<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; ">Only 5 days left to buy tickets! Help make sure this event happens!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; ">Did you know that more girls are killed in India and China then are born in the U.S. every year? The three deadliest words in parts of the world today are “it’s a girl.” In India, China and many other parts of the world, girls are killed, aborted and abandoned simply because they are female. Girls that survive infancy are still often subject to neglect, and may grow up to face extreme violence in their marriage. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; ">Maternal Earth is proud to present a screening of the documentary "It's A Girl" a film about the ongoing gendercide in India and China, as well as showing us what we can do to stop it. This screening will be held on October 25th, at the AMC in Danvers at the Liberty Tree Mall. Tickets must be purchased by October 18th. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; ">I thought that this might be something that you would be interested in seeing. Below is more information on the show including how to purchase tickets, and watch the trailer. Please feel free to forward this information to your friends and family. Please let me know if you have any questions. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; ">To Buy Tickets and watch the trailer:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><a href="http://www.tugg.com/events/1683#.UFoqDKTLzqR">http://www.tugg.com/events/1683#.UFoqDKTLzqR</a></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><br></div><div style="font-size: medium; ">Thank you, </div><div style="font-size: medium; ">Jess Restucci</div><div style="font-size: medium; ">Executive Director </div><div style="font-size: medium; ">Maternal Earth</div><div style="font-size: medium; "><br></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><img height="353" width="240" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" id="1ef0ec23-dff6-44d5-aefe-e2f565b6697a" src="cid:CCF27732-4045-4E4A-B743-8D6158DECEB0"></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><br></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><br></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><br></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; ">Press Release:</span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; "><b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14px; ">Maternal Earth to host screening of “<i>It’s a Girl”<o:p></o:p></i></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; "><i><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14px; ">New Documentary Film Reveals Gendercide in India and China<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; "><i><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14px; ">As many as 200 Million Girls have gone “missing” because of gendercide.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14px; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14px; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><span style="font-family: Calibri; ">Salem, MA 9/20/2012 – </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; ">The three deadliest words in parts of the world today are “it’s a girl.” The United Nations estimates that there are as many as 200 million girls missing. In India, China and many other parts of the world, girls are killed, aborted and abandoned simply because they are female. Girls that survive infancy are still often subject to neglect, and may grow up to face extreme violence in their marriage.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14px; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14px; ">As part of the effort to help bring attention to this war against girls worldwide, Maternal Earth is hosting a special screening of <i>It’s a Girl</i> as part of the film’s international screening tour on October 25, 2012 at 7:30 at AMC at the Liberty Tree Mall in Danvers, MA. A powerful and thought-provoking documentary film, <i>It’s a Girl</i> reveals this issue of “gendercide” by exploring the stories of the victims, families, global experts and grassroots activists. Shot on location in India and China,<span> <i>It's a Girl</i></span><i> </i>asks why this is happening and why so little is being done to save girls and women. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14px; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14px; ">“It is our hope that by educating audiences worldwide about gendercide, we can help end this war against girls. We believe that the stories of <i>It’s a Girl</i> will capture hearts around the world and will compel us all to rise up and fuel a movement to end gender-based violence and killings, as well as resoundingly affirm the worth and dignity of girls and women in India, China and the rest of the world." said Evan Grae Davis, director of <i>It’s a Girl</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14px; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><b><span style="font-family: Calibri; ">Maternal Earth’s</span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri; "> screening of the film is part of the international screening tour, the goal of which is to raise awareness for gendercide worldwide and provide audiences with actionable steps to end it. <i>It’s a Girl</i> has partnered with Women's Rights Without Frontiers, Women’s Rights in China, the 50 Million Missing Campaign and the Invisible Girl Project to put an end to gendercide.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14px; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14px; ">To get your tickets visit <a href="http://maternalearth.org/">maternalearth.org</a>. Tickets must be purchased before October 18<sup>th</sup>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14px; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14px; ">For more information about <i>It’s a Girl</i>, please visit <a href="http://www.itsagirlmovie.com/">www.itsagirlmovie.com</a>. For more information about the screening, please contact Jess Restucci at <a href="mailto:jrestucci@maternalearth.org">jrestucci@maternalearth.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14px; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br></div></span></div></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><br><br></span></div></span></div></span></span></div></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><br></span></div><br><br><div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Jessica Restucci</div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Executive Director</div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">@maternalearth<br><a href="mailto:jrestucci@maternalearth.com">jrestucci@maternalearth.com</a><br><br><br><br></div></span></div></span></span>
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