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14valentines - I saw this on why_me_why_not's journal and am quoting her quoting it as it sounds like a fairly nifty idea and we all (yes, even the men on my flist) have either known someone that went through something here or have, personally, experienced it...

The basic idea behind 14 days is to have two weeks of sustained discussion and pubbing for women's groups, organizations that support women, or issues that need increased awareness -- to that ends, it helps to have a carrot to dangle. 14 Valentines was a concept slash project pioneered in 2006 going into its second year, based on the idea of fandom as a community of women and the power of the relationships there. It's meant to raise awareness -- and hopefully as a result increase participation in community women's groups. 14 Valentines will run for two weeks (14 days) for the first half of February, ending on Valentine's Day. The mission of 14 Valentine's isn't to solicit money for the cause -- as anybody who has worked at a nonprofit knows, money does not fix all or even some of the problems -- but instead of remind everybody that there is a cause, that it touches each of us every day and that we should embrace the agency we're lucky enough to have and do something good with it. We're all global citizens -- we're a global sisterhood, too.

How it works:

Basically, on the 14 days of February, rageprufrock or vylit will make a post in this community and link to a foundation or group that's covered under the theme of that day and talk about the issue. Those of you that sign up will make a contribution on whatever day you sign up for (contributions can include fic, icons, manips, vids, etc.), and either post a link to your own group or foundation that falls under the theme for that day, or you can link to the one that rageprufrock and vylit put up.

Whatever creative thing you come up with has to be posted on the day you sign up for. You don't have to incorporate the theme of the day into your fic/vid/manip/icon -- no need to write a fic about hunger, if you sign up for the theme day that deals with hunger; it's the theme for the women's issue we're drawing attention to, not your contribution.

Sign-up here. I've signed up for at least a day and am debating others as well.