the highest profile contest
in women’s college sports!
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SEE JANE
SEES BOYS
What lessons
do our very youngest children
learn from kids’ movies about
men and boys? On May 3, at
the National Press Club in
Washington,
DC
, Dads & Daughters’ See
Jane program
answers that question with
a report on portrayals of
boys and men in G-rated films.
This will be the second report
stemming from See
Jane-sponsored
research, the most comprehensive
content analysis of G-rated
movies ever conducted.
You’re invited
to a May 3 reception in DC
to meet See
Jane founder
Geena Davis,
learn more about the movie
study, and support See
Jane’s important
and comprehensive work. Visit
https://www.thedatabank.com/dpg/1484732/
for tickets. Learn more about
See Jane
at
www.seejane.org.
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WILL
WILL SEE JANE
Dads &
Daughters welcomes William
Rowel (father
of 3 daughters), our new Program
Manager for the See
Jane program.
Will lives in the Los
Angeles
area, where he’ll be working
with entertainment industry
professionals and family advocates
to improve gender portrayals
in children’s media. To
view a picture of Will, go to
www.dadsanddaughters.org/Wm.Rowel.jpg.
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DADs
IS HIRING
Dads &
Daughters is looking to hire
an Online Community Organizer.
That person would be responsible
for:
1) Making
our three websites valuable,
frequently-visited destinations
for fathers, mothers and others
who want to make a safe world
for girls.
2) Researching and writing all
web material, e-newsletters,
and online actions.
3) Making the websites a key
economic engine for DADs.
For more detail, visit
http://www.dadsanddaughters.org/Online.Community.Organizer.pdf.
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SPOON
BALLOON
Looking for
a fun rainy day activity to
do with your daughter? Try the
versatile, hysterical, and low-tech
game called “Spoon Balloon.”
Get the full description now
at
www.dadsanddaughters.org/library/DADs_Playbook.html
Look for dozens of other fun
things fathers can do with their
stepdaughters and daughters
next spring when Broadway Books
releases the Dads & Daughters
Playbook by Joe
Kelly.
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NEW MOON
ON BEING 13
What’s it like
for girls to be 13 nowadays?
Or for a girl-run magazine to
be 13? To celebrate its 13th
birthday, the international,
girl-edited "New Moon:
The Magazine for Girls and Their
Dreams” is sponsoring an online
survey in which girls of all
ages can reflect on turning
13. Plus, the magazine has a
contest for girls who throw
their own local 13th birthday
party for New Moon. Connect
with it all at
www.newmoon.org/birthday.
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WITH
YOUR DAUGHTER
Start planning
now to bring your daughter and/or
your son to work with you April
27 for National Take Our Daughters
And Sons To Work® Day. It’s
a wondeful chance to share an
important part of your life
with her—and inspire her to
understand the challenge and
thrill a career can bring.
If your kids
have participated in past TODSTW
Days, the Ms. Foundation for
Women wants to hear their stories
(call 1.800.676.7780). Some stories will be spotlighted
on the TODSTW website and press
articles during 2007’s fifteenth
anniversary celebration.
Inspire the next generation
of youth to get involved in
controlling their futures and
in changing the way the world
works! Learn more at
www.daughtersandsonstowork.org.
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Then tune
in for the WNBA Draft tomorrow
beginning at
1 PM Eastern, 10
AM Pacific on ESPN2.
Many of the top draft picks
are in
Boston
for the Final Four – so the
WNBA (showing great efficiency)
is holding its draft in Boston,
too. Get all the details and
predictions at
www.wnba.com/draft2006.
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YOUR
OPINION ON KIDS AND TECHNOLOGY
Anastasia
Goodstein, publisher of the
youth culture blog
Ypulse.com, is seeking
parents of teenagers (13-17)
and educators (grades 8-12)
to interview about teens and
technology for her book “Totally
Wired: What Teens are Really
Doing Online and with Technology,”
to be published by St. Martin's
Press next winter. Interview
topics for parents will focus
around how technology is changing
the nature of parental relationships
with teenagers. Interview topics
for teachers range from cyber-bullying
and digital cheating to how
technology is or is NOT used
successfully in the classroom.
Please contact
anastasia@ypulse.com if
you’re willing to do a telephone
or email interview.
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BASEBALL,
DADS & DAUGHTERS
Check our Dads
& daughters’ Ten Tips for
sharing your love of the National
Pastime at
www.dadsanddaughters.org/library/Play.Ball.pdf.
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PLAYFUL
PARENTING
Ever wish you
could be more playful in your
fathering? Then visit Dr. Larry
Cohen’s great “Playful Parenting”
website and email newsletter
at
www.playfulparenting.com.
Larry has great stories, tips,
activity ideas—and a playful
spirit that will inspire you
to more fun in the best job
you have: being a Dad!
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INSPIRATION:
TRENTON TO MONROVIA
A Trenton
middle school teacher is returning
from exile to become the first
female police chief of Liberia.
Beatrice Munah Sieh, 48, was
deputy director of the African
nation's police force before
fleeing to
New Jersey
in 1996. Liberia's
newly elected president, Ellen
Johnson Sirleaf, appointed Nunah
Sieh to the job commanding a
3,500-member police force. Liberia
is working to recover from a
14-year civil war, sparked by
former president Charles Taylor,
who was due in court yesterday
for crimes related to his part
in neighboring
Sierra Leone’s
civil war.
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NEW
& RENEWING DONORS
Thank you to
the following new and renewing
donors that support our work
to make a better, safer, fairer
world for our daughters!
New Donors
The Alleyne
Family
John Bondurant
Ann Hester
John Hick
The Lally Family
Renewing Donors
James Bizer
Diana Gimian
Jim and Lorraine
Ling Laroy
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OUR
WISH LIST
We love receiving
donated expertise and equipment!
Here's what we need to help
us achieve our mission:
- Pro bono fundraising
assistance
- Ad space
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Remember: Make a positive deposit
in your daughter's bank of memories
today!
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for fathers and daughters that
provides men tools to be better
fathers and advocates for daughters.
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