A Women’s Forum and Short Stories Concert at WAM Café launch on June 21, 2024
By Marivir Montebon
New York – On June 21, 2024, brace yourselves for the launch of a social platform for mutual support for conversation and action of women leaders and media in New York – the Women & Media (WAM) Café.
Organized by the Marivir Montebon of Awesome Media, Ltd., and Cristina DC Pastor, founding editor of The FilAm.net, WAM will be launched alongside the nonprofit Women’s Immigration and Communications Café (WICCAFE) at the Philippine Center Kalayaan Hall on 556 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10036 6-9PM.
WAM Cafe: Organizers Marivir Montebon and Cristina DC Pastor (left) and guests Cielo Buenaventura, assistant Art Editor of New York Times (middle); Carla Mongado, singer and actor for the Short Stories Concert; Anne Branigin, reporter of Washington Post; and Anne del Castillo, senior policy advisor of the NYC Dept. of Cultural Affairs.
WAM Café is an innovative effort by Montebon and Pastor where women community leaders and media practitioners share a collaborative space for visibility and action.
The WAM Café launch will have two featured events, a forum, and a concert. A ‘women’s situationer’ will be presented by Atty. Anne del Castillo, senior legal advisor of the NYC Cultural Department, Ms. Cielo Buenaventura, assistant art editor of The New York Times, and Ms. Anne Branigin, reporter of the Washington Post.
The rest of the evening will be the Short Stories concert featuring the singer and actor Ms. Carla Mongado (The Clockmakers Daughter) in a poignant Filipina in the diaspora repertoire.
WICCAFE, born in 2018, is an NYS-registered nonprofit formed by Montebon to provide immigrants a platform for their stories and women’s rights advocates to offer professional assistance as needed. The WAM is a hub for women and media to simply gather and provide mutual support and safe spaces for conversation and action.
Tickets are available only at Eventbrite starting March 5, 2024, for a $100 suggested donation to cover a sumptuous dinner, an enriching forum, and a heartwarming concert. Thank you for your support and enthusiasm.
This link for tickets starting March 5, 2021: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/were-launching-women-media-wam-cafe-tickets-855605086847?aff=oddtdtcreator #
