Post-Event Announcement Total: $6,158.82

THANK YOU to everyone who attended the Can't Stop The Serenity event in Minneapolis, MN. We had an attendance of over 600 shiny people! That beats last year's attendance by nearly 200 and the venue was actually on the verge of turning folks away from the event as a sell out! *applause*

I'd especially like to thank everyone for being so patient. I know the lines and waits were long at many points, and the event had a very late start due to these long lines. Add to that the late schedule that already existed making for a long night, and for this I do apologize and commend everyone who kept their sense of humor in a very warm theater.

We learned a lot from the 2006 event and tried to correct some problem areas in the 2007 event. 2008 will be better, I promise! Hee hee.

We raised $6,158.82 for Equality Now!  This is a tad lower than the preliminary estimate due to some odd math challenges while handling another participating city's ticketing.  We're proud to have had a hand in keeping the Tampa, FL event in flight.

I'd like to thank Heather White, Mia Hagarty, Sally Karkula, DRE, Jukite, and Gempai for their unending patience and limitless energy in event planning and working the event; Barb Jungbauer (Knibblet) for taking the microphone at the event so that I would not have to fight that particular stage fright demon; and the numerous other folk who stepped up and did what they could, where and when they could: Catherine Cochran, Susan Henry, Kit Gordon, Ben Huset for taking outstanding pictures of the event, Chilly Willy and Molotov also for taking pictures at the event, and Molotov again for his never failing help with flyers, and all the folks who stuck around and helped clean up the auditorium after the event.  I would have gone crazy and thrown in the towel if not for all the browncoats who held me up.

I'm proud of the Minnesota team effort and fans who supported this event.

Thank you again and keep flyin'!

Roseivy

If you're interested in a more leisurely shindig, please check out the SERENITY Galley party room at CONvergence July 6 and 7.  Suite 202.  A CONvergence badge is not required to visit the non-alcohol party room. The SERENITY Galley will be recreated at room 202, where you can share your own war stories while enjoying a nice bowl of "wife soup" and non alcoholic Mudder's Milk.  Watch out for Patience and Badger among other characters, we hear tell they're not to be trusted. Paypal donations to help with party room costs enormously appreciated!  Thank you!

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 2007 SERENITY Screening Event Photos

What is Equality Now?  Equality Now is an international organization which works to end violence and discrimination against women and girls around the world through the mobilization of public pressure. Issues of concern to Equality Now include:  RAPE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS TRAFFICKING FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION POLITICAL PARTICIPATION GENDER DISCRIMINATION.

Joss Whedon, the writer/director of Serenity, said of Equality Now, “There are two ways to fight a battle like ours. One is to whisper in the ear of the masses, try subtlely and gradually to change the gender expectations and mythic structures of our culture. That’s me. The other is to step up and confront the thousands of atrocities that are taking place around the world on an immediate, one-by-one basis. That’s a great deal harder, and that’s Equality Now. It’s not about politics; it’s about basic human decency.”

 

 

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Can't attend but would like to donate to the cause?  This donation goes to Equality Now. Please enter CSTS-MN in the "where did you hear" field.